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Image / Drawing of the exterior of the Samson Rubber Company, ca.1928

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Title
Drawing of the exterior of the Samson Rubber Company, ca.1928
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1928
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 a drawing of the exterior of the Samson Rubber Company, ca.1928. The complex stands at center, with a building in the rightmost foreground bearing the sign "Samson Tires Plant No.2". Another building stands directly behind it, with another sign that reads "Samson Tire and Rubber Corporation". Left of these structures stands a smaller building with two smoking stacks sprouting from its roof, followed by several house-like structures. Several automobiles are depicted in different states of motion in positions on the street around the rectangular company. The background is neutral. Photoprint reads: "Present Samson plant #2 at San Diego".
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w
21 x 26 cm.
drawings
photographic prints
photographs
art
Identifier
chs-m12514
USC-2-1-1-12669 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-41199
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m12514
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-41199.jpg
Subject
Industry--Rubber--Identified companies
Rubber industry and trade
Samson Company
Industrial sites
Time Period
circa 1928
Place
California
San Diego
USA
Source
41199 [Accession number]
84-1-600 [Microfiche number]
CHS-41199 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]

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