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Title
Portrait of a man standing in front of a sign advertising a historic orange shipment, ca.1920
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1920
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
Photographic portrait of a man standing in front of a sign advertising a historic orange shipment, ca.1920. The man is at center and is wearing a light-colored suit with pictures of oranges on the lapels. He is leaning against a railroad car behind him. The large metal wheel of the car is at right. Affixed to the side of the car is a large sign that reads: "First Direct Ship[ment] California Oranges & L[emons] Los Angeles to Lo[?]".
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photonegative, b&w
21 x 26 cm.
negatives (photographic)
photographs
Identifier
chs-m9310
USC-2-1-1-9446 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-33245
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m9310
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-33245.jpg
Subject
Agriculture--Crops--Citrus--Exhibitions
Citrus fruit industry
Exhibitions
Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce
Railroad features
Time Period
circa 1920
Place
California
Los Angeles
USA
Source
1-84-1408 [Microfiche number]
33245 [Accession number]
CHS-33245 [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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