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Image / Exterior view of the Los Angeles Soap Company, ca. 1920

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Title
Exterior view of the Los Angeles Soap Company, 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
Photograph of an exterior view of the Los Angeles Soap Company building, ca. 1920. A five-story industrial style building and a portion of an adjacent four-story building can be seen in the background, behind two freight cars that can be seen in the immediate foreground. A fire escape can be seen running down the center of the five story building, from the roof to the second level. Legible signs include the following: "the home of White King Soap", and "Automobile and furniture".
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w
26 x 21 cm.
photographs
Identifier
chs-m13290
USC-2-1-1-13443 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-41223
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m13290
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-41223.jpg
Subject
Buildings
Freight cars
Soap trade
Industry--Soap
Los Angeles Soap Company
Commercial sites
Time Period
circa 1920
Place
California
Los Angeles
USA
Source
41223 [Accession number]
CHS-41223 [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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