California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection 1890-1960

Exterior view of the Lockheed Corporation plant in Burbank, January 27, 1929

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Exterior view of the Lockheed Corporation plant in Burbank, January 27, 1929

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Photograph of an exterior view of the Lockheed Corporation plant in Burbank, January 27, 1929. Two planes stand just in front of the doors of the large hangar with the plane on the right further out than the other. Several men in lightly-colored coveralls work on the plane on the right while three men appear to examine the wing of the plane on the left. Photoprint reads: "Aviation field at Lockheed plant, Burbank. The Lockheed factory in the background".

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Title Exterior view of the Lockheed Corporation plant in Burbank, January 27, 1929

Subject Aeronautics (lcsh), Aircraft industry (lcsh), Airplane factories (lcsh), Airplanes (lcsh), buildings (adlf), Engineering (lcsh), Industry -- Aeronautics -- Plants -- Installations (file heading), Lockheed Corporation (subject)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

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

Temporal Subject 1929-01-27

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 1929-01-27

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-m10951

Identifier 35507 (accession number), CHS-35507 (call number), CHS-35507 (filename), chs-m825 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-18879 (legacy record id), chs-m10951 (legacy record id), USC-2-1-1-11102 (legacy record id), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 18879

Unique identifier UC136025

Legacy Identifier CHS-35507.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 18.8 in × 12.9 in at 300dpi
47.8 cm × 32.9 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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Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection 1890-1960

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