California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection 1890-1960

Aerial view of the Essick Factory near downtown Los Angeles, 1910-1940

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Aerial view of the Essick Factory near downtown Los Angeles, 1910-1940

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Photograph of an aerial view of the Essick Factory near downtown Los Angeles, 1910-1940. The various industrial buildings span four blocks, a road extending from the lower righthand corner to railroad tracks to the left of center. Surrounding the tracks, cleared ground is visible. This site was the parent to branch plants in Little Rock, Arkansas; Elizabeth, New Jersey; Santa Ana, California; with subsidiary T. L. Smith Company of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and Lufkin, Texas, and the Sterling Machinery Company, formerly of Kansas City, Missouri.

Asset Metadata

Title Aerial view of the Essick Factory near downtown Los Angeles, 1910-1940

Subject buildings (lcsh), Essick Factory (subject), Factories (lcsh), industrial sites (adlf), Los Angeles -- Architecture -- Commercial -- General -- Essick Factory (file heading), Los Angeles -- Architecture -- Commercial -- General #7 (file heading)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), Commercial District (city or populated place), Downtown Los Angeles (city or populated place), Essick Factory (manmade features), Industrial District (city or populated place), Los Angeles (city or populated place), Los Angeles (counties), USA (countries)

Geocoordinate 33.70409,-118.28446 (point), 34.05644,-118.95586 (point), 34.77141,-117.67322 (point), 34.8191,-118.8643 (point)

Temporal Subject 1910/1940

Type images

Format 1 photograph : photoprint, b&w ; 20 x 25 cm. (aacr2), 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 1910/1940

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-m1076

Identifier 44095 (accession number), CHS-44095 (call number), CHS-44095 (filename), isla id: S-4586 (identifying number), chs-m825 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-1958 (legacy record id), chs-m1076 (legacy record id), USC-2-1-1-1112 (legacy record id), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 1958

Unique identifier UC117348

Legacy Identifier CHS-44095.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 20.1 in × 16.2 in at 300dpi
51.2 cm × 41.3 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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