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Title
Eastern Avenue and 61st Street, Central Manufacturing District, looking east
Alternative Title
Kelly-Holiday Mid-Century Aerial Photo Collection
Creator
Kelly, Howard D
Contributor
Made accessible through a grant from the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation
Date Created and/or Issued
1955
Publication Information
Kelly-Holiday
Contributing Institution
Los Angeles Public Library
Collection
Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information
Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Description
Title supplied by cataloger.
Robert Gair Co., Inc., purchased the Angelus Paper Box Co. in 1954 at a cost of $3,618,000. The Angelus Paper box Co. operated two plants, a main plant located at 6001 S. Eastern Avenue, and a smaller plant near 61st and Avalon Boulevard. After the purchase, the two units operated as Angelus Paperbox Co,, Division of the Robert Gair Co., Inc.
Aerial view of Robert Gair Co. Inc., located within the Central Manufacturing District, on Eastern Avenue between 61st to the south and Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe tracks to the north. A water tower in middle of plant (visible on middle right) reads, "L.A. Paper Box and Board Mills". View is looking east, with the AT & SF tracks running up the center; plant is to the right of tracks. Photograph dated November 22, 1955.
Type
Image
Format
1 negative :safety ;12 x 14 cm.
Photographic safety negatives
Identifier
00088901
Kelly-Holiday Mid-Century Aerial Collection
KHAF 218-1
CARL0004941089
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/4524
Subject
Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company
Central Manufacturing District (Los Angeles County, Calif.)
Industrial facilities--California--Commerce
Railroad tracks--California--Commerce
Warehouses--California--Commerce
Paper mills--California--Commerce
Railroads--California--Commerce
Industries--California--Commerce
Streets--California--Commerce
Commerce (Calif.)
Commerce (Calif.)--Aerial views
Aerial photographs
Time Period
1951-1960

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