California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection 1890-1960

Crawford powered glider, showing two men beside it, April 1, 1930

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Crawford powered glider, showing two men beside it, April 1, 1930

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Photograph of two men standing beside a glider which has a sign that reads "Crawford's powered glider, Seal Beach", April 1, 1930. One of the men wears a suit, hat and coat while the other wears pilot's clothing and points at the glider from the far right. The glider sits at center with an empty air field behind it.

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Title Crawford powered glider, showing two men beside it, April 1, 1930

Subject Aeronautics (lcsh), Airplanes (lcsh), airport features (adlf), Crawford (subject), Gliders (Aeronautics) (lcsh), Transportation -- Air -- Airplanes (file heading)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

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

Temporal Subject 1930-04-01

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 1930-04-01

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-m12994

Identifier 36354 (accession number), CHS-36354 (call number), CHS-36354 (filename), chs-m825 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-12433 (legacy record id), chs-m12994 (legacy record id), USC-2-1-1-13146 (legacy record id), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 12433

Unique identifier UC132659

Legacy Identifier CHS-36354.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 18.7 in × 13.2 in at 300dpi
47.6 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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