Aerial view of Grand Central Air Terminal, Glendale, 1929

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Photograph of an aerial view of Grand Central Air Terminal, Glendale, 1929. The airfield can be seen at center and a single runway is visible. Hundreds of cars can be seen parked near the runway at left, and planes are visible on the taxiways. Closely spaced houses can be seen in the foreground and in the background.

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Title Aerial view of Grand Central Air Terminal, Glendale, 1929

Publisher University of Southern California. Libraries (digital)

Date Created 1929

Subject airport features (adlf), Airports (lcsh), Grand Central Air Terminal (subject), Transportation (lcsh), Transportation -- Air -- Airports -- General (file heading), Transportation -- Air -- Burbank Glendale Airport (file heading)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), Glendale (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)

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-m5268

Identifier 36357 (accession number), CHS-36357 (call number), CHS-36357 (filename), chs-m825 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-25805 (legacy record id), chs-m5268 (legacy record id), USC-2-1-1-13033 (legacy record id), USC-2-1-1-5380 (legacy record id), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 25805

Unique identifier UC128982

Legacy Identifier CHS-36357.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 18.8 in × 13.4 in at 300dpi
47.7 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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