California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection 1890-1960

View of Rogers Airport, located at the corner of Wilshire Boulevard and Fairfax Street, looking west toward the general office and hangars, 1922

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View of Rogers Airport, located at the corner of Wilshire Boulevard and Fairfax Street, looking west toward the general office and hangars, 1922

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Photograph of a view of Rogers Airport, located at the corner of Wilshire Boulevard and Fairfax Street, looking west toward the general office and hangars, 1922. Rogers Airport sits in the centerground, with a large sign reading "Rogers Airport. The Center of West Coast America. Fly City and Cross Country Flights. Instruction" at the right edge of the image. The small clapboard building at the left edge of the image bears a sign reading "General Offices. Rogers Aircraft Inc". Two men stand on the building's steps, one of whom may be Jim Webster, the airport manager. Two airplanes sit at center, in the open land behind the sign, while the hangar sits in the left background. A road crosses the foreground of the image, dividing the airport from the land in the right foreground.

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Title View of Rogers Airport, located at the corner of Wilshire Boulevard and Fairfax Street, looking west toward the general office and hangars, 1922

Subject Airplanes (lcsh), airport features (adlf), Airports (lcsh), Rogers Airport (subject), Transportation -- Air -- Airports -- General (file heading)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), Fairfax Street (roadway), Los Angeles (city or populated place), Los Angeles (counties), USA (countries), Wilshire Boulevard (roadway)

Temporal Subject 1922

Type images

Format 2 photographs : photonegative, photoprint, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm. (aacr2), negatives (photographic) (aat), 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 1922

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-m12844

Identifier 31215 (accession number), CHS-31215 (call number), CHS-31215 (filename), chs-m825 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-12309 (legacy record id), chs-m12844 (legacy record id), USC-2-1-1-12996 (legacy record id), 1-102- (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 12309

Unique identifier UC132201

Legacy Identifier CHS-31215.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 19.8 in × 16.2 in at 300dpi
50.4 cm × 41.2 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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Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection 1890-1960

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