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Title
Aerial view of a borax plant, ca.1930
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1930
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 aerial view of a borax plant, ca.1930. To the left of center, the roof of a square building is visible while train tracks surround the building and lead to the bottom right of the image. Freight cars carrying cargo are visible while cars are parked to the right of center. In the background, a body of water can be seen behind the building with a large boat parallel to shore on the right and three smaller boats on the left. Small buildings and silos can be seen at the bottom and to the left.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w
21 x 26 cm.
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m11158
USC-2-1-1-11308 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-40656
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m11158
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-40656.jpg
Subject
Industry--Borax (salt)
Salt industry and trade
Salt lakes
Borax mines and mining
Industrial sites
Time Period
circa 1930
Place
California
USA
Source
40656 [Accession number]
84-1-1296 [Microfiche number]
CHS-40656 [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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