Exterior view of the Chrysler Motors Building in Los Angeles, 1920-1930

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Photograph of an exterior view of the Chrysler Motors Building in Los Angeles, 1920-1930. The long rectangular building is at center. It is one story high and has rows of large glass archways. The main entrance is at left through a set of large wooden double doors. A sign above the doors bears the name of the company. The area in front of the factory is neatly landscaped with low hedges and other bushes.

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Title Exterior view of the Chrysler Motors Building in Los Angeles, 1920-1930

Subject Automobile industry and trade (lcsh), Chrysler Motors Company (subject), industrial sites (adlf), Industry -- Automobile (file heading)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

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

Temporal Subject 1920/1930

Type images

Format 2 photographs : photonegative, photoprint, b&w ; 10 x 13 cm., 19 x 24 cm. (aacr2), negatives (photographic) (aat), 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 1920/1930

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.

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Permanent Link (DOI) https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m11124

Identifier 33341 (accession number), CHS-33341 (call number), CHS-33341 (filename), chs-m825 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-10549 (legacy record id), chs-m11124 (legacy record id), USC-2-1-1-11274 (legacy record id), 84-1-570 (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 10549

Unique identifier UC140633

Legacy Identifier CHS-33341.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 10.7 in × 8.2 in at 300dpi
27.3 cm × 21.0 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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