Men loading a Douglas DC-3 airliner, April 1940

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Photograph of men loading a Douglas airliner, April 1940. At center, a man dressed in a formal, darkly colored uniform and pilot's hat stands next to the open hatch of the metallic airliner. With one arm, the man holds the several packages visible within the plane. With the other arm, he accepts another package being handed to him by another man standing to the right near the propeller. This man is seen leaning on a stepladder against the plane. Several packages can be seen near the base of the ladder. To the left of the plane in the foreground, another man is visible carrying a large sack over his shoulder. A wheeled cart to his left is seen with several more sacks.

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Title Men loading a Douglas DC-3 airliner, April 1940

Subject Aeronautics (lcsh), Aircraft industry (lcsh), Airplanes (lcsh), airport features (adlf), Douglas Aircraft Company (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 1940-04-16

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 1940-04-16

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-m13025

Identifier 43518 (accession number), CHS-43518 (call number), CHS-43518 (filename), chs-m825 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-12546 (legacy record id), chs-m13025 (legacy record id), USC-2-1-1-13177 (legacy record id), 84-1-1709 (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 12546

Unique identifier UC134014

Legacy Identifier CHS-43518.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 16.4 in × 20.5 in at 300dpi
41.6 cm × 52.2 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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