California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection 1890-1960

Inauguration of the Air Express Service, showing a truck and a plane, August 31, 1927

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Inauguration of the Air Express Service, showing a truck and a plane, August 31, 1927

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Photograph of the Inauguration of the Air Express Service of the American Railway Express Company at Vail Field, August 31, 1927. Two men in suits stand at the back of the truck at center with packages to be transferred to the pilot, Maurice Graham. The small plane stands at right with "Western Air Express" printed on its back side. The air field lies in the background.

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Title Inauguration of the Air Express Service, showing a truck and a plane, August 31, 1927

Subject Aeronautics (lcsh), Air mail service (lcsh), Airplanes (lcsh), airport features (adlf), Airports (lcsh), American Railway Express Company (corporate name), Graham, Maurice (personal name), Transportation -- Air -- Airports -- General (file heading), Vail Field (subject)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), City of Commerce (city or populated place), Los Angeles (counties), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1927-08-31

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 1927-08-31

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-m12834

Identifier 36398 (accession number), CHS-36398 (call number), CHS-36398 (filename), chs-m825 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-12303 (legacy record id), chs-m12834 (legacy record id), USC-2-1-1-12986 (legacy record id), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 12303

Unique identifier UC132472

Legacy Identifier CHS-36398.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 18.9 in × 13.2 in at 300dpi
48.0 cm × 33.7 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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