Aerial view of the Willys-Overland Plant in Los Angeles, 1929

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Photograph of an aerial view of the Willys-Overland Plant in Los Angeles. February 5, 1929. At center, a large square complex of buildings can be seen, with a two-story office building at its front. In front of this, parked automobiles and two sets of railcar tracks can be seen. A parking lot and water tower are visible at right, along with what appears to be a homestead.

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Title Aerial view of the Willys-Overland Plant in Los Angeles, 1929

Subject buildings (adlf), Factories (lcsh), General Subjects -- Industry -- General -- Uncataloged (file heading)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

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

Temporal Subject 1929-02-05

Type images

Format 2 photographs : photoprint, photonegative, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm., 13 x 17 cm. (aacr2), negatives (photographic) (aat), 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 1929-02-05

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-m20533

Identifier 36586 (accession number), CHS-36586 (call number), CHS-36586 (filename), chs-m825 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-24364 (legacy record id), chs-m20533 (legacy record id), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 24364

Unique identifier UC130623

Legacy Identifier CHS-36586.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 18.7 in × 13.3 in at 300dpi
47.6 cm × 33.9 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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