Name/Title
"ANNUAL REPORT, LOS ANGELES HARBOR, 1929"Entry/Object ID
2003.250.1.1Description
Color: Blue; Black; Red
"Annual Report, Los Angeles Harbor, 1929," by the Board of Harbor Commissioners, 1929. The front has the title at the top, location on the bottom and an image of ships sailing in a harbor. The report covers the fiscal year from July 1, 1928 to June 30, 1929 and contains material on such areas as port facilities; growth; dredging improvements; breakwater negotiations with Congress; federal facilities; industrial development; oil and loading facilities for the product; lumber; fish canneries and wholesale markets; cotton; citrus fruits; pipe; other products; management of the harbor; the plans for Allen Field airport; truck and rail transport; fire service; land rental; dry docks and shipbuilding; the harbor engineer's report; and data on harbor services, including berth locations, widths and lengths, and numbers of sheds and wharves, and the numbers of ships using the harbor; a list of shipping companies and agents, petroleum companies, lumber companies, and other firms working in the harbor area; tonnage statistics since 1855; revenue statements and other financial material; railroad car usage; bond fund appropriations; and more. A list of board members and staff for the harbor, many photographs, drawings, charts, and a foldout map of the harbor are also of note. With spine and corner rubbing; staple corrosion; creases; soiling; yellowed pages; folds on the cover; pages 47-50 loose; losses to small cover areas; pencil marks on page 49; stains; staple tarnish; spine tears; and general wear, the condition is fair.Lexicon
Search Terms
Three-dimensional, Reports, City of Los Angeles. Board of Harbor Commissioners, Harbors--Los Angeles (Calif.), Ports--Los Angeles (Calif.)