Exterior view of the Western Air Express airport, shown from a distance, Alhambra, [s.d.]

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Photograph of an exterior view of the Western Air Express airport, shown from a distance, [s.d.]. At center, a long building can be seen from a distance across the field in the foreground. Farther left, shacks can be seen near the building, while a structure that appears to be football uprights appears at right.; Writing along the bottom of the image reads: "Regular LA to NY line. 7 miles from post office. 1 mile southwest Montebello between Union Pacific and Santa Fe railway lines. High tension line on west. Altitude 200 feet. Size, 411 acres. 7500 E--W. 4047 N--S. Hangar in SE corner, 60x140. Man in charge day and night. Repairs; gas, phone, radio. Bus line passes hangar. West winds. As many airplanes visit field as used by owners of field".

Asset Metadata

Title Exterior view of the Western Air Express airport, shown from a distance, Alhambra, [s.d.]

Subject Airplanes (lcsh), airport features (adlf), Airports (lcsh), Western Air Express (subject)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

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

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), Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960 (subcollection)

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-m22892

Identifier 49355 (accession number), CHS-49355 (call number), CHS-49355 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-22378 (legacy record id), chs-m22892 (legacy record id), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 22378

Unique identifier UC125154

Legacy Identifier CHS-49355.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 27.6 in × 19.8 in at 300dpi
70.2 cm × 50.3 cm at 300dpi

Inherited Values

Title Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960

Description The nearly 15,000 unique photographs of this collection contain the work of C.C. Pierce which cover the Los Angeles region city, street and architectural views, California Missions, Southwestern Native Americans, and turn-of-century Nevada, Arizona, and California. Pierce, active from 1886 to 1940, was one of the leading photographers of his day and amassed a collection of 15,000 images, including his own and those bought and copied from his contemporaries, George Wharton James and Charles Puck. The James collection contains over 2,000 images of portraits, customs, ceremonies, arts, and games of various groups of Southwestern Native Americans.

Date Created 1860/1960

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