Exterior view of Menasco Manufacturing Company plant looking south-west, March 1941

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Photograph of an exterior view of Menasco Manufacturing Company plant looking south-west, March 1941. The low, one-story building can be seen at center. It is a light-colored structure with banks of windows across the front. An American flag and a water tower are visible on the roof, and three automobiles can be seen in the foreground. A mountain range is visible in the background.

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Title Exterior view of Menasco Manufacturing Company plant looking south-west, March 1941

Subject Aeronautics (lcsh), Aircraft industry (lcsh), Airplanes (lcsh), buildings (adlf), Industry -- Aeronautics -- Plants -- Installations (file heading), Menasco Manufacturing Company (subject)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place 805 South San Fernando Road (roadway), Burbank (city or populated place), California (states), Los Angeles (counties), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1941-03-01

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 1941-03-01

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-m10987

Identifier 36290 (accession number), CHS-36290 (call number), CHS-36290 (filename), chs-m825 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-18908 (legacy record id), chs-m10987 (legacy record id), USC-2-1-1-11138 (legacy record id), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 18908

Unique identifier UC136149

Legacy Identifier CHS-36290.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 16.6 in × 13.4 in at 300dpi
42.3 cm × 34.0 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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