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Title
Central Manufacturing District, looking southeast
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
1956
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 looking southeast toward Commerce. Photograph was taken from approximately 11,000 feet; some identifiable areas include: the Los Angeles River, curving from bottom left corner toward top right corner; upper left center is a section of the Long Beach (710) Freeway (two horizontal white lines); numerous Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe rail tracks slightly vertically along left; Eastern Avenue horizontally across the top; Bandini Boulevard and Washington Boulevard, vertically on the left; Downey Road, slightly diagonally lower left to middle right; and Salt Lake Avenue, curving from middle right to the L.A. River. Photograph dated December 1, 1956.
Type
image
Format
1 negative :safety ;12 x 14 cm.
Photographic safety negatives
Identifier
00089700
Kelly-Holiday Mid-Century Aerial Collection
GPC_b23_f3_i15 (Photographic print); KHAF 318-1
CARL0004957388
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/5267
Subject
Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company
Central Manufacturing District (Los Angeles County, Calif.)
Industrial facilities--California--Commerce
Railroad tracks--California--Commerce
Warehouses--California--Commerce
Industries--California--Commerce
Railroads--California--Commerce
Streets--California--Commerce
Rivers--California--Commerce
Los Angeles River (Calif.)
Commerce (Calif.)
Interstate 710
Commerce (Calif.)--Aerial views
Aerial photographs
Time Period
1951-1960

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