Southern California Edison transmission lines, March 4, 1923

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Photograph of Southern California Edison transmission lines, March 4, 1923. To the left of center, a transmission tower stands on a grassy field with three thick wires extending out of the top. The wires stretch through the sky into the right foreground and connect to another tower in the left background. An identical tower sits to the right. Transmission towers and connecting wires can be seen extending into the background as well as to the left and right.

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Title Southern California Edison transmission lines, March 4, 1923

Subject Electric lines (lcsh), Electric power (lcsh), grasslands (adlf), Industry -- Electric (file heading), Southern California Edison Company (subject)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1923-03-04

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 1923-03-04

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-m11888

Identifier 40720 (accession number), CHS-40720 (call number), CHS-40720 (filename), chs-m825 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-11298 (legacy record id), chs-m11888 (legacy record id), USC-2-1-1-12040 (legacy record id), 84-1-1196 (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 11298

Unique identifier UC128839

Legacy Identifier CHS-40720.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 21.2 in × 16.3 in at 300dpi
53.8 cm × 41.5 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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