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Title
Exterior of the Robert Morton factory, showing a girl sitting on a long "bombarde pipe", ca.1925
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1925
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 exterior of the Robert Morton factory, showing a girl sitting on a 32-foot long "bombarde pipe", ca.1925. At center, a large pipe is visible supported by three small stools. A girl is seen sitting at the center of the pipe. The girl wears a long darkly-colored skirt and a darkly-colored blouse. Her blouse is covered by an open lightly-colored sweater. Behind the girl, the wall of a large building with four groups of windows can be seen. In the foreground, a wide road is visible. In the extreme foreground, three rose bushes can be seen.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w
19 x 25 cm.
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m10679
USC-2-1-1-10828 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-40825
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m10679
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-40825.jpg
Subject
Factories
Industry--Plants--Installations--Exteriors
Robert-Morton Company
Buildings
Time Period
circa 1925
Place
California
Los Angeles
USA
Van Nuys
Source
40825 [Accession number]
84-1-1994 [Microfiche number]
CHS-40825 [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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