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Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection 1890-1960
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Exterior of the Crystal Silica Sand Company, October 1928
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Exterior of the Crystal Silica Sand Company, October 1928
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Description
Photograph of exterior of the Crystal Silica Sand Company, October 1928. At center, a small rectangular building can be seen. Several vertical poles line the walls of the building, and a few beams lean against the front of the structure. Near the front side, a single entryway is visible. To the left of the building, a smaller rectangular structure is visible. To the right, a small wall of material can be seen. In the background to the right, a single utility pole sits in an open lot. In the extreme background, fields of dirt and sand can be seen. In the extreme foreground, grass and other forms of vegetation are visible. A small pole is seen emerging from the grass on the right. Back of photoprint reads: "Open embankment from which our production is taken: also, beginning of the storage structure September 25, 1927".
Asset Metadata
Title
Exterior of the Crystal Silica Sand Company, October 1928
Subject
Crystal Silica Sand Company
(subject),
industrial sites
(adlf),
Industry -- Plants -- Installations -- Exteriors
(file heading),
Sand and gravel plants
(lcsh)
Tags
OAI-PMH Harvest
Place
California
(states),
Los Angeles
(counties),
USA
(countries)
Temporal Subject
1928-10
Type
images
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w ; 8 x 12 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
1928-10
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-m10416
Identifier
40813 (
accession number
), CHS-40813 (
call number
), CHS-40813 (
filename
), chs-m825 (
legacy collection record id
), chs-c65-13465 (
legacy record id
), chs-m10416 (
legacy record id
), USC-2-1-1-10563 (
legacy record id
), 84-1-1987 (
microfiche number
), USC (
project
)
IIIF ID
[Document.IIIFV3ID]
DM Record ID
13465
Unique identifier
UC137544
Legacy Identifier
CHS-40813.tiff
Type
Image
Internet Media Type
image/tiff
Resolution
19.0 in × 12.8 in at 300dpi
48.3 cm × 32.6 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
Linked assets
Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection 1890-1960
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