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Title
Exterior view of the Samson Rubber Company showing a water tower on the roof, Compton
Publication Information
University of Southern California. Libraries
Contributing Institution
California Historical Society
University of Southern California Digital Library
Collection
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Rights Information
Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
Public Domain. Release under the CC BY Attribution license--http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/--Credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library; From the California Historical Society Collection at the University of Southern California
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Description
Photograph of an exterior view of the Samson Rubber Company showing a water tower on the roof, Compton, [s.d.]. The one-story building with a flat roof can be seen to the left of center next to a paved road that runs from the left foreground into the right background. Two cars can be seen traveling on the road in the background, while utility poles line the left side of the street. A water tower can be seen reading, "Samson Tires" on top of the building, while "Samson" is painted on the building at left. A field filled with weeds can be seen at left and at right.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photonegative, b&w
13 x 18 cm.
negatives (photographic)
photographs
Identifier
chs-m24452 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-48825
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m24452
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-48825.jpg
Subject
Rubber industry and trade
Samson Company
Buildings
Place
California
Compton
Los Angeles
USA
Source
48825 [Accession number]
CHS-48825 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
USC
chs-m15009

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