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Order Number	00087147
Title	Soto Street and the Los Angeles River industries, looking west
Photographer	Kelly, Howard D.
Collection ID	Kelly-Holiday Mid-Century Aerial Collection
Location/Accession	KHAF 175-7
Date	1955
Physical Description	1 negative :safety ;12 x 14 cm.
Notes	Title supplied by cataloger.
Historical Data	The Musto-Keenan Company, which now operates under the name MK Diamond Products, was known in the 1950s for making quality diamond tools for cutting marble and tile.
Description	Here on the eastern side of the Los Angeles River in the Central Manufacturing District are numerous industrial facilities located off of S. Soto Street between 26th Street and Washington Boulevard. Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe trains carry freight west over the river, not far from the railroad's roundhouse at Redondo Junction (top, left). Behind the trains the Musto-Keenan Co. plant (center, right), is visible at 1801 S. Soto Street. Photographed for Crescent Oil & Refining Co. on August 5, 1955.
Publisher	Kelly-Holiday.
Subject	Musto-Keenan Company. Central Manufacturing District (Los Angeles County, Calif.). Industrial facilities--California--Commerce. Industries--California--Commerce. Rivers--California, Southern. Railroads--California--Commerce. Streets--California--Commerce. Roundhouses (Railroads)--California--Commerce. Commerce (Calif.). Commerce (Calif.)--Aerial views. Los Angeles River (Calif.). Aerial photographs
Coverage	1951; 1952; 1953; 1954; 1955; 1956; 1957; 1958; 1959; 1960
Format	Photographic safety negatives
Credits	Made accessible through a grant from the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation.
Reproduction Information	Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Sub-Collection Name	Kelly-Holiday Mid-Century Aerial Photo Collection