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Title
Lab technician using an Autonetics jig bore
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 a lab technician using an Autonetics jig bore, [s.d.]. A man in a light-colored lab gown and cap squints as he looks into a device, at right. Behind him plans are drawn on a large piece of paper, and hung on the wall.
Photoprint reads: "Machinists in the gear section and jig-bore unit of Autonetics, a division of North American Incorporated, operate this important, high-precision Swiss made jig bores. The magnifying glass is used to observe if the cut is clean and true. With this precision equipment, tolerance can be held to two ten-thousandths of an inch".
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w
22 x 28 cm.
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m20636 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-46173
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m20636
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-46173.jpg
Subject
Autonetics
North American Aviation, Incorporated
Industry--Aerospace--General
Industry
Electronics
Computers
Engineering
Research facilities
Place
California
Los Angeles
USA
Source
46173 [Accession number]
CHS-46173 [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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