California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection 1890-1960

Technicians of the Lockheed Corporation's Missile Systems Division, ca.1950

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Technicians of the Lockheed Corporation's Missile Systems Division, ca.1950

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Photograph of technicians of the Lockheed Corporation's Missile Systems Division, ca.1950. Two men stand on either side of a large rounded device on wheels. Each man wears a pair of goggles and the man at left peers into an extension of the device, at right. In the background, what appears to be a wooden set of stands can be seen.; Photoprint reads: "Van Nuys, California. Lockheed Missile Systems Division technicians are shown operating co.is solar funace which is used to test head-resistance qualities of material used in missiles. The solar furnace, actually a converted 60" anti-aircraft searchlight, gathers the sun's rays and by focusing them on a small area can raise temperatures to 5500 degrees Farenheit in a few seconds. High speed cameras are attached to photograph the progress of the test as they are underway".

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Title Technicians of the Lockheed Corporation's Missile Systems Division, ca.1950

Subject Aeronautics (lcsh), Aircraft industry (lcsh), Airplane factories (lcsh), Airplanes (lcsh), Engineering (lcsh), industrial sites (adlf), Industry -- Aeronautics -- General (file heading), Lockheed Corporation (subject)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), Los Angeles (city or populated place), Los Angeles (counties), USA (countries), Van Nuys (city or populated place)

Temporal Subject 1950

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 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-m10958

Identifier 40590 (accession number), CHS-40590 (call number), CHS-40590 (filename), chs-m825 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-18883 (legacy record id), chs-m10958 (legacy record id), USC-2-1-1-11109 (legacy record id), USC (project), 12696 (unidentified no.)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 18883

Unique identifier UC135915

Legacy Identifier CHS-40590.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 20.7 in × 16.4 in at 300dpi
52.6 cm × 41.7 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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