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 Send requests to address or e-mail given USC Libraries Special Collections specol@usc.edu
Description
Photograph of Los Angeles Pressed Brick Company in Alberhill, California, ca.1916-1920. At center in the background, a small cluster of buildings can be seen sitting in an open dirt lot. Several windows line the sides of each of the small, brick buildings, and each building has an angled rooftop. Moving to the foreground, six large cylindrical tanks sitting between two large rectangular smokestacks are visible. A small stream of smoke is seen emerging from the smokestack on the right. Another smaller smokestack is seen in the background near the cluster of buildings on the right. In the extreme foreground, a single set of railroad tracks can be seen extending from the left to the right. Two railroad cars are visible at the center of the tracks. Large pallets can be seen to the left of the cars. On the far right, two large cylindrical tanks can be seen sitting adjacent to the tracks. In the extreme background, clusters trees and hills are highly visible. See also CHS-40678 .
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w 21 x 26 cm. photographic prints photographs
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