Exterior view of the Dow Chemical Styrene Plant, ca.1930

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Photograph of exterior view of the Dow Chemical Styrene Plant, ca.1930. At left, a series of vertical, lightly-colored pipes are visible. The pipes extend further into the background, and some pipes move to the far right of the image. At the center of each pipe, a circular valve can be seen. A man wearing lightly-colored work clothes stands at the third pipe and grips the valve. The pipes are labeled, from left to right, "Low Pressure Steam", "Low Pressure Condensate", "High Pressure Steam", "Low Pressure Steam", "Cracking Unit D19", "High Pressure Condensate". Go the right, a small bridge has been erected over the line of pipes. In the background, four identical darkly-colored cylindrical objects can be seen. Each object has two large pipes extending from the middle of its body to the ground, and the top of the object is in the shape of a smokestack. A small metal ring hangs over the top of the pipe. In the extreme background, additional industrial equipment is visible.

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Title Exterior view of the Dow Chemical Styrene Plant, ca.1930

Subject Chemistry (lcsh), Dow Chemical Company (subject), Factories (lcsh), industrial sites (adlf), Industry (lcsh), Industry -- Plants -- Installations -- Exteriors (file heading)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), Los Angeles (counties), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1930

Type images

Format 1 photograph : photoprint, b&w ; 19 x 23 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 1930

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-m10927

Identifier 40848 (accession number), CHS-40848 (call number), CHS-40848 (filename), chs-m825 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-18856 (legacy record id), chs-m10927 (legacy record id), USC-2-1-1-11078 (legacy record id), 84-1-1923 (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 18856

Unique identifier UC136213

Legacy Identifier CHS-40848.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 25.2 in × 19.8 in at 300dpi
64.1 cm × 50.5 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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