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Remains of a can factory, near Fourth Street and Townsend, San Francisco, 1906
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Remains of a can factory, near Fourth Street and Townsend, San Francisco, 1906
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Description
Photograph of the remains of a can factory, near Fourth Street and Townsend, San Francisco, 1906. Large panels lie broken in the foreground with a sea of rubble behind them. Large pieces of the walls and ceiling stand out amongst the cans which are dominant in the debris. Warped electrical poles can be seen in the background along with a still-standing building at center.
Asset Metadata
Title
Remains of a can factory, near Fourth Street and Townsend, San Francisco, 1906
Subject
Earthquakes
(lcsh),
Factories
(lcsh),
industrial sites
(adlf)
Tags
OAI-PMH Harvest
Place
California
(states),
Fourth Street and Townsend
(roadway),
San Francisco
(city or populated place),
USA
(countries)
Temporal Subject
1906
Type
images
Format
1 photograph : photonegative, b&w ; 13 x 17 cm.
(aacr2),
negatives (photographic)
(aat),
photographs
(aat)
Source
California Historical Society
(contributing entity),
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
(collection)
Date Created
1906
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
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Permanent Link (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m24422
Identifier
39933 (
accession number
), CHS-39933 (
call number
), CHS-39933 (
filename
), chs-m15009 (
legacy collection record id
), chs-c65-23692 (
legacy record id
), chs-m24422 (
legacy record id
), USC (
project
)
IIIF ID
[Document.IIIFV3ID]
DM Record ID
23692
Unique identifier
UC124264
Legacy Identifier
CHS-39933.tiff
Type
Image
Internet Media Type
image/tiff
Resolution
27.7 in × 20.2 in at 300dpi
70.3 cm × 51.4 cm at 300dpi
Inherited Values
Title
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Description
The California Historical Society Collection is incomparable for the documentary picture it provides of the growth of Southern California, particularly the development of the Los Angeles region, between 1860 and 1960. The collection contains more than 25,000 photographs. The full archive was placed on long-term deposit at USC in 1990 and includes the Title Insurance and Trust Company Collection, also known as TICOR, and the Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection.
We are grateful to the following individuals who have improved the information in the Digital Library by bringing inaccuracies to our attention as well as adding information. C.J. Bell, Paul Boyle, James Cartwright, Phil Coscia, Bill Counter, Richard Davis, Ray DeLea, Mark French, Amanda Frye, Eric Gustafson, James King, Bill Morgan, Heather Pitts, Tim Poyorena-Miguel, Jo Anne Sadler, Ellen Lloyd Trover, Ruth Wallach, Kim Walters, Cynthia Wilson, Betsy Woodford, Chancy Woolridge, and many others.
Date Created
1860/1960
Linked assets
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
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