California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection 1890-1960

Interior of the Northrop Corporation's Plant, showing a 54-ton machine, part of the "U.S. Air Force's long range plans to obtain advanced weapons systems economically", ca.1950

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Interior of the Northrop Corporation's Plant, showing a 54-ton machine, part of the "U.S. Air Force's long range plans to obtain advanced weapons systems economically", ca.1950

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Photograph of the interior of the Northrop Corporation's Plant, showing a 54-ton machine, part of the "U.S. Air Force's long range plans to obtain advanced weapons systems economically", ca.1950. A man in a lab coat stands with his back turned atop a metal platform, with his left hand busy with what appears to be the control box of a large piece of machinery. The machine appears at right, and bears the words "Kearney & Trecker Milwaukee".; Photoprint reads: "The Machine ... This 54-ton giant, massive in appearance and construction, is controlled by a thin, one-inch wide tape as it performs intricate and close tolerance cuts on complex production parts. The new tool system is parat of the U.S. Air Force's long rance plans to obtainadvanced weapons systems economically. It manufacutres high precision parts in the one continuous operation which formerly require many set-ups and costly templates. Several mechanical innovations are incorporated in the new machine, manufactured by the Kearney and Trecker Corporation, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. From: Public Relations. Northrop Aircraft, Inc. Hawthorne, California".

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Title Interior of the Northrop Corporation's Plant, showing a 54-ton machine, part of the "U.S. Air Force's long range plans to obtain advanced weapons systems economically", ca.1950

Subject Aeronautics (lcsh), Aircraft industry (lcsh), Guided missile industries (lcsh), industrial sites (adlf), Industry -- Aeronautics -- General (file heading), Northrop Corporation (subject)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), Hawthorne (city or populated place), 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-m10975

Identifier 40596 (accession number), CHS-40596 (call number), CHS-40596 (filename), chs-m825 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-18896 (legacy record id), chs-m10975 (legacy record id), USC-2-1-1-11126 (legacy record id), USC (project), 124726 (unidentified no.)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 18896

Unique identifier UC135914

Legacy Identifier CHS-40596.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 16.3 in × 20.9 in at 300dpi
41.4 cm × 53.1 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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