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Description
6 photographs of location where truck was dumped, Vernon, CA, 1940. "Date: Thur[sday] Time: Now Operator: Carter Meet: Mr. Crosby At: Mission Dry Corp[oration]s - 1601 E[ast] 16th St[reet] Job: Broken barrels [sic] of juice on street. From rear 110 f[ee]t, [same] corner Leonis 150 f[eet] nor[th] on west side of Soto, 90 f[ee]t to truck, 345 from corner of Corona east on 48th Deliver To: & ch[arge] Mision Dry Corp[oration]s" -- on card front. "Photo taken Thurs[day] Sept[ember] 19, 1940 -- about 11 A.M. #1: showing position of truck and driver when stopped on 48th St[reet], approx[imately] 345 f[ee]t east on Corona on 48th St[reet] in Central M[anu]f[acturin]g District #2: View looking east on 48th St[reet], from Corona St[reet] where truck was taken and dumped #3: looking south on Sotos street on west side showing where truck was stopped and condition of sidewalk surroundings #4: showing condition of barrels after being dumped and reloaded on other truck #5: where truck was stopped, approx[imately] 150 f[ee]t from Leonis north on Soto St[reet] #6: View from Leonis looking north toward where truck was stopped on west side of Soto, approx[imately] 150 feet from Leonis north." -- on note front. "Subject: Truck that was dumped Agency: See Joe, attach data to prints Client: Mission Dry Corp[oration]s Original Print Order: 1 ea[ch] Size: 8x10 Finish: gl[ossy] Year: 1940 Job: 09-19-115" -- on envelope front. "Operator's Report - Name: Joe 6 Original Photographs - Size: 8x10 Three locations Amount: 16.50" -- on envelope back.
Type
image
Format
6 photographs: b&w, negative, 5x7 in. in envelope B/W Safety in. photographs negatives
Crosby Carter Joe Mission Dry Corporations Trucks Roads Men Barrels
Time Period
1940-09-19
Place
1601 East 16th Street 48th Street Corona Avenue Soto Street Leonis Boulevard 34.000882,-118.219619 33.999877,-118.219662 33.999655,-118.219652 33.998436,-118.193377 33.998285,-118.193366 California California, Southern Los Angeles USA Vernon
Source
Job 1940-009-019-115 [Identifying Number] University of Southern California [Contributing entity]
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