Exterior view of the Los Angeles Knitting Company factory on a rainy day, 1900

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Photograph of an exterior view of the Los Angeles Knitting Company factory on a rainy day, 1900. A one-story brick building with a flat roof can be seen at center. The corner can be seen at center, while the building continues to the left and right. Striped awnings are visible on the windows. Puddles can be seen on the roads that run from the left foreground towards the right, and a road that runs from the right foreground to the left. Four automobiles can be seen parked on the side of the road at left. Utility poles line the streets, while a water tower in the background reads, "L.A. [Kni]tting [...] co. [...]".

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Title Exterior view of the Los Angeles Knitting Company factory on a rainy day, 1900

Subject buildings (lcsh), Factories (lcsh), industrial sites (adlf), Los Angeles -- Architecture -- Commercial -- General -- Los Angeles Knitting Co. (file heading), Los Angeles -- Architecture -- Commercial -- General #4 (file heading), Los Angeles Knitting Company (subject), Rain and rainfall (lcsh), Textile industry (lcsh)

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), 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-m1103

Identifier 44056 (accession number), CHS-44056 (call number), CHS-44056 (filename), chs-m825 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-1983 (legacy record id), chs-m1103 (legacy record id), USC-2-1-1-1139 (legacy record id), 84-1-1549 (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 1983

Unique identifier UC117404

Legacy Identifier CHS-44056.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 20.5 in × 13.3 in at 300dpi
52.0 cm × 33.7 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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