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 a birdseye view of the exterior of the Samson Factory of the Samson Tire and Rubber Corporation, Compton, 1927. A large one-story brick building can be seen at center with multiple evenly-spaced windows across the front. A sign reading, "Samson Cords" can be seen above the building, while a grass lawn is visible enclosed by a chain-link fence at left. At least eight automobiles can be seen parked along a road at left. The road continues at right and is lined by utility poles. Other buildings and two water towers can be seen in the background. Transparency reads: "Five additions have been made within the past three years to keep up with the ever-mounting sales. The factory is in operation twenty-four hours a day and has been so for three years".
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : transparency, b&w 13 x 18 cm. transparencies photographs
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