California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection 1890-1960

Goodyear Blimp at Mines Field, February 7, 1930

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Goodyear Blimp at Mines Field, February 7, 1930

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Photograph of the Goodyear Blimp at Mines Field, February 7, 1930. The blimp with the logo of "Goodyear" flies above the large, lightly-colored "Curtiss Wright Flying Service" at left. The building has two towers, on its front wall, one which displays the American flag. The building has many tall, arched windows and doors. Automobiles sit parked in the empty, dirt field at left and in the foreground.

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Title Goodyear Blimp at Mines Field, February 7, 1930

Subject Aeronautics (lcsh), airport features (adlf), Airships (lcsh), Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company (naf corporate name), Los Angeles Airport (subject), Mines Field (subject), Transportation -- Air -- Airships (file heading)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

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

Temporal Subject 1930-02-07

Type images

Format 1 photograph : photoprint, b&w ; 26 x 21 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 1930-02-07

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-m13017

Identifier 36187 (accession number), CHS-36187 (call number), CHS-36187 (filename), chs-m825 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-12552 (legacy record id), chs-m13017 (legacy record id), USC-2-1-1-13169 (legacy record id), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 12552

Unique identifier UC133762

Legacy Identifier CHS-36187.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 13.2 in × 10.4 in at 300dpi
33.5 cm × 26.5 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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