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 (ca.1898-1906) of the Redondo Salt Works, California, owned by Fred Mellus, son of Henry Mellus. Looking northeast over evaporation pools, vats and buildings of the salt works at Redondo Beach. Distant vista is of vacant land on hills of Hermosa Beach. The brine of Lake Salinas (as the pond was called) was of unusual composition. The extracted salt was brought to Los Angeles and prepared for market at the works on Alameda Street near Aliso Street (?).
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : photoprints, b&w 8 x 10 in. 2 photographs : photonegative, glass photonegative, b&w 20 x 25 cm., 21 x 26 cm. glass plate negatives negatives (photographic) photographs
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