California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection 1890-1960

Interior view of the assembly line at the Ford Motor Company plant in Long Beach, ca.1936

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Interior view of the assembly line at the Ford Motor Company plant in Long Beach, ca.1936

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Photograph of an interior view of the assembly line at the Ford Motor Company plant in Long Beach, ca.1936. A long line of partially completed automobiles is at center. The cars lack front ends and wheels. Along the entire line, men are stitching and trimming fabric around the roofs of the cars. Hanging lights line both sides of the assembly line, and stacks of materials can be seen on the sides of the factory.

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Title Interior view of the assembly line at the Ford Motor Company plant in Long Beach, ca.1936

Subject Assembly-line methods (lcsh), Automobile industry and trade (lcsh), Automobiles (lcsh), Ford Motor Company (subject), industrial sites (adlf), Industry -- Automobile (file heading)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

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

Temporal Subject 1936

Type images

Format 1 photograph : photonegative, b&w ; 26 x 21 cm. (aacr2), negatives (photographic) (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 1936

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-m11134

Identifier 33162 (accession number), CHS-33162 (call number), CHS-33162 (filename), chs-m825 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-10559 (legacy record id), chs-m11134 (legacy record id), USC-2-1-1-11284 (legacy record id), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 10559

Unique identifier UC140468

Legacy Identifier CHS-33162.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 15.7 in × 19.7 in at 300dpi
40.0 cm × 50.0 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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