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 Send requests to address or e-mail given USC Libraries Special Collections specol@usc.edu
Description
Photograph of the exterior of the Shell Chemical Corporation Synthetic rubber plant, in Torrance, August 1955. Several tall vessels stand atop a maze of pipes at center, while a set of horizontal pipes streams through the foreground. At right, a sheltered ladder leads up to a portion of a brick building, whilst strings from utility poles shoot overhead. In the foreground, the soil is covered with small piles of rubble.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w 26 x 21 cm. photographic prints photographs
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