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Title
Factory worker working with large machinery, ca.1950
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1950
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 a factory worker working with large machinery, ca.1950. A worker is visible at center wearing slacks and a button-down collared shirt. He is standing on top of a metal platform and is looking to the right at a large machine. The worker appears to be assisting some sort of material to be pushed between two smooth, rollers. Behind the large machine are other machines containing buttons and switches.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w
26 x 21 cm.
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m12564
USC-2-1-1-12719 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-41209
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m12564
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-41209.jpg
Subject
Industry--Rubber--Unidentified factories and products
Rubber industry and trade
Industrial sites
Time Period
circa 1950
Place
California
Los Angeles
USA
Source
41209 [Accession number]
84-1-623 [Microfiche number]
CHS-41209 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection, 1890-1960
USC
chs-m825

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