A cabinet card, California Portland Cement Co., Colton, ca. 1900.
Entry/Object ID
2015.73.1.1
Description
A cabinet card photograph, California Portland Cement Co., Colton, ca. 1900. The group portrait shows the CalPortland employees standing in front of a large billboard advertising the company's cement. The location is Colton, California, where the company's first plant was built in 1891. The company is still in existence. Some of the workers are carrying metal food containers while other carry tools. Three men are dressed in suits and ties. The image is in fair condition with extensive water damage, pest damage to the reverse, abrasion to the edges and moderate surface and discoloration soiling throughout.
