Bombers on an aircraft assembly line in Los Angeles, ca.1950

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Photograph of bombers on an aircraft assembly line in Los Angeles, ca.1950. The tail sections of six large aircraft can be seen lined up from the foreground at left to the background at right. The fuselages are made of shiny metal, and two large guns protrude from a turret near the back of each plane. Ladders can be seen leading up to the fuselage of each aircraft. The metal rafters that support the roof of the building can be seen overhead.

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Title Bombers on an aircraft assembly line in Los Angeles, ca.1950

Subject Aeronautics (lcsh), Aircraft industry (lcsh), Airplanes (lcsh), industrial sites (adlf), Industry -- Aeronautics (file heading)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

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

Temporal Subject 1950

Type images

Format 2 photographs : photonegative, photoprint, b&w ; 13 x 10 cm., 23 x 19 cm. (aacr2), negatives (photographic) (aat), 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.

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Permanent Link (DOI) https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m10989

Identifier 33382 (accession number), CHS-33382 (call number), CHS-33382 (filename), chs-m825 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-18910 (legacy record id), chs-m10989 (legacy record id), USC-2-1-1-11140 (legacy record id), 84-1-688 (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 18910

Unique identifier UC136170

Legacy Identifier CHS-33382.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 12.5 in × 16.3 in at 300dpi
31.8 cm × 41.4 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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