California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection 1890-1960

Large banner hanging on the side of the Douglas Aircraft Company plant in Long Beach during World War Two, 1943

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Large banner hanging on the side of the Douglas Aircraft Company plant in Long Beach during World War Two, 1943

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Photograph of a large banner hanging on the side of the Douglas Aircraft Company plant in Long Beach during World War Two, 1943. The banner is at center and shows and eagle flying over a ship, a tank, and an airplane. The words "Defense Plant Part of the Arsenal of Democracy Long Beach" appear on the right side of the sign. The banner is flanked by two American flags. A massive crowd is gathered in front of the plant in the foreground. The plant itself is composed of two long, tall buildings with no windows.

Asset Metadata

Title Large banner hanging on the side of the Douglas Aircraft Company plant in Long Beach during World War Two, 1943

Subject Aeronautics (lcsh), Aircraft industry (lcsh), Airplane factories (lcsh), Airplanes (lcsh), Douglas Aircraft Company (subject), industrial sites (adlf), Industry -- Aeronautics (file heading), World War, 1939-1945 -- War work (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), Long Beach (city or populated place), Los Angeles (city or populated place), Los Angeles (counties), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1943

Type images

Format 2 photographs : photonegative, photoprint, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm. (aacr2), negatives (photographic) (aat), 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 1943

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-m10961

Identifier 31320 (accession number), CHS-31320 (call number), CHS-31320 (filename), chs-m825 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-18885 (legacy record id), chs-m10961 (legacy record id), USC-2-1-1-11112 (legacy record id), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 18885

Unique identifier UC135977

Legacy Identifier CHS-31320.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 19.0 in × 14.8 in at 300dpi
48.2 cm × 37.7 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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