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Rix, Edward A. (Edward Austin) Photographs from the Edward A. Rix papers.
BANC PIC 1979.043--ffALBLOCAL
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Title:
Photographs from the Edward A. Rix papersCreator/Contributor:
Rix, Edward A. (Edward Austin), 1855-1929, creatorCreator/Contributor:
Rix Compressor and Drill CompanyAbstract:
Collection includes a photo-catalog of the Rix Compressor and Drill Company and several loose photos depicting post-1906 earthquake
rubble of the company (located in San Francisco, near Market St.), an office interior, and Mechanical Engineers Association
dinner in 1910. The photo-catalog contains detailed views of various pieces of machinery (compressed air pumps and drills,
and the like), interiors of industrial facilities (various California locations), machine shop interiors, service stations,
industrial vehicles, and workers.
Date:
1906-1927 (issued)Subject:
n-us-caMachinery -- Photographs
Mechanical engineering -- Photographs
Machine shops -- California -- Photographs
Factories -- California -- Photographs
Industrial equipment -- Catalogs
Industrial equipment -- Photographs
Machinists -- California -- Photographs
Earthquakes -- California -- San Francisco -- Photographs
Machines -- Photographies
Génie mécanique -- Photographies
Ateliers de construction mécanique -- Californie -- Photographies
Usines -- Californie -- Photographies
Entreprises -- Équipement -- Catalogues
Entreprises -- Équipement -- Photographies
Machinistes (Mécanique) -- Californie -- Photographies
Tremblements de terre -- Californie -- San Francisco -- Photographies
Earthquakes
Factories
Industrial equipment
Machine shops
Machinery
Machinists
Mechanical engineering
California
California -- San Francisco
Rix Compressor and Drill Company -- Pictorial works
Note:
Album cover title: Rix Compressor and Drill Company. Los Angeles, San Francisco.
Photographers unknown.
Transferred from the Edward A. Rix papers (BANC MSS 79/77 c).
San Francisco engineer, businessman and inventor of compressed air pumps and drills.
Type:
graphicCatalogs.
Photographs.
Pictorial works.
Physical Description:
photoprint
1 album (approximately 1000 photographic prints) and 10 photographic prints : black and white ; various sizes
Language:
English
Identifier:
BANC PIC 1979.043--ffALBLOCAL