California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection 1890-1960

Patio of ranch, house at H.W. Mennig's pear ranch, a half mile northeast of Palmdale, August 1929

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Patio of ranch, house at H.W. Mennig's pear ranch, a half mile northeast of Palmdale, August 1929

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Photograph of the patio at H.W. Mennig's pear ranch, a half mile northeast of Palmdale, in August 1929. A large palm and several other trees stand in the foreground, while a path at right leads up to a small house behind them. A manicured lawn sits before the house, at left, and sprigs of foliage dot it, while the tops of several trees can be seen behind the structure.

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Title Patio of ranch, house at H.W. Mennig's pear ranch, a half mile northeast of Palmdale, August 1929

Subject agricultural sites (adlf), Building (lcsh), Los Angeles County -- Antelope Valley -- Palmdale (file heading), Ranches (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), Los Angeles (counties), Palmdale (city or populated place), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1929-08

Type images

Format 1 photograph : photoprint, b&w ; 21 x 26 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 1929-08

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-m18659

Identifier 35953 (accession number), CHS-35953 (call number), CHS-35953 (filename), chs-m825 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-18545 (legacy record id), chs-m18659 (legacy record id)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 18545

Unique identifier UC135593

Legacy Identifier CHS-35953.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 18.6 in × 13.4 in at 300dpi
47.4 cm × 34.2 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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