California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

Exterior view of the Goodrich Tire and Rubber Company and Willard Storage Battery Plant, May 1930

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Exterior view of the Goodrich Tire and Rubber Company and Willard Storage Battery Plant, May 1930

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Photograph of an exterior view of the Goodrich Tire and Rubber Company and Willard Storage Battery Plant, May 1930. Large, evenly spaced piles of wild oats can be seen in a field from the foreground to the background. A long, one-story building can be seen across the background, while a water tower can be seen to the left of center in the background. Another building can be seen in the left background.

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Title Exterior view of the Goodrich Tire and Rubber Company and Willard Storage Battery Plant, May 1930

Subject B.F. Goodrich Company (subject), Goodrich Tire and Rubber Company (subject), industrial sites (adlf), Rubber industry and trade (lcsh), Tires, rubber (lcsh), Willard Storage Battery Plant (subject)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

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

Temporal Subject 1930-05

Type images

Format 1 photograph : photonegative, b&w ; 13 x 18 cm. (aacr2), negatives (photographic) (aat), photographs (aat)

Source California Historical Society (contributing entity), California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960 (collection)

Date Created 1930-05

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.

Access Conditions Send requests to address or e-mail given

Permanent Link (DOI) https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m24441

Identifier 48820 (accession number), CHS-48820 (call number), CHS-48820 (filename), chs-m15009 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-23711 (legacy record id), chs-m24441 (legacy record id), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 23711

Unique identifier UC124708

Legacy Identifier CHS-48820.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 27.8 in × 19.7 in at 300dpi
70.7 cm × 50.2 cm at 300dpi

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Title California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

Description The California Historical Society Collection is incomparable for the documentary picture it provides of the growth of Southern California, particularly the development of the Los Angeles region, between 1860 and 1960. The collection contains more than 25,000 photographs. The full archive was placed on long-term deposit at USC in 1990 and includes the Title Insurance and Trust Company Collection, also known as TICOR, and the Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection.

We are grateful to the following individuals who have improved the information in the Digital Library by bringing inaccuracies to our attention as well as adding information. C.J. Bell, Paul Boyle, James Cartwright, Phil Coscia, Bill Counter, Richard Davis, Ray DeLea, Mark French, Amanda Frye, Eric Gustafson, James King, Bill Morgan, Heather Pitts, Tim Poyorena-Miguel, Jo Anne Sadler, Ellen Lloyd Trover, Ruth Wallach, Kim Walters, Cynthia Wilson, Betsy Woodford, Chancy Woolridge, and many others.

Date Created 1860/1960

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