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Rix, Edward A. (Edward Austin) Photographs from the Edward A. Rix papers [graphic]
BANC PIC 1979.043--ffALB; BANC PIC 1979.043--ffALB --AX; BANC PIC 1979.043--ffALB
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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 Company.Abstract:
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-caRix Compressor and Drill Company -- Pictorial works
Machinery -- 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
San Francisco Earthquake and Fire, Calif., 1906 -- Photographs
Note:
Album cover title: Rix Compressor and Drill Company. Los Angeles, San Francisco.
Photographers unknown.
San Francisco engineer, businessman and inventor of compressed air pumps and drills.
Transferred from the Edward A. Rix papers (BANC MSS 79/77 c)
Type:
graphicPhysical Description:
graphic
photoprint
1 album (ca. 1000 photographic prints) and 10 photographic prints : b&w ; various sizes.
Language:
English
Identifier:
BANC PIC 1979.043--ffALB
BANC PIC 1979.043--ffALB --AX
BANC PIC 1979.043--ffALB