California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection 1890-1960

Class in tile laying at the Frank Wiggins Trade School in Los Angeles, ca.1927

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Class in tile laying at the Frank Wiggins Trade School in Los Angeles, ca.1927

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Photograph of a class in tile laying at the Frank Wiggins Trade School in Los Angeles, ca.1927. Four students are at center and all are working on separate tile projects. The men are all wearing light-colored overalls and shirts. Two of the men are dealing with tile on a vertical wall, while the other two are working on the ground. A wooden box can be seen at left, and a set of metal pipes is fixed to the concrete wall at right.

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Title Class in tile laying at the Frank Wiggins Trade School in Los Angeles, ca.1927

Subject Construction industry (lcsh), educational facilities (adlf), Frank Wiggins Trade School (subject), Los Angeles County -- Los Angeles -- Schools -- Trade schools (file heading), Tile construction (lcsh), Tile laying (lcsh), Trade schools (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

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

Temporal Subject 1927

Type images

Format 1 photograph : photonegative, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm. (aacr2), negatives (photographic) (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 1927

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-m4745

Identifier 33255 (accession number), CHS-33255 (call number), CHS-33255 (filename), chs-m825 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-25093 (legacy record id), chs-m4745 (legacy record id), USC-2-1-1-4843 (legacy record id), 84-1-756 (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 25093

Unique identifier UC128553

Legacy Identifier CHS-33255.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 19.0 in × 15.1 in at 300dpi
48.2 cm × 38.3 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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