California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection 1890-1960

Arrival lobby at the Los Angeles International Airport, in May 1961

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Arrival lobby at the Los Angeles International Airport, in May 1961

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Photograph of the arrival lobby at the Los Angeles International Airport, in May 1961. People wait on rows of cushioned seats in the center of the lobby. Right of center stand three concrete posts that extend from floor to ceiling. Another two can be seen at the leftmost background. In the background is a phone booth area where several coin-operated phones are divided into small cubicles. A man and woman stand together in the narrow space of one of these at center. In the left part of the background, a staircase leads from this floor to a higher level. In the rightmost background, a man in light-colored clothes pushes a cart.; Photoprint reads: "Portion of public level in one of the six spacious satellite buildings where passengers will arrive and depart at the new Los Angeles International Airport Jet-age terminal. Each building has approximately 55,000 square feet of floor space, and offers such accommodations as an attractive first-class restaurant, a coffee shop, cocktail bar, news-gift stand, waiting room and check stand, as well as access to the ten plane positions which encircle the structure. From Peggy G. Hereford, Public Relations Director, Department of Airports, #1 World Way, L.A. 45 Spring 6-0060".

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Title Arrival lobby at the Los Angeles International Airport, in May 1961

Subject Aeronautics (lcsh), Airplanes (lcsh), airport features (adlf), Airports (lcsh), Los Angeles International Airport (subject), Transportation -- Air -- Airports -- Los Angeles International (file heading)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

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

Temporal Subject 1961-05-10

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 1961-05-10

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-m12894

Identifier 43493 (accession number), CHS-43493 (call number), CHS-43493 (filename), chs-m825 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-12354 (legacy record id), chs-m12894 (legacy record id), USC-2-1-1-13046 (legacy record id), 85-4-2 (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 12354

Unique identifier UC133063

Legacy Identifier CHS-43493.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 20.6 in × 16.4 in at 300dpi
52.5 cm × 41.8 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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