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Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection 1890-1960
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Operators at the Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Communications Department, ca.1950
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Operators at the Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Communications Department, ca.1950
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Description
Photograph of the Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Communications Department, ca.1950. To the right of center, w woman with lightly colored hair looks to the left at the switchboard in front of her. The mouthpiece of her headset is visible while she places her right hand on a switch on the counter that she sits at. The lightly colored hair of a woman is visible in the left foreground while a woman with darkly colored hair can be seen in the background to the right.
Asset Metadata
Title
Operators at the Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Communications Department, ca.1950
Subject
industrial sites
(adlf),
Industry -- Communications
(file heading),
Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce
(subject),
Telecommunication
(lcsh),
Telephone companies
(lcsh)
Tags
OAI-PMH Harvest
Place
California
(states),
Los Angeles
(city or populated place),
Los Angeles
(counties),
USA
(countries)
Temporal Subject
1950
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
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.
Access Conditions
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Permanent Link (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m11167
Identifier
40671 (
accession number
), CHS-40671 (
call number
), CHS-40671 (
filename
), chs-m825 (
legacy collection record id
), chs-c65-10592 (
legacy record id
), chs-m11167 (
legacy record id
), USC-2-1-1-11317 (
legacy record id
), 84-1-1295 (
microfiche number
), USC (
project
)
IIIF ID
[Document.IIIFV3ID]
DM Record ID
10592
Unique identifier
UC140430
Legacy Identifier
CHS-40671.tiff
Type
Image
Internet Media Type
image/tiff
Resolution
20.5 in × 16.4 in at 300dpi
52.0 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
Linked assets
Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection 1890-1960
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