California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection 1890-1960

Ship under construction "on the ways" of the Larsen Ship Building Company at Los Angeles Harbor, showing the side of the ship, June 11, 1928

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Ship under construction "on the ways" of the Larsen Ship Building Company at Los Angeles Harbor, showing the side of the ship, June 11, 1928

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Photograph of a ship under construction "on the ways" of the Larsen Ship Building Company at Los Angeles Harbor, June 11, 1928. To the left, a large wooden ship stands uncompleted, surrounded by scaffolding. Several men can be seen at the left top of this scaffolding, at the top of a long ramp. The apex of the roof of the open building that houses it all can be seen in the background.

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Title Ship under construction "on the ways" of the Larsen Ship Building Company at Los Angeles Harbor, showing the side of the ship, June 11, 1928

Subject Freight and freightage (lcsh), Harbors (lcsh), storage structures (adlf)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1928-06-11

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 1928-06-11

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-m22531

Identifier 49126 (accession number), CHS-49126 (call number), CHS-49126 (filename), chs-m825 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-21624 (legacy record id), chs-m22531 (legacy record id), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 21624

Unique identifier UC124727

Legacy Identifier CHS-49126.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 31.1 in × 24.4 in at 300dpi
79.1 cm × 62.0 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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