KLM airliner in flight, ca.1960

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Photograph of KLM airliner in flight, ca.1960. At center, a lightly-colored airliner is seen with a darkly-colored stripe and underside. To the left, the tail of the aircraft is striped and a small emblem is visible near its center. Also, large black characters are also visible. Eighteen windows are visible on the side of the craft. The phrase "De Vliegende Hollander" is etched above a set of windows. Two sets of large propellers can be seen on each side of the plane on its wings. In the background, clouds can be seen surrounding the plane. In the extreme background, numerous mountains and valleys are visible.

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Title KLM airliner in flight, ca.1960

Subject Aeronautics (lcsh), Aircraft industry (lcsh), Airplanes (lcsh), Deserts (adlf), KLM (subject), Transportation -- Air -- Commercial (file heading)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

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

Temporal Subject 1960

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 1960

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-m13030

Identifier 43523 (accession number), CHS-43523 (call number), CHS-43523 (filename), chs-m825 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-12563 (legacy record id), chs-m13030 (legacy record id), USC-2-1-1-13182 (legacy record id), 84-1-1713 (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 12563

Unique identifier UC134021

Legacy Identifier CHS-43523.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 20.6 in × 16.2 in at 300dpi
52.3 cm × 41.1 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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