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 of an exterior view of the Los Angeles Knitting Company factory on a rainy day, 1900. A one-story brick building with a flat roof can be seen at center. The corner can be seen at center, while the building continues to the left and right. Striped awnings are visible on the windows. Puddles can be seen on the roads that run from the left foreground towards the right, and a road that runs from the right foreground to the left. Four automobiles can be seen parked on the side of the road at left. Utility poles line the streets, while a water tower in the background reads, "L.A. [Kni]tting [...] co. [...]".
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w 21 x 26 cm. photographic prints photographs
Buildings Textile industry Factories Rain and rainfall Los Angeles--Architecture--Commercial--General #4 Los Angeles--Architecture--Commercial--General--Los Angeles Knitting Co Los Angeles Knitting Company Industrial sites
Time Period
1900
Place
California Los Angeles USA
Source
44056 [Accession number] 84-1-1549 [Microfiche number] CHS-44056 [Call number] California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
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