Inventor Lloyd Giles with the Giles Self-Propelled Projectile, ca.1928

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Photograph of inventor Lloyd Giles with the Giles Self-Propelled Projectile, ca.1928. A small biplane can be seen at center, facing towards the foreground at right. It rests on a three-wheeled undercarriage. Giles can be seen with his hands on the wooden propeller at right. The plane is in a large canvas hangar, and an American flag can be seen on a wall at left. The Giles Self Propelled Projectile, could carry 501 lbs. T.N.T. at any altitude and distance up to 400 miles.

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Title Inventor Lloyd Giles with the Giles Self-Propelled Projectile, ca.1928

Subject Aeronautics (lcsh), Airplanes (lcsh), airport features (adlf), Giles, Lloyd (subject), Transportation -- Air -- Airplanes (file heading)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

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

Temporal Subject 1928

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 1928

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-m13000

Identifier 36355 (accession number), CHS-36355 (call number), CHS-36355 (filename), chs-m825 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-12536 (legacy record id), chs-m13000 (legacy record id), USC-2-1-1-13152 (legacy record id), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 12536

Unique identifier UC133693

Legacy Identifier CHS-36355.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 18.7 in × 13.2 in at 300dpi
47.5 cm × 33.6 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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