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Title
Slauson Avenue and Eastern Avenue, Commerce, looking northwest
Alternative Title
Kelly-Holiday Mid-Century Aerial Photo Collection
Creator
Kelly, Howard D
Contributor
Made accessible through a grant from the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation
Date Created and/or Issued
1956
Publication Information
Kelly-Holiday
Contributing Institution
Los Angeles Public Library
Collection
Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information
Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Description
Title supplied by cataloger.
Aerial view of Consolidated Western Steel's Maywood Plant, a subsidiary of U.S. Steel Corp., located on the northeast corner of Slauson (diagonally, middle bottom to middle left) and Eastern Avenue (diagonally, middle left to upper right) in the city of Commerce; view is looking northwest. Also visible are Kraft Foods (middle left); and Chrysler Plant (lower left, long paneled roof). Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe railroad is visible diagonally, lower right to upper left; Long Beach Freeway (710) curves upper left across to upper right; Los Angeles River is at extreme upper left corner. The city of Bell is visible in the background. Photograph dated November 14, 1956.
Type
Image
Format
1 negative :safety ;12 x 14 cm.
Photographic safety negatives
Identifier
00089727
Kelly-Holiday Mid-Century Aerial Collection
KHAF 321-8; GPC_b23_f3_i37 (Photographic print)
CARL0004955338
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/5212
Subject
Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company
Ford Motor Company.--Lincoln-Mercury Division
United States Steel Corporation
Kraft General Foods
Chrysler Corporation
Industrial facilities--California--Commerce
Steel industry and trade--California--Commerce
Food industry and trade--California--Commerce
Railroad tracks--California--Commerce
Industrial sites--California--Commerce
Industries--California--Commerce
Automobile industry and trade--California--Commerce
Commerce (Calif.)--Aerial views
Bell (Calif.)--Aerial views
Los Angeles River (Calif.)
Commerce (Calif.)
Interstate 710
Bell (Calif.)
Aerial photographs
Time Period
1951-1960

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