California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection 1890-1960

Architectural rendering of the Western Machinery Company, showing a locomotive, 1900

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Architectural rendering of the Western Machinery Company, showing a locomotive, 1900

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Photograph of an architectural rendering of the Western Machinery Company, showing a locomotive, 1900. At center, the large block building is depicted, displaying its title and the many products it manufactures on its facade. Farther forward, streetcars, pedestrians, and horse-drawn carriages can be seen moving along the street. To the right, two locomotives make their way up and down a set of tracks. The city is fainly visible in the background.; Previous record reads: "manufacturers of gasoline engines, mining hoists, portables and pumps, irrigation, electric and power plants".

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Title Architectural rendering of the Western Machinery Company, showing a locomotive, 1900

Subject buildings (adlf), buildings (lcsh), Engines (lcsh), Factories (lcsh), Los Angeles -- Architecture -- Commercial -- General -- Western Machinery Company (file heading), Los Angeles -- Architecture -- Commercial -- General #8 (Illustrations) (file heading), Machinery (lcsh), Railroads (lcsh), Street-railroads (lcsh), Wagons (lcsh), Western Machinery Company (subject)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

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

Temporal Subject 1900

Type images

Format 1 photograph : photoprint, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm. (aacr2), art (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 1900

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-m1084

Identifier 44102 (accession number), CHS-44102 (call number), CHS-44102 (filename), chs-m825 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-1892 (legacy record id), chs-m1084 (legacy record id), USC-2-1-1-1120 (legacy record id), 84-1-818 (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 1892

Unique identifier UC117350

Legacy Identifier CHS-44102.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 20.4 in × 16.0 in at 300dpi
51.8 cm × 40.8 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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