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Title
Aerial view of the Columbia Steel Corporation, 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 an aerial view of the Columbia Steel Corporation, ca.1925. A rectangular plot of land composed of long buildings can be seen in the center. A sign on the building in the center reads, "Columbia Steel Company Subsidiary of United States Steel Corporation". Railroad tracks run along the building on the right while curving in front of the buildings and entering a edifice on the left. Plots of land containing houses and open space can be seen in the front while large fields are visible in the back.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w
21 x 26 cm.
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m12100
USC-2-1-1-12253 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-40984
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m12100
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-40984.jpg
Subject
Columbia Steel Corporation
United States Steel Corporation
Industry--Iron and steel
Steel industry and trade
Metal trade
Industrial sites
Time Period
circa 1925
Place
California
Los Angeles
Torrance
USA
Source
40984 [Accession number]
84-1-700 [Microfiche number]
CHS-40984 [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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