Crowd gathered around a steam shovel as it digs the initial trench for a Chrysler Motor plant, Los Angeles, 1932

Title: Crowd gathered around a steam shovel as it digs the initial trench for a Chrysler Motor plant, Los Angeles, 1932
Date Created: February 4, 1932
Date: 1932-02-04
Publisher: Los Angeles Times
Language: No linguistic content
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Description: Photo appears with the article "Plant Civic and Business Leaders Take Part in Program Completion Scheduled for Four Months Hence GROUND BROKEN FOR CAR PLANT Start Made on $2,000,000 Chrysler Factory Officials of City and County Attend Ceremonies Bay District Organizations Call for Inquiry," Los Angeles Times, 05 Feb. 1932: A1.
Caption: Text from negative sleeve: Chrysler Motor Car Company plant. Groundbreaking.
Text from newspaper caption: Excavation for Chrysler Structure Begins. Left -- Giant steam shovel takes first bite of earth at ground breaking for @2,000,000 factory...

Genre: news photographs
glass plate negatives
Names: Chrysler Corporation
Location: Los Angeles (Calif.)
Longitude: 33.98537567
Latitude: -118.1616846
Resource type: still image
Subjects: Groundbreaking ceremonies--California--Los Angeles
Automobile factories--California--Los Angeles--Design and construction
Automobile industry and trade--California--Los Angeles
Steam shovels
Business
Environment

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
Local Identifier: uclamss_1429_b3699_G1027
ARK: ark:/21198/zz0002nxcd
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