California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection 1890-1960

About 700 tons of scrap tire stock at a Pacific R & H Chemical Corporation plant, El Monte, [s.d.]

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About 700 tons of scrap tire stock at a Pacific R & H Chemical Corporation plant, El Monte, [s.d.]

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Photograph of about 700 tons of scrap tire stock at a Pacific R & H Chemical Corporation plant, El Monte, [s.d.]. A large pile of thousands of tires is visible at center in front of two buildings. The buildings have sloped roofs and a few windows, while a man can be seen underneath a low overhang at right. Utility poles and trees can be seen in the background.

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Title About 700 tons of scrap tire stock at a Pacific R & H Chemical Corporation plant, El Monte, [s.d.]

Subject buildings (adlf), Chemistry (lcsh), Factories (lcsh), Pacific R&H Chemical Company (subject)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

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

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), Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection, 1890-1960 (subcollection)

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.

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Permanent Link (DOI) https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m21167

Identifier 35365 (accession number), CHS-35365 (call number), CHS-35365 (filename), chs-m825 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-20179 (legacy record id), chs-m21167 (legacy record id), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 20179

Unique identifier UC122513

Legacy Identifier CHS-35365.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 23.4 in × 16.8 in at 300dpi
59.4 cm × 42.6 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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