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Title
Family with their first postwar new car, ca.1947
Contributor
Archibald, Ailene
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1947
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 family with their first postwar new car, ca.1947. An automobile is visible from the side facing to the left at center. A young girl with ribbons in her hair can be seen looking out the driver's side window, while a woman wearing a dress and jacket can be seen standing to the right of the window. A man wearing a suit can be seen leaning against the car to the left of the young girl. Grass is visible on the lawn in the foreground, while buildings can be seen in the background. A sign is visible on the building at left reading, "Pump Take Here".
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w
21 x 26 cm.
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m11745
USC-0-1-1-11896 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-43614
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m11745
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-43614.jpg
Subject
Automobiles
Family
Transportation--Automobiles--General
Buildings
Time Period
circa 1947
Place
California
USA
Source
43614 [Accession number]
CHS-43614 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]

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