California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection 1890-1960

Two biplanes at Vail Field, ca.1929

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Two biplanes at Vail Field, ca.1929

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Photograph of two biplanes at Vail Field, ca.1929. In the center foreground, a small Western Air Express biplane used by the U.S. Air Mail is visible facing right. In the background, a set of mobile stairs is standing close to a second biplane. The rest of the image appears to be open field, with buildings indistinctly visible along the horizon.

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Title Two biplanes at Vail Field, ca.1929

Subject Airplanes (lcsh), airport features (adlf), Airports (lcsh), Industry -- Aeronautics -- General (file heading), Transportation (lcsh), Transportation -- Air -- Burbank Glendale Airport (file heading), Vail Field (subject)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

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

Temporal Subject 1929

Type images

Format 1 photograph : photoprint, b&w ; 26 x 21 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.

Access Conditions Send requests to address or e-mail given

Permanent Link (DOI) https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m5237

Identifier 36504 (accession number), CHS-36504 (call number), CHS-36504 (filename), chs-m825 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-25778 (legacy record id), chs-m5237 (legacy record id), USC-2-1-1-5344 (legacy record id), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 25778

Unique identifier UC128989

Legacy Identifier CHS-36504.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 18.6 in × 13.4 in at 300dpi
47.3 cm × 34.0 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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Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection 1890-1960

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