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Assembly line, Ford Motor Company, Long Beach. 1935

Description: One of the final stages of assembly at the Ford Motors Company plant in Long Beach. The automobile in front is coming down a ramp from the assembly line and has one man sitting in the driver's seat and another holding the driver's side door open. Men are working on other vehicles in line behind it.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1935
Call number: photCL Whitt 2488 ; Whitt neg. 2626
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Studebaker assembly line, Loma Vista Avenue, Los Angeles. 1936

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Workers inspect nearly completed automobiles at the Studebaker assembly plant on Loma Vista in Los Angeles. One man kneels by the rear driver's side tire with a pencil and clipboard. Three other employees work on the vehicle behind him, which has the hood and driver's side front door open.

photCL Whitt 2595 ; Whitt neg. 2653

Ford convertible sedans. 1935

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Two ford convertibles parked next to each other, facing opposite directions. The nearer automobile, facing right, has the cloth top down, and there is a man sitting in the driver's seat. The second car, facing left, has the top up, and a woman in the driver's seat. Both vehicles have dealer license plates.

photCL Whitt 2462 ; Whitt neg. 2914

Studebaker assembly line, Loma Vista Avenue, Los Angeles. 1936

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Workers lower an engine into an automobile frame at the Studebaker assembly plant on Loma Vista in Los Angeles. The engine is suspended from an overhead pulley which one of the men is controlling. The frame of the vehicle is on an assembly line with other vehicle frames in front of and behind it.

photCL Whitt 2593 ; Whitt neg. 2656

Studebaker assembly line, Loma Vista Avenue, Los Angeles. 1936

Visual Materials

Workers guide an automobile frame above an assembly line at the Studebaker assembly plant on Loma Vista in Los Angeles. The frame is suspended from a pulley on an overhead track.

photCL Whitt 2592 ; Whitt neg. 2651

Interior of tri-motor Ford-Maddux airplane. October 19, 1929

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A flight attendant holding a coffee pot and cup stands just inside the door of a Ford-Maddux tri-motor airplane. The flight attendant, standing in the galley section of the plane, is wearing a dark dress, light apron, and pearl necklace.

photCL Whitt 2850 ; Whitt neg. 2974

Cord automobile with Dayton tires. 1930

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A man poses with a Cord automobile fitted with Dayton tires. The man stands in the open driver's side door with his hand on the steering wheel. A spare tire is stored on the running board. The automobile is parked on a street in front of a brick building.

photCL Whitt 2411 ; Whitt neg. 2520

Assembly line, Ford Motor Company, Long Beach. 1935

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