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Title
Eastern Avenue and 61st Street, Central Manufacturing District, 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
1955
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.
Robert Gair Co., Inc., purchased the Angelus Paper Box Co. in 1954 at a cost of $3,618,000. The Angelus Paper box Co. operated two plants, a main plant located at 6001 S. Eastern Avenue, and a smaller plant near 61st and Avalon Boulevard. After the purchase, the two units operated as Angelus Paperbox Co,, Division of the Robert Gair Co., Inc.
Aerial view of Robert Gair Co. Inc., located within the Central Manufacturing District, on Eastern Avenue between 61st to the south and Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe tracks to the north. A water tower in middle of plant (visible on middle left) reads, "L.A. Paper Box and Board Mills". View is looking northwest, with the AT & SF tracks running slightly horizontally through the center; plant is in the foreground (large white buildings); Eastern Avenue runs diagonally toward the right; 61st Street runs diagonally toward the left. The Los Angeles River is visible on the upper left. Photograph dated November 22, 1955.
Type
image
Format
1 negative :safety ;12 x 14 cm.
Photographic safety negatives
Identifier
00088905
Kelly-Holiday Mid-Century Aerial Collection
GPC_b22_f1_i15 (Photographic print); KHAF 218-5
CARL0004941093
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/4532
Subject
Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company
Central Manufacturing District (Los Angeles County, Calif.)
Industrial facilities--California--Commerce
Railroad tracks--California--Commerce
Warehouses--California--Commerce
Paper mills--California--Commerce
Railroads--California--Commerce
Industries--California--Commerce
Streets--California--Commerce
Rivers--California--Commerce
Los Angeles River (Calif.)
Commerce (Calif.)
Commerce (Calif.)--Aerial views
Aerial photographs
Time Period
1951-1960

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