California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection 1890-1960

Pacific Gypsum Tile Company plant showing Southern Pacific tracks, 1925

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Pacific Gypsum Tile Company plant showing Southern Pacific tracks, 1925

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Photograph of the Pacific Gypsum Tile Company plant showing Southern Pacific tracks, 1925. A street lies across the foreground while a second street extends from the left foreground to the right background. Electrical poles line the second street with the large factory behind them at center. Lightly-colored stacks of boxes surround one of the long buildings of the plant. A second building stands in a clear field behind the first. A row of evergreen trees separates those buildings from others which stand at the foot of hills int he background.

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Title Pacific Gypsum Tile Company plant showing Southern Pacific tracks, 1925

Subject buildings (adlf), Factories (lcsh), General Subjects -- Industry -- General -- Uncataloged (file heading)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1925

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 1925

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-m20534

Identifier 36790 (accession number), CHS-36790 (call number), CHS-36790 (filename), chs-m825 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-24365 (legacy record id), chs-m20534 (legacy record id), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 24365

Unique identifier UC130192

Legacy Identifier CHS-36790.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 20.9 in × 17.5 in at 300dpi
53.3 cm × 44.5 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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Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection 1890-1960

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