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Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection 1890-1960
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Exterior of a Southern California Edison Company electric plant, August 1927
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Exterior of a Southern California Edison Company electric plant, August 1927
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Description
Photograph of the exterior of an electric plant, August 1927. A large stone building sits in the center with long rectangular windows on both visible sides. The front half of the building seems lighter than the back half to the left. The outline of the bricks are visible while transmission lines sit on top of the roof. To the left, a tall transmission tower can be seen behind the building.
Asset Metadata
Title
Exterior of a Southern California Edison Company electric plant, August 1927
Subject
buildings
(adlf),
Electric power plants
(lcsh),
Industry -- Electric
(file heading),
Southern California Edison Company
(subject)
Tags
OAI-PMH Harvest
Place
California
(states),
Los Angeles
(city or populated place),
Los Angeles
(counties),
USA
(countries)
Temporal Subject
1927-08-01
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
1927-08-01
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-m11917
Identifier
40741 (
accession number
), CHS-40741 (
call number
), CHS-40741 (
filename
), chs-m825 (
legacy collection record id
), chs-c65-11326 (
legacy record id
), chs-m11917 (
legacy record id
), USC-2-1-1-12069 (
legacy record id
), 84-1-1200 (
microfiche number
), USC (
project
)
IIIF ID
[Document.IIIFV3ID]
DM Record ID
11326
Unique identifier
UC128827
Legacy Identifier
CHS-40741.tiff
Type
Image
Internet Media Type
image/tiff
Resolution
21.1 in × 16.5 in at 300dpi
53.7 cm × 42.0 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
Linked assets
Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection 1890-1960
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