Interior view of an electric plant, ca.1930

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Photograph of the interior of an electric plant, ca.1930. A row of darkly colored semi-circular machines runs from the left foreground to the right background. The machines alternate in two different sizes. The larger machines have rounded edges and oval shaped hole running along the curve while the smaller objects have sharp edges with no holes. In the center foreground sits s rectangular hole in the floor. The hole is surrounded by a guard rail made of metallic poles. A rounded apparatus is visible inside the hole. Similar holes extend into the background while light cascades into the room through long rectangular windows on the left.

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Title Interior view of an electric plant, ca.1930

Subject Electric power plants (lcsh), industrial sites (adlf), 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 1930

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 1930

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-m11912

Identifier 40736 (accession number), CHS-40736 (call number), CHS-40736 (filename), chs-m825 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-11321 (legacy record id), chs-m11912 (legacy record id), USC-2-1-1-12064 (legacy record id), 84-1-1203 (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 11321

Unique identifier UC128793

Legacy Identifier CHS-40736.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 20.9 in × 16.5 in at 300dpi
53.2 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

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