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Douglas World Cruisers being constructed at the Douglas Company's Santa Monica Plant, ca.1925
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Douglas World Cruisers being constructed at the Douglas Company's Santa Monica Plant, ca.1925
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Photograph of Douglas World Cruisers being constructed at the Douglas Company's Santa Monica Plant, ca.1925. The inner machinations of several cruisers can be seen facing the left, while a hook on a chain suspends from the ceiling in the background, across from two bright openings in a wall.
Asset Metadata
Title
Douglas World Cruisers being constructed at the Douglas Company's Santa Monica Plant, ca.1925
Subject
Aeronautics
(lcsh),
Aircraft industry
(lcsh),
Airplane factories
(lcsh),
Airplanes
(lcsh),
Douglas Corporation
(subject),
industrial sites
(adlf),
Industry -- Aeronautics -- General
(file heading)
Tags
OAI-PMH Harvest
Place
California
(states),
Los Angeles
(counties),
Santa Monica
(city or populated place),
USA
(countries)
Temporal Subject
1925
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
1925
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
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Permanent Link (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m10965
Identifier
40592 (
accession number
), CHS-40592 (
call number
), CHS-40592 (
filename
), chs-m825 (
legacy collection record id
), chs-c65-18889 (
legacy record id
), chs-m10965 (
legacy record id
), USC-2-1-1-11116 (
legacy record id
), USC (
project
)
IIIF ID
[Document.IIIFV3ID]
DM Record ID
18889
Unique identifier
UC135761
Legacy Identifier
CHS-40592.tiff
Type
Image
Internet Media Type
image/tiff
Resolution
20.9 in × 16.1 in at 300dpi
53.2 cm × 41.0 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
Linked assets
Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection 1890-1960
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