California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection 1890-1960

Deodars on Sherman Way near Van Nuys Western Air Express, July 13, 1928

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Deodars on Sherman Way near Van Nuys Western Air Express, July 13, 1928

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Photograph of a Model T Ford on Sherman Way with Deodar Trees in the background, July 13, 1928. The automobile drives along the smooth road at center. The road extends from the center foreground to the right distance. Deodar trees form wall along the left side of the road. A mailbox stands at the end of a driveway next to the automobile. The driveway leads through the trees to a house which is barely visible at left. Photoprint reads "Western Air Express".

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Title Deodars on Sherman Way near Van Nuys Western Air Express, July 13, 1928

Subject Airports (lcsh), Automobiles (lcsh), Burbank Glendale Airport (subject), Industry -- Aeronautics -- General (file heading), roadways (adlf), Transportation (lcsh), Transportation -- Air -- Burbank Glendale Airport (file heading), Trees (lcsh), Western Air Express (subject)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), Los Angeles (city or populated place), Los Angeles (counties), Sherman Way (roadway), USA (countries), Van Nuys (city or populated place)

Temporal Subject 1928-04-13

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 1928-04-13

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-m5238

Identifier 36541 (accession number), CHS-36541 (call number), CHS-36541 (filename), chs-m825 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-25779 (legacy record id), chs-m5238 (legacy record id), USC-2-1-1-5345 (legacy record id), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 25779

Unique identifier UC128995

Legacy Identifier CHS-36541.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 18.6 in × 13.2 in at 300dpi
47.3 cm × 33.6 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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