California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

Factory workers making tires in a Samson Tire and Rubber Corporation plant, Compton, [s.d.]

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Factory workers making tires in a Samson Tire and Rubber Corporation plant, Compton, [s.d.]

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Photograph of factory workers making tires in a Samson Tire and Rubber Corporation plant, Compton, [s.d.]. Multiple men can be seen at left shaping rubber on machines. They work side-by-side, are separated by partitions, and continue into the background. Tires with writing on them can be seen on a conveyor belt down the center. More men are visible at right applying machines to partially-completed tires. Lights hang from the ceiling, while windows can be seen at left and on the back wall. Transparency reads: "Adjustments on Samson tires are seldom necessary because of the efficiency of these workmen. This latest addition to the Samson plant increased the tire output 500 tires a day".

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Title Factory workers making tires in a Samson Tire and Rubber Corporation plant, Compton, [s.d.]

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)

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)

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-m21161

Identifier 35358 (accession number), CHS-35358 (call number), CHS-35358 (filename), chs-m15009 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-20173 (legacy record id), chs-m21161 (legacy record id), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 20173

Unique identifier UC122518

Legacy Identifier CHS-35358.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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