California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection 1890-1960

Factory exterior, showing parking lot, ca.1940

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Factory exterior, showing parking lot, ca.1940

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Photograph of exterior of large factory, showing parking lot full of employees, ca.1940. In the background at center, the large exterior of a factory can be seen. The roof of the factory is primarily flat with six small areas that form sloping peaks. Several windows line the side of the building, and four automobiles can be seen parked directly in front of the structure on the left. A large portion of the image is blocked by a large tree found at the center of the dirt lot. At least four cars are seen huddled beneath the shade of the tree. Several wires pass through the branches of the tree and extend into the foreground. To the right of the tree, groups of men can be seen standing next to another line of automobiles. All of the men appear to be wearing slacks, and many of them also wear ties or semi-formal attire. To the right of the group, another group of men stand next to a small building adjacent to the large factory. A small ice cream truck sits to the right of these men. In the extreme background, groups of trees and a mountain range can be seen.

Asset Metadata

Title Factory exterior, showing parking lot, ca.1940

Subject Employees (lcsh), Factories (lcsh), Ice cream, ices, etc. (lcsh), Industry -- Plants -- Installations -- Exteriors (file heading), parking sites (adlf), Trucks (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1940

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 1940

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-m10444

Identifier 40815 (accession number), CHS-40815 (call number), CHS-40815 (filename), chs-m825 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-13512 (legacy record id), chs-m10444 (legacy record id), USC-2-1-1-10591 (legacy record id), 84-1-2013 (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 13512

Unique identifier UC137467

Legacy Identifier CHS-40815.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 20.2 in × 16.3 in at 300dpi
51.5 cm × 41.4 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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