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Title
Packages on the back of a silk truck, ca.1925
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1925
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 packages on the back of a silk truck, ca.1925. Rectangular shaped burlap packages sit in three columns on the back of a truck. The packages are strapped to the truck with ropes that tie to the side. Numbers are visible on some of the packages while the tires of the truck and the road are visible underneath.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w
26 x 21 cm.
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m8022
USC-2-1-1-8153 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-40663
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m8022
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-40663.jpg
Subject
Clothing and dress
Fashion
Clothing trade
Clothing workers
Clothing factories
Factories
Silk
Industry--Clothing
Time Period
circa 1925
Place
California
Hermosa Beach(?)
Los Angeles
USA
Source
40663 [Accession number]
84-1-1260 [Microfiche number]
CHS-40663 [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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