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Title
Central Manufacturing District industries on former Vail Field
Alternative Title
Kelly-Holiday Mid-Century Aerial Photo Collection
Creator
Kelly, Howard D
Contributor
Made accessible through a grant from the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation
Date Created and/or Issued
1955
Publication Information
Kelly-Holiday
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
Title supplied by cataloger.
Originally occupied by Nutone Fabricators, Inc., this warehouse was purchased by Pacific Mutual Life Insurance in May 1955 for $175,000. J.H. Coffman & Son took over the building after an addition was built. Excel Logistics purchased the warehouse in 1992, and as of June 2010, the building is occupied by Superior Studio Specialties.
Aerial view of the office-warehouse occupied by manufacturer and distributor J.H. Coffman & Son, located at 2239 S. Yates Avenue, near E. Washington Boulevard (background). Tracks for the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe railroad run behind the building and neighboring warehouses are seen on the left. Photograph dated August 5, 1955.
Type
Image
Format
1 negative :safety ;12 x 14 cm.
Photographic safety negatives
Identifier
00087150
Kelly-Holiday Mid-Century Aerial Collection
KHAF 176-1
CARL0004794591
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/4021
Subject
Central Manufacturing District (Los Angeles County, Calif.)
J.H. Coffman & Son
Industrial facilities--California--Commerce
Warehouses--California--Commerce
Industries--California--Commerce
Railroads--California--Commerce
Streets--California--Commerce
Commerce (Calif.)
Commerce (Calif.)--Aerial views
Aerial photographs
Time Period
1951-1960

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