California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

Watch case vulcanizers in a Samson Tire and Rubber Corporation plant, Compton, 1927

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Watch case vulcanizers in a Samson Tire and Rubber Corporation plant, Compton, 1927

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Photograph of watch case vulcanizers in a Samson Tire and Rubber Corporation plant, Compton, 1927. Five cylindrical vulcanizers can be seen at center. Ropes tied in loose knots can be seen hanging from the ceiling in front of each machine, while a man wearing gloves is visible standing between the centermost vulcanizers. Pipes run along the wall behind the machines, while lights hang from the ceiling. Light is visible shining through a window in the left background. A sign on the wall at right reads: "Each one in the Samson factory has his part in the accomplishments shown in this [?] and each one can [?] feel proud of his part." Transparency reads: "Each tire is here vulcanized in steam. Here the tread design makes its appearance in the rubber and the tire emerges a finished product".

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Title Watch case vulcanizers in a Samson Tire and Rubber Corporation plant, Compton, 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)

Date Created 1927

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-m21159

Identifier 35356 (accession number), CHS-35356 (call number), CHS-35356 (filename), chs-m15009 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-20171 (legacy record id), chs-m21159 (legacy record id), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 20171

Unique identifier UC122515

Legacy Identifier CHS-35356.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 23.4 in × 16.7 in at 300dpi
59.5 cm × 42.5 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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