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Atlas Imperial Diesel Engine Company photographs and ephemera [graphic]
BANC PIC 2000.019--PIC
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Title:
Atlas Imperial Diesel Engine Company photographs and ephemeraCreator/Contributor:
Atlas Imperial Diesel Engine Company, creatorAbstract:
Includes views of vehicles, machinery, and job sites employing Atlas engines. Includes pumps and other machinery, tractors,
steam shovels, dredges, etc. Sites include oil fields, Grand Coulee Dam, Kaiser Paving Co. facilities, the Colorado River
Aqueduct, Casalco Dam, San Francisco Airport, Oregon Caves, mines, and numerous other locations from the Pacific Coast to
New Orleans to Minneapolis, with a few views from Virgin Islands facilities. Appears to include other gas engines in addition
to diesel.
Date:
ca. 1930-ca. 1945? (issued)Subject:
Diesel motor industry -- United States -- PhotographsEngines -- Photographs
Machinery industry -- California -- Photographs
Note:
Each image bears alphanumeric filing code. Received in two binders labelled "Installations" which were arranged in filing
code order, plus 15 unbound photographs (now in Binder 3).
Company based Chicago, Illinois, but some trade fair images indicate present material may be from their Oakland, Calif. branch.
Type:
graphicPhysical Description:
graphic
photoprint
ca. 280 photographic prints : b&w ; 8 x 10 in. or smaller. + printed and ms. ephemera.
Language:
English
Identifier:
BANC PIC 2000.019--PIC