Interior of the Northrop Corporation's Plant, ca.1950

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Photograph of the interior of the Northrop Corporation's Plant, ca.1950. Several men in white lab coats stand around the work area, with a man in the central foreground examining a piece of machinery. In the background, at left, a man faces away from a sign that reads "T-59", while other men engage in different activities on the other side.

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Title Interior of the Northrop Corporation's Plant, 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 ; 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-m10972

Identifier 40594 (accession number), CHS-40594 (call number), CHS-40594 (filename), chs-m825 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-18894 (legacy record id), chs-m10972 (legacy record id), USC-2-1-1-11123 (legacy record id), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 18894

Unique identifier UC135760

Legacy Identifier CHS-40594.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 20.6 in × 16.2 in at 300dpi
52.3 cm × 41.2 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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