Aerial view of the Long Beach Steam Station, Southern California Edison Company, 1929

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Photograph of an aerial view of the Long Beach Steam Station, Southern California Edison Company, 1929. A row of large rectangular buildings can be seen stretching across the image at center. Three of the buildings have multiple cylindrical smokestacks on the roof. A large body of water is visible in the background, and metal utility poles can be seen behind the buildings at left. A caption in the bottom right corner reads: "1929 556,000 Horsepower".

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Title Aerial view of the Long Beach Steam Station, Southern California Edison Company, 1929

Subject Electric power (lcsh), Electric power plants (lcsh), Hydroelectric power plants (lcsh), industrial sites (adlf), Los Angeles County -- Long Beach -- General views (file heading), Southern California Edison Company (subject)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

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

Temporal Subject 1929

Type images

Format 1 photograph : photoprint, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm. (aacr2), photographic prints (aat), photographs (aat)

Source California Historical Society (contributing entity), California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960 (collection), Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection, 1890-1960 (subcollection)

Date Created 1929

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-m4527

Identifier 36972 (accession number), CHS-36972 (call number), CHS-36972 (filename), chs-m825 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-5177 (legacy record id), chs-m4527 (legacy record id)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 5177

Unique identifier UC126602

Legacy Identifier CHS-36972.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 18.5 in × 13.3 in at 300dpi
47.2 cm × 33.9 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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