Female workers leaving the North American Aviation plant in Downey, September 1950

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Photograph of female workers leaving the North American Aviation plant in Downey, September 1950. Three women are walking side by side at center on a wide concrete sidewalk. The plant is behind them and is a large brick building with a curved façade. An awning covers a second-story window at right. Hedges can be seen growing around the perimeter of the building, and a closely trimmed lawn is visible in the foreground.; The missile and control equipment departments of North American Aviation, centered at the Downey, California plant, were created for the purpose of developing long range guided missiles as the logical step for an organization whose policies have continuously expanded the opportunities in Engineering for more than 25 years. Since 1945, the MACE Departments have expanded from a nucleus of a few research engineers to a technical force of more than 5000 persons.

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Title Female workers leaving the North American Aviation plant in Downey, September 1950

Subject Aeronautics (lcsh), Engineering (lcsh), Factories (lcsh), industrial sites (adlf), Industry Aerospace (file heading), North American Aviation (subject), Women (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), Downey (city or populated place), Lakewood Boulevard (roadway), Los Angeles (counties), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1950-09

Type images

Format 1 photograph : photonegative, b&w ; 10 x 13 cm. (aacr2), negatives (photographic) (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 1950-09

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-m8477

Identifier 33315 (accession number), CHS-33315 (call number), CHS-33315 (filename), chs-m825 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-8793 (legacy record id), chs-m8477 (legacy record id), USC-2-1-1-8612 (legacy record id), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 8793

Unique identifier UC138467

Legacy Identifier CHS-33315.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 13.4 in × 9.6 in at 300dpi
34.0 cm × 24.4 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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