California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

View of Los Angeles International Airport featuring the control tower, by James Caldwell, February 1971

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View of Los Angeles International Airport featuring the control tower, by James Caldwell, February 1971

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Photograph of a view of Los Angeles International Airport featuring the control tower, by James Caldwell, February 1971. The control tower sits atop the administrative services building right of center. In front of it stands a row of flagpoles and a small pool where the "flame of freedom" sits. In the left bottom corner runs the highway, and an overpass leads in front of the tower. To the bottom right sits a parking lot filled with cars, and around it runs a small road. Left of the control tower is the airport proper, with planes parked along the area. At right is the theme building with its parabolic arches, surrounded by cars in a parking lot. In the distance is the city of Los Angeles.

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Title View of Los Angeles International Airport featuring the control tower, by James Caldwell, February 1971

Creator Caldwell, James (photographer)

Contributor Foster and Kleiser (donor)

Publisher University of Southern California. Libraries (digital)

Date Created 1971-02-25

Subject Aeronautics (lcsh), Airplanes (lcsh), airport features (adlf), Airports (lcsh), Los Angeles International Airport (subject), Transportation -- Air -- Airports -- Los Angeles International (file heading)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

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

Temporal Subject 1971-02-25

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)

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-m12904

Identifier 31156 (accession number), CHS-31156 (call number), CHS-31156 (filename), chs-m15009 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-12367 (legacy record id), chs-m12904 (legacy record id), USC-0-1-1-13056 (legacy record id), 1-102- (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 12367

Unique identifier UC132186

Legacy Identifier CHS-31156.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 California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

Description The California Historical Society Collection is incomparable for the documentary picture it provides of the growth of Southern California, particularly the development of the Los Angeles region, between 1860 and 1960. The collection contains more than 25,000 photographs. The full archive was placed on long-term deposit at USC in 1990 and includes the Title Insurance and Trust Company Collection, also known as TICOR, and the Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection.

We are grateful to the following individuals who have improved the information in the Digital Library by bringing inaccuracies to our attention as well as adding information. C.J. Bell, Paul Boyle, James Cartwright, Phil Coscia, Bill Counter, Richard Davis, Ray DeLea, Mark French, Amanda Frye, Eric Gustafson, James King, Bill Morgan, Heather Pitts, Tim Poyorena-Miguel, Jo Anne Sadler, Ellen Lloyd Trover, Ruth Wallach, Kim Walters, Cynthia Wilson, Betsy Woodford, Chancy Woolridge, and many others.

Date Created 1860/1960

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