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Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection 1890-1960
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Crawford powered glider, showing Crawford in the pilot seat on Seal Beach, April 1, 1930
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Crawford powered glider, showing Crawford in the pilot seat on Seal Beach, April 1, 1930
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Description
Photograph of the Crawford powered glider, showing Crawford in the pilot seat on Seal Beach, April 1, 1930. Crawford sits at left in a sweater, leather boots, and a cap with goggles around his head. He holds the joy stick that operates the glider which contains him. The engine is exposed just under the small propeller.
Asset Metadata
Title
Crawford powered glider, showing Crawford in the pilot seat on Seal Beach, 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 ; 21 x 26 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
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Permanent Link (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m12996
Identifier
36353 (
accession number
), CHS-36353 (
call number
), CHS-36353 (
filename
), chs-m825 (
legacy collection record id
), chs-c65-12439 (
legacy record id
), chs-m12996 (
legacy record id
), USC-2-1-1-13148 (
legacy record id
), USC (
project
)
IIIF ID
[Document.IIIFV3ID]
DM Record ID
12439
Unique identifier
UC132650
Legacy Identifier
CHS-36353.tiff
Type
Image
Internet Media Type
image/tiff
Resolution
13.4 in × 18.7 in at 300dpi
34.1 cm × 47.6 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
Linked assets
Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection 1890-1960
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