California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

Birdseye view of the exterior of the Samson Factory of the Samson Tire and Rubber Corporation, Compton, 1927

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Birdseye view of the exterior of the Samson Factory of the Samson Tire and Rubber Corporation, Compton, 1927

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Photograph of a birdseye view of the exterior of the Samson Factory of the Samson Tire and Rubber Corporation, Compton, 1927. A large one-story brick building can be seen at center with multiple evenly-spaced windows across the front. A sign reading, "Samson Cords" can be seen above the building, while a grass lawn is visible enclosed by a chain-link fence at left. At least eight automobiles can be seen parked along a road at left. The road continues at right and is lined by utility poles. Other buildings and two water towers can be seen in the background. Transparency reads: "Five additions have been made within the past three years to keep up with the ever-mounting sales. The factory is in operation twenty-four hours a day and has been so for three years".

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Title Birdseye view of the exterior of the Samson Factory of the Samson Tire and Rubber Corporation, Compton, 1927

Publisher University of Southern California. Libraries (digital)

Date Created 1927

Subject buildings (adlf), Industry -- Rubber -- Identified companies (subject), Rubber industry and trade (lcsh), Samson Company (subject)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

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

Temporal Subject 1927

Type images

Format 1 photograph : transparency, b&w ; 13 x 18 cm. (aacr2), photographs (aat), transparencies (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-m21158

Identifier 35355 (accession number), CHS-35355 (call number), CHS-35355 (filename), chs-m15009 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-20170 (legacy record id), chs-m21158 (legacy record id), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 20170

Unique identifier UC122507

Legacy Identifier CHS-35355.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 23.3 in × 17.0 in at 300dpi
59.2 cm × 43.2 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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