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Title
Aerial view of Central Manufacturing District, looking south
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.
Aerial view of the Central Manufacturing District, located within the cities of Commerce, Bell, and Vernon; view is looking south. Some identifiable areas include: the Los Angeles River, visible from lower right curving mid-photo, and running vertically toward upper right; Bandini Boulevard diagonally from lower right to middle left; a section of the Long Beach (710) Freeway (two white curved lines, diagonally bottom left to middle); Atlantic Boulevard from lower left to middle right, and zigzagging up to top right; Eastern Avenue runs diagonally from lower left to upper right; Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe railyards at bottom; Cheli Air Force Station is at center. In the distance, the city of Bell Gardens is to the left, and the city of Maywood is to the right. Photographed for Boyd Company on November 26, 1955.
Type
image
Format
1 negative :safety ;12 x 14 cm.
Photographic safety negatives
Identifier
00088959
Kelly-Holiday Mid-Century Aerial Collection
KHAF 226-8; GPC_b22_f1_i36 (Photographic print)
CARL0004941777
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/4581
Subject
Central Manufacturing District (Los Angeles County, Calif.)
Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company
Railroad tracks--California--Commerce
Warehouses--California--Commerce
Industries--California--Commerce
Railroads--California--Commerce
Streets--California--Commerce
Rivers--California--Commerce
Industrial facilities--California--Commerce
Bell Gardens (Calif.)--Aerial views
Commerce (Calif.)--Aerial views
Maywood (Calif.)--Aerial views
Los Angeles River (Calif.)
Bell Gardens (Calif.)
Commerce (Calif.)
Maywood (Calif.)
Interstate 710
Aerial photographs
Time Period
1951-1960

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