Manufacturing space at the Radio Corporation of America plant, ca.1940

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Photograph of a manufacturing space at the Radio Corporation of America plant, ca.1940. At center, one can see rows off office space, with desks forming thin dividers between narrow walkways. Most desks have a folding chair propped up against them, and at right, one can see a line of what appear to be filing cabinets. Large ceiling lights hang from the roof overhead.; Photoprint reads: "General view of the major portion of the manufacturing space in the Radio Corporation of America plant located at 11819 W. Olympic Boulevard, Los Angeles, California. This view shows approximately half of the factory floor space".

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Title Manufacturing space at the Radio Corporation of America plant, ca.1940

Subject Electronics (lcsh), industrial sites (adlf), Industry -- Plants -- Installations -- Interiors (file heading), Radio (lcsh), Radio Corporation of America (subject)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place 11819 W. Olympic Blvd. (roadway), California (states), Los Angeles (city or populated place), Los Angeles (counties), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1940

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 1940

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-m10399

Identifier 40959 (accession number), CHS-40959 (call number), CHS-40959 (filename), chs-m825 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-12539 (legacy record id), chs-m10399 (legacy record id), USC-2-1-1-10546 (legacy record id), 84-1-2036 (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 12539

Unique identifier UC133952

Legacy Identifier CHS-40959.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 20.8 in × 16.3 in at 300dpi
52.9 cm × 41.5 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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