Aerial view of the Craig Shipbuilding Company yards in Long Beach, ca.1950

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Photograph of an aerial view of the Craig Shipbuilding Company yards in Long Beach, ca.1950. A large ship in a drydock can be seen at center, and several support ships can be seen around the structure. The shore is visible at the bottom of the image and in the upper corners. A large sailing vessel is visible at left. Many automobiles can be seen on roads in the foreground.; Photoprint reads: "This photograph is loaned to you. Please return to: Illustrator. L.A. City Planning Dept. Rm.361 F City Hall, Los Angeles, California".

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Title Aerial view of the Craig Shipbuilding Company yards in Long Beach, ca.1950

Subject Craig Shipbuilding Company (subject), Harbors (adlf), Los Angeles County -- Long Beach -- General aerials and panoramas (file heading), Shipbuilding industry (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

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

Temporal Subject 1950

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)

Date Created 1950

Contributor Prejza, Paul (donated 1978-03) (donor)

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-m5881

Identifier 42247 (accession number), CHS-42247 (call number), CHS-42247 (filename), chs-m15009 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-5892 (legacy record id), chs-m5881 (legacy record id), USC-0-1-1-5989 (legacy record id), USC (project), 105 (unidentified no.), 126 (unidentified no.)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 5892

Unique identifier UC127667

Legacy Identifier CHS-42247.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 21.0 in × 16.4 in at 300dpi
53.4 cm × 41.8 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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