Line of missiles ready for launch, ca.1960

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Photograph of a line of missiles ready for launch, ca.1960. To the left, a group of seven lightly-colored missiles sit on an empty road. Each missile is long and cylindrical, except for the pointed tip at the front. Three ridges perpendicular to the body of the missile can be seen at the tail of the missile. Two of the ridges are also lightly-colored, but one is darkly-colored. A large number can be seen on each ridge of the missile. Each missile also sits atop a wheeled, metallic cart. Directly across from the missiles, a chain fence can be seen surrounding a rocky field filled with vegetation. In the extreme background, sections of a city can be seen.

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Title Line of missiles ready for launch, ca.1960

Subject Aeronautics, Military (lcsh), Jet planes (lcsh), military areas (adlf), Rockets (Aeronautics) (lcsh), Transportation -- Air -- Military -- Rocket engines (file heading)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), Los Angeles (counties), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1960

Type images

Format 1 photograph : photoprint, b&w ; 21 x 17 cm. (aacr2), photographic prints (aat), photographs (aat)

Source California Historical Society (contributing entity), California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960 (collection), Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection, 1890-1960 (subcollection)

Date Created 1960

Publisher University of Southern California. Libraries (digital)

Repository Email specol@lib.usc.edu

Repository Name USC Libraries Special Collections

Repository Location Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189

Rights Public Domain. Please credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library.

Copyright Public Domain. Please credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library.

Access Conditions Send requests to address or e-mail given

Permanent Link (DOI) https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m13335

Identifier 43567 (accession number), CHS-43567 (call number), CHS-43567 (filename), chs-m825 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-12838 (legacy record id), chs-m13335 (legacy record id), USC-2-1-1-13488 (legacy record id), 84-1-1637 (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 12838

Unique identifier UC135465

Legacy Identifier CHS-43567.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 13.9 in × 16.7 in at 300dpi
35.4 cm × 42.6 cm at 300dpi

Inherited Values

Title Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection 1890-1960

Description The more than 3,600 unique photographs of this collection document the Chamber's promotional efforts during the city's early years. In addition to stock photographs, there are pictures of the elaborate booths and displays that the Chamber prepared for use at state fairs and international trade shows. The photographic collection contains images showing the growth of important municipal enterprises, such as ground transportation systems, aviation, and shipping. In addition there are about 1,000 lantern slides in this collection -- not yet fully digitized.

Date Created 1860/1960

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