Vultee Aircraft Company's plant, showing a production line of U.S. Army Air Corps Valiant Basic Trainers (BT-13's), ca.1940-1945

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Photograph of the Vultee Aircraft Company's plant, showing a production line of U.S. Army Air Corps Valiant Basic Trainers (BT-13's), ca.1940-1945. A row of planes being put together stands at center, with each plane facing left. Several men work on each piece, while others stand and watch. Part of a cockpit can be seen at left of center, in the foreground, while other planes can be seen in another area of the plant, at right.

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Title Vultee Aircraft Company's plant, showing a production line of U.S. Army Air Corps Valiant Basic Trainers (BT-13's), ca.1940-1945

Subject Aeronautics (lcsh), Aircraft industry (lcsh), Airplanes (lcsh), industrial sites (adlf), Industry -- Aeronautics -- Airplane assembly (file heading), Vultee Aircraft, Incorporated (subject)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

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

Temporal Subject 1940/1945

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 1940/1945

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-m10983

Identifier 40614 (accession number), CHS-40614 (call number), CHS-40614 (filename), chs-m825 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-18904 (legacy record id), chs-m10983 (legacy record id), USC-2-1-1-11134 (legacy record id), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 18904

Unique identifier UC136229

Legacy Identifier CHS-40614.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 21.1 in × 16.3 in at 300dpi
53.7 cm × 41.6 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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