California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection 1890-1960

Railway Express Agency local delivery dock, showing packages being prepared for dispatch, ca.1940

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Railway Express Agency local delivery dock, showing packages being prepared for dispatch, ca.1940

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Photograph of a Railway Express Agency local delivery dock, showing packages being prepared for dispatch, ca.1940. Conveyor belts can be seen leading down the center of the warehouse interior, boxes moving along them. To the left, smaller, self-contained belts lead to the open backs of truck, into which it appears boxes are being loaded. To the right, a collection of signs read "Twinkle twi[nkle] little star, do [not] drop it from t[he] car. If workin[g] [on] the line, hand[le] each piece as [though] it were thine", "Look sharp, be sharp. Ring the bell. Chase old man claim down the well", and other, illegible signs.; Photoprint reads: "Railway Express Agency, Inc. 357 Aliso Street, Los Angeles. Los Angeles local delivery assort dock showing packages being prepared for dispatch in street vehicles and conveyer operation".

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Title Railway Express Agency local delivery dock, showing packages being prepared for dispatch, ca.1940

Subject Freight and freightage (lcsh), industrial sites (adlf), Railroads (lcsh), Railway Express Agency, Inc. (subject), Transportation -- Railroads -- Southern California -- Freight loading (file heading)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place 357 Aliso Street (roadway), California (states), Los Angeles (city or populated place), Los Angeles (counties), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1940

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 1940

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-m12119

Identifier 43676 (accession number), CHS-43676 (call number), CHS-43676 (filename), chs-m825 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-11610 (legacy record id), chs-m12119 (legacy record id), USC-2-1-1-12272 (legacy record id), 84-1-2144 (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 11610

Unique identifier UC129963

Legacy Identifier CHS-43676.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 20.5 in × 16.1 in at 300dpi
52.1 cm × 41.1 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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