California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

Exterior view of the Samson Rubber Company, Compton, [s.d.]

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Exterior view of the Samson Rubber Company, Compton, [s.d.]

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Photograph of an exterior view of the Samson Rubber Company, Compton, [s.d.]. The large, low building can be seen in the background at right. It has a flat roof, and several large rectangular windows can be seen along its perimeter. Smokestacks protrude from the roof, and the name of the company is painted on the side of the building at left. A water tower can be seen over the building at right. A wide road runs from the foreground at left to the background at right, and a line of utility poles borders it at left.

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Title Exterior view of the Samson Rubber Company, Compton, [s.d.]

Publisher University of Southern California. Libraries (digital)

Subject buildings (adlf), Rubber industry and trade (lcsh), Samson Rubber Company (subject), Streets (lcsh), Water towers (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

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

Type images

Format 1 photograph : negative, b&w ; 13 x 18 cm. (aacr2), negatives (photographic) (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-m30125

Identifier 37130 (accession number), CHS-37130 (call number), CHS-37130 (filename), chs-m15009 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-23990 (legacy record id), chs-m30125 (legacy record id), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 23990

Unique identifier UC131716

Legacy Identifier CHS-37130.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 18.4 in × 13.1 in at 300dpi
46.8 cm × 33.2 cm at 300dpi

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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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