California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

Steel pipes being loaded on a truck at Los Angeles Harbor, September 17, 1930

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Steel pipes being loaded on a truck at Los Angeles Harbor, September 17, 1930

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Photograph of steel pipes being loaded on a truck at Los Angeles Harbor, September 17, 1930. A large crane can be seen at center, hoisting long steel pipes onto the back of a truck. More pipes can be seen stacked on the ground at right, where several men look on. A large cargo ship can be seen in the background at left. In the background at right, a very large warehouse building with large glass windows is visible. Compares to CHS-35840 and CHS-35843, which show the same scene.; Legible signs include, from left "Maru Osaka", "Berth 228 D-E", "City of Los Angeles", and "William [...]mond & Company".

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Title Steel pipes being loaded on a truck at Los Angeles Harbor, September 17, 1930

Subject Cargo ships (lcsh), Docks (lcsh), Harbors (adlf), Mobile cranes (lcsh), Steel industry and trade (lcsh), Warehouses (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

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

Temporal Subject 1930-09-17

Type images

Format 1 photograph : negative, b&w ; 13 x 18 cm. (aacr2), negatives (photographic) (aat), photographs (aat)

Source California Historical Society (contributing entity), California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960 (collection)

Date Created 1930-09-17

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-m11790

Identifier 35842 (accession number), CHS-35842 (call number), CHS-35842 (filename), chs-m15009 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-11201 (legacy record id), chs-m11790 (legacy record id), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 11201

Unique identifier UC128679

Legacy Identifier CHS-35842.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 18.0 in × 12.7 in at 300dpi
45.8 cm × 32.4 cm at 300dpi

Inherited Values

Title California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

Description The California Historical Society Collection is incomparable for the documentary picture it provides of the growth of Southern California, particularly the development of the Los Angeles region, between 1860 and 1960. The collection contains more than 25,000 photographs. The full archive was placed on long-term deposit at USC in 1990 and includes the Title Insurance and Trust Company Collection, also known as TICOR, and the Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection.

We are grateful to the following individuals who have improved the information in the Digital Library by bringing inaccuracies to our attention as well as adding information. C.J. Bell, Paul Boyle, James Cartwright, Phil Coscia, Bill Counter, Richard Davis, Ray DeLea, Mark French, Amanda Frye, Eric Gustafson, James King, Bill Morgan, Heather Pitts, Tim Poyorena-Miguel, Jo Anne Sadler, Ellen Lloyd Trover, Ruth Wallach, Kim Walters, Cynthia Wilson, Betsy Woodford, Chancy Woolridge, and many others.

Date Created 1860/1960

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