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Title
Long Beach Freeway and Washington Boulevard, 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 the Central Manufacturing District, located within the cities of Commerce, Bell, and Vernon; view is looking northwest. Some identifiable areas include: Long Beach (710) Freeway (lower left to middle right); Atlantic Boulevard (lower left to lower right); Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe rail tracks and railway yard (middle left to lower right); Washington Boulevard (diagonally, middle left to lower right); Union Pacific rail tracks and railway yard (horizontally, middle left to middle right); Santa Ana (5) Freeway (slightly horizontally, middle left to middle right); and Home of Peace Memorial Park (middle right, above the 5 and 710 freeway interchange). Photograph dated December 1, 1956.
Type
image
Format
1 negative :safety ;12 x 14 cm.
Photographic safety negatives
Identifier
00089775
Kelly-Holiday Mid-Century Aerial Collection
KHAF 326-1; GPC_b24_f1_i1 (Photographic print)
CARL0004960472
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/5298
Subject
Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company
Union Pacific Corporation
Central Manufacturing District (Los Angeles County, Calif.)
Express highway interchanges--California--Commerce
Industrial facilities--California--Commerce
Express highways--California, Southern
Railroad tracks--California--Commerce
Railroad yards--California--Commerce
Warehouses--California--Commerce
Industries--California--Commerce
Streets--California--Commerce
Commerce (Calif.)
Interstate 710
Interstate 5
Commerce (Calif.)--Aerial views
Aerial photographs
Time Period
1951-1960

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