Aerial view of Clover Field Airport in Santa Monica, showing residences in the distance, ca.1924

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Photograph of an aerial view of Clover Field Airport in Santa Monica, showing residences in the distance, ca.1924. The hangars and other buildings of Clover Field Airport are shown at center, amidst large expanses of open land. Several airplanes sit in the grass in front of and to the left of the buildings. A row of trees sits behind the building, running diagonally across the upper left corner of the image. Residences can be seen scattered throughout the background.

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Title Aerial view of Clover Field Airport in Santa Monica, showing residences in the distance, ca.1924

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

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

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

Temporal Subject 1924

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 1924

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-m12846

Identifier 31209 (accession number), CHS-31209 (call number), CHS-31209 (filename), chs-m825 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-12314 (legacy record id), chs-m12846 (legacy record id), USC-2-1-1-12998 (legacy record id), 1-102- (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 12314

Unique identifier UC132244

Legacy Identifier CHS-31209.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 19.6 in × 15.6 in at 300dpi
49.8 cm × 39.6 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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