Title supplied by cataloger. Aerial view of the Ford Motor Company, Mercury Plant site located at 8900 E. Washington Boulevard in Pico Rivera; view is looking west. The plant is located on the corner of Rosemead Boulevard (bottom left corner) and Washington Boulevard (lower right corner). Rex Rd. is slightly diagonally at upper middle; Paramount Blvd. is middle right to upper left; the Rio Hondo curves from middle right to top left; AT & SF railroad tracks are horizontally at top. The 157-acre manufacturing facility was dedicated on May 6, 1948; the plant closed in 1980 and was purchased by Northrop Grumman in 1982. Photograph dated November 4, 1960.
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image
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1 negative :safety ;10 x 14 cm. Photographic safety negatives
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