Four men in front of the California National Guard Air Unit hangars, in April 1925

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Photograph of four men in front of the California National Guard Air Unit hangars, in April 1925. Four men, apparently "checking out the site for aeronautic conditions, for a mooring mast site and also for availability for air shows" stand relatively close to each other in front of the rightmost hangar. The hangar behind them houses several airplanes, while the hangar to the left contains a few automobiles. A small house-like structure stands between the two hangars, with two windows and two doors. To the right is a vast stretch of land that tapers off into an arborous area. Beyond that, the mountains can be seen though the mist in the distance. In the group are: General Supt. Railway and Air Mail, Mr. C. F. Egge, Postmaster P. P. O'Brien Los Angeles, Park Commissioner Van Griffith, Major C. C. Moseley, A. S.; Paper attached to photoprint reads: "Proposed location of suggested mooring-mast Photographed by Ford A. Carpenter April 11, 1925. A one-thousand foot circle surrounds the red-ink outline of the propoesed mooring mast: the location is beyond the airplane runway. In the group are: General Supt. Railway and Air Mail, Mr. C. F. Egge, Postmaster P. P. O'Brien Los Angeles, Park Commissioner Van Griffith, Major C. C. Moseley, A. S. Air-mail planes may be landed or taken off at any time from this field. Mr. Egge reported that this is one of hte most satisfactory fields he has ever inspected. Mr. O'Brien was especially impressed with the fact that it is but 21 minuted by automobile from the Los Angeles Post Office building" and "These hangars are the property of the U.S. Air Service and are in use by the National Guard of California's Air Unit. Major C.C. Moosely, in white shirt.".

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Title Four men in front of the California National Guard Air Unit hangars, in April 1925

Subject Air mail service (lcsh), airport features (adlf), Airports (lcsh), California National Guard Air Unit (subject), Carpenter, Ford (subject), Egge, C. F. (subject), Griffith, Van (subject), Moseley, C. C. Major (subject), Municipal Airport (subject), O'Brien, P. P. (subject), Transportation -- Air -- Airports -- General (file heading), United States Air Service (subject)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), Los Angeles (counties), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1925-04-11

Type images

Format 2 photographs : photoprint, b&w ; 7 x 12 cm., 9 x 27 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 1925-04-11

Creator Carpenter, Ford (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.

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Permanent Link (DOI) https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m12849

Identifier 43475; 43475A (accession number), CHS-43475 (call number), CHS-43475A (call number), CHS-43475 (filename), chs-m825 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-12313 (legacy record id), chs-m12849 (legacy record id), USC-2-1-1-13001 (legacy record id), 84-1-1663 (microfiche number), 84-1-1670 (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 12313

Unique identifier UC132999

Legacy Identifier CHS-43475.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 23.8 in × 7.5 in at 300dpi
60.5 cm × 19.2 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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