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Title
Exterior of the Samson Rubber Company, in Compton, November 1928
Creator
Acme Engraving Company, engraver
Date Created and/or Issued
1928-11-01
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 the exterior of the Samson Rubber Company, in Compton, November 1928. A well-ventilated brick structure stands at center, bearing a painted sign that reads "Samson Tires". Left of the building stands a tall tank, while an empty field spans the right. In the distance, the tops of stacks tower, whilst a fence surrounds the company in the foreground.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w
21 x 26 cm.
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m12513
USC-2-1-1-12668 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-41198
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m12513
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-41198.jpg
Subject
Industry--Rubber--Identified companies
Rubber industry and trade
Samson Company
Industrial sites
Time Period
1928-11-01
Place
California
Compton
Los Angeles
USA
Source
41198 [Accession number]
84-1-624 [Microfiche number]
CHS-41198 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
unidentified no: 3584 [Identifying number]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection, 1890-1960
USC
chs-m825

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