California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection 1890-1960

Air Express Service handing packages from a truck to Pilot Maurice Graham, April 13, 1928

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Air Express Service handing packages from a truck to Pilot Maurice Graham, April 13, 1928

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Photograph of the Air Express Service handing packages from a truck to Pilot Maurice Graham, April 13, 1928. The large truck can be seen at left and is backed up near the fuselage of the small mailplane at right. Graham can be seen in teh rear cockpit of the aircraft. The Air Express Service was part of the American Railway Express Company, and Graham flew for Western Air Express. Photoprint: "Deodars on Sherman Way near Van Nuys"

Asset Metadata

Title Air Express Service handing packages from a truck to Pilot Maurice Graham, April 13, 1928

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)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

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

Temporal Subject 1928-04-13

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 1928-04-13

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-m12835

Identifier 36542 (accession number), CHS-36542 (call number), CHS-36542 (filename), chs-m825 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-12300 (legacy record id), chs-m12835 (legacy record id), USC-2-1-1-12987 (legacy record id), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 12300

Unique identifier UC132666

Legacy Identifier CHS-36542.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 18.6 in × 13.2 in at 300dpi
47.2 cm × 33.6 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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Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection 1890-1960

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