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Inauguration of the Air Express Service, showing a woman handing packages to the pilot, August 31, 1927
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Inauguration of the Air Express Service, showing a woman handing packages to the pilot, August 31, 1927
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Description
Photograph of the Inauguration of the Air Express Service of the American Railway Express Company at Vail Field, August 31, 1927. A woman in a lightly-colored dress and hat hands packages to Pilot Maurice Graham who is in the cockpit. The front of the plane is at left while the back is at right. The air field lies behind them in the background.
Asset Metadata
Title
Inauguration of the Air Express Service, showing a woman handing packages to the pilot, 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
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Permanent Link (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m12833
Identifier
36401 (
accession number
), CHS-36401 (
call number
), CHS-36401 (
filename
), chs-m825 (
legacy collection record id
), chs-c65-12294 (
legacy record id
), chs-m12833 (
legacy record id
), USC-2-1-1-12985 (
legacy record id
), USC (
project
)
IIIF ID
[Document.IIIFV3ID]
DM Record ID
12294
Unique identifier
UC132657
Legacy Identifier
CHS-36401.tiff
Type
Image
Internet Media Type
image/tiff
Resolution
18.7 in × 13.2 in at 300dpi
47.5 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
Linked assets
Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection 1890-1960
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