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Title
Huge press installed by Van Nuys firm
Alternative Title
Valley Times Photo Collection
Creator
Woods, Jon
Contributor
This project was supported in whole or in part by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian
Made accessible through a grant from the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation and Photo Friends
Date Created and/or Issued
1961
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
Photograph caption dated August 30, 1961 reads, "Dan M. Klamkin, foreground, shoots moving pictures of the new 2,200-ton hydraulic aluminum extrusion press that is being installed as part of an expansion program by Pax Metal Corporation, 14533 Keswick St., Van Nuys. The press is capable of producing extrusions up to nine inches in diameter. Klamkin, the firm's general manager, said that it will increase the company's potential vastly."
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier
00126509
Valley Times Collection
HCNVT_d031_f31_i19
CARL0005434707
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/58099
Subject
Pax Metal Corporation
Pax Metal Corporation--Employees
Aluminum--Extrusion--California--Los Angeles
Aluminum industry and trade--California--Los Angeles
Aluminum industry and trade--California--Los Angeles--Employees
Cameras--California--Los Angeles
Men--California--Los Angeles
Van Nuys (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Valley Times Collection photographs

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