Pacific Telephone Company lineman studying pole locations at a new housing development, ca.1959

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Photograph of a Pacific Telephone Company lineman studying pole locations at a new housing development, ca.1959. The man is standing at left and is looking into the distance at right. He has a dark jacket, light pants, and dark gloves. A coil of wire is slung over his shoulder. Behind him at right, a dark-colored truck is visible. Several storage boxes and a rack hold electrical supplies, while a sign leaning on the door reads "Men Working". The wooden frame of a house can be seen in the background at right.

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Title Pacific Telephone Company lineman studying pole locations at a new housing development, ca.1959

Subject housing areas (adlf), Industry -- Communications (file heading), Pacific Telephone Company (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 1959

Type images

Format 2 photographs : photonegative, photoprint, b&w ; 13 x 10 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 1959

Creator Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company (photographer)

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-m11168

Identifier 33381 (accession number), CHS-33381 (call number), CHS-33381 (filename), chs-m825 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-10593 (legacy record id), chs-m11168 (legacy record id), USC-2-1-1-11318 (legacy record id), 84-1-1294 (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 10593

Unique identifier UC140631

Legacy Identifier CHS-33381.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 12.3 in × 13.8 in at 300dpi
31.2 cm × 35.2 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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