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Title
New Wagnild ready mixed concrete plant
Alternative Title
Valley Times Photo Collection
Contributor
This project was supported in whole or in part by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian
Made accessible through a grant from the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation and Photo Friends
Date Created and/or Issued
1956
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
Photograph was edited for publication purposes
Photograph caption dated December 13, 1956 reads, "Part of firm's $225,000 truck fleet is shown in this view of new $85,000-plus Wagnild plant at 15203 Oxnard St., Van Nuys. Structure holds 310 tons of rock, sand and cement high in air, and ready-mix trucks can be loaded in one minute and 10 seconds there."; See images #00146675 through #00146676 for all photos in this series.
Type
Image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier
00146675
Valley Times Collection
HCNVT_d056_f14_i21
CARL0005892020
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/74349
Subject
Wagnild Ready-Mix Concrete Co
Ready mixed concrete industry--California--Los Angeles
Concrete plants--California--Los Angeles
Concrete mixers--California--Los Angeles
Trucks--California--Los Angeles
Van Nuys (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Valley Times Collection photographs

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