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Title
Alameda Street, 52nd Street and 57th Street, looking east
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.
Pioneer Flintkote are manufacturers of asphalt and paper products such as roofing tiles and fiberboard. This site has seen many unfortunate events through the years: An asphalt vat explosion and fire occurred in 1953; a fire swept through thousands of bales of cardboard and fiberboard in 1955; and a steam explosion occurred at the paper plant in 1957.
Aerial view of Pioneer Flintkote, located at 5500 S. Alameda Street, between 52nd Street and 55th Street in the Central Manufacturing District of Vernon. View is looking east; Alameda runs horizontally along the bottom, and 52nd, 55th, 57th and Slauson Avenue are all visible running vertically, left to right. Photograph dated November 7, 1955.
Type
image
Format
1 negative :safety ;12 x 14 cm.
Photographic safety negatives
Identifier
00088810
Kelly-Holiday Mid-Century Aerial Collection
KHAF 209-3
CARL0004938848
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/4937
Subject
Central Manufacturing District (Los Angeles County, Calif.)
Industrial facilities--California--Vernon
Paper products industry--California--Vernon
Paper industry--California--Vernon
Warehouses--California--Vernon
Industries--California--Vernon
Streets--California--Vernon
Vernon (Calif.)
Vernon (Calif.)--Aerial views
Aerial photographs
Time Period
1951-1960

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