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Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection 1890-1960
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Men at work at the Packard Bell Corporation, ca.1940
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Men at work at the Packard Bell Corporation, ca.1940
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Description
Photograph of men at work at the Packard Bell Corporation, ca.1940. Several men sit on high stools before tables, which are situated in neat rows inside a room. Each table is cluttered with paper, pens, and lit by a bending lamp. In the background, a coat rack stands beside a closed cabinet, while part of a filing cabinet area can be seen in the foreground.
Asset Metadata
Title
Men at work at the Packard Bell Corporation, ca.1940
Subject
Automobiles
(lcsh),
industrial sites
(adlf),
Industry -- Offices -- Meetings
(file heading),
Motor vehicle industry
(lcsh),
Packard Bell Corporation
(subject)
Tags
OAI-PMH Harvest
Place
California
(states),
Los Angeles
(city or populated place),
Los Angeles
(counties),
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
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Permanent Link (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m10400
Identifier
40936 (
accession number
), CHS-40936 (
call number
), CHS-40936 (
filename
), chs-m825 (
legacy collection record id
), chs-c65-13468 (
legacy record id
), chs-m10400 (
legacy record id
), USC-2-1-1-10547 (
legacy record id
), 84-1-2043 (
microfiche number
), USC (
project
)
IIIF ID
[Document.IIIFV3ID]
DM Record ID
13468
Unique identifier
UC137445
Legacy Identifier
CHS-40936.tiff
Type
Image
Internet Media Type
image/tiff
Resolution
20.9 in × 16.3 in at 300dpi
53.0 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
Linked assets
Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection 1890-1960
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