American Airlines airliner, showing two women posing in the foreground, ca.1940

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Photograph of airliner, showing two women posing in the foreground, ca.1940. In the far background at center, a large commercial airliner is visible. To the left, alphanumeric characters are seen on the tail of the plane. To the right of the tail, the word "American" is slightly visible along with a symbol obscured by vegetation. A man is also seen hunched near one of the windows of the plane near the engine. In the foreground, two women wearing boots and cowboy hats are visible. Both also wear scarves and long-sleeved jackets. To the left of the women, cacti and various vegetation is seen surrounded by a circle of rocks. In the extreme foreground to the right , leaves from a tree obscure the photo.

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Title American Airlines airliner, showing two women posing in the foreground, ca.1940

Subject Aeronautics (lcsh), Aircraft industry (lcsh), Airplanes (lcsh), airport features (adlf), American Airlines Corporation (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

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.

Access Conditions Send requests to address or e-mail given

Permanent Link (DOI) https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m13027

Identifier 43520 (accession number), CHS-43520 (call number), CHS-43520 (filename), chs-m825 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-12560 (legacy record id), chs-m13027 (legacy record id), USC-2-1-1-13179 (legacy record id), 84-1-1716 (microfiche number), USC (project), 2639 (unidentified no.)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 12560

Unique identifier UC134009

Legacy Identifier CHS-43520.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 20.6 in × 16.3 in at 300dpi
52.4 cm × 41.6 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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