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Title: Fairfax and Wilshire in 1920
Alternative Title: Los Angeles Photographers Photo Collection
Creator: Pierce, C. C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946
Date Created and/or Issued: 1920
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: Rogers Airport, opened in 1918, had a single 1,800' east/west dirt runway, being 3,681' x 1,500' in size. The airport closed between 1932-1940.
Aerial view of Fairfax and Wilshire in 1920 showing undeveloped land with many oil derricks. In the lower part of the photograph is Rogers Airport.
Type: image
Format: 1 photograph :b&w
Photographic prints
Identifier: 00031266
Los Angeles Photographers Collection; C.C. Pierce Collection
GPC_b49_f1_i36; S-000-342 5x7
CARL0000033584
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/126284
Subject: Rogers Airport (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Oil fields--California--Los Angeles
Oil well drilling rigs--California--Los Angeles
Streets--California--Los Angeles
Airports--California--Los Angeles
Lost architecture--California--Los Angeles
Fairfax (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Fairfax (Los Angeles, Calif.)--Aerial views
Aerial photographs
C.C. Pierce & Co
Time Period: 1911-1920

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