River Station freight yards near South Broadway, 1930

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Photograph of the River Station railroad freight yards near South Broadway, moving freight to Los Angeles Harbor, 1930. Hundreds of dark freight cars sit on parallel tracks across the yard at center. Smoke stacks billow over the background.

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Title River Station freight yards near South Broadway, 1930

Subject Freight and freightage (lcsh), railroad features (adlf), Railroads (lcsh), River Station (subject), Transportation -- Railroads -- Southern California -- Los Angeles County (file heading)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), Los Angeles (city or populated place), Los Angeles (counties), South Broadway (roadway), 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-m12098

Identifier 43698 (accession number), CHS-43698 (call number), CHS-43698 (filename), chs-m825 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-11593 (legacy record id), chs-m12098 (legacy record id), USC-2-1-1-12251 (legacy record id), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 11593

Unique identifier UC130108

Legacy Identifier CHS-43698.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 10.8 in × 8.9 in at 300dpi
27.5 cm × 22.8 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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