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Title
Exterior view of the Tonk Manufacturing Company building in the Los Angeles Central Manufacturing District
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 an exterior view of the Tonk Manufacturing Company building in the Los Angeles Central Manufacturing District, [s.d.]. The one-story building can be seen at center. Large rectangular windows are visible across the entire length of the building, and a wooden door can be seen near the corner at left. Stacks of wooden crates and pallets can be seen near a large doorway at left. In the foreground, a paved street runs across the image. A row of utility poles runs parallel to the road, while a field full of weeds can be seen in the foreground at right. The door sign reads, "4627
Tonk Mfg Co
Maker of the Tonkbench for fine pianos".
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photonegative, transparency, photoprint, b&w
13 x 17 cm.
negatives (photographic)
transparencies
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m18157 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-35135
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m18157
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-35135.jpg
Subject
Buildings
Los Angeles--Central Manufacturing District (uncataloged)
Tonk Manufacturing Company
Place
33.996995,-118.194569
4627 East 50th Street
California
Los Angeles
USA
Vernon
Source
35135 [Accession number]
CHS-35135 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
chs-m15009

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