California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection 1890-1960

Single transmission tower, showing employees working on it, ca.1950

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Single transmission tower, showing employees working on it, ca.1950

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Photograph of a single transmission tower, showing employees working on it, ca.1950. In the background to the right, a large transmission tower is visible. The tower is composed of several metallic bars and crossbeams. Four legs can be seen at the base of the tower lodged into the rocky surface below. Near the top of the tower, two workers can be seen. One worker leans against one of the beams, while the other stands on a beam below. At the top of the tower, two electrical wires can be seen moving to both the left and the right. The wires moving to the left drop down near a group of rocks on the far left side of the image. A group of three men can be seen standing near the rocks on this side. In the extreme foreground, fields of dirt and sand can be seen. Additionally, long poles and other materials are visible at the base of the mountain.

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Title Single transmission tower, showing employees working on it, ca.1950

Subject Electric lines -- Poles and towers (lcsh), Employees (lcsh), Industry -- Plants -- Installations -- Exteriors (file heading), natural rock formations (adlf)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), Los Angeles (counties), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1950

Type images

Format 1 photograph : photoprint, b&w ; 26 x 21 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 1950

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-m10410

Identifier 40842 (accession number), CHS-40842 (call number), CHS-40842 (filename), chs-m825 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-13478 (legacy record id), chs-m10410 (legacy record id), USC-2-1-1-10557 (legacy record id), 84-1-2029 (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 13478

Unique identifier UC137420

Legacy Identifier CHS-40842.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 16.8 in × 20.8 in at 300dpi
42.6 cm × 53.0 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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Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection 1890-1960

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