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Order Number	00098041
Title	Higgins Brick & Tile Company, Ramona Blvd., looking northeast
Photographer	Kelly, Howard D.
Collection ID	Kelly-Holiday Mid-Century Aerial Collection
Location/Accession	KHAF 492-5
Date	1958
Physical Description	1 negative :safety ;10 x 13 cm.
Notes	Title supplied by cataloger.
Historical Data	In 1927, after many years of brick making experience and the investment capital from an oil strike on family property, Robert Higgins started his own brick company. The first Higgins Brick & Tile Company plant was located in Gardena (2217 W. 17th St.) and another plant was started in Torrance a few years later. Around 1944, Robert passed the growing company business on to his two sons, Bob and Walt Higgins, both of whom had spent their entire lives working in the brick business helping their father produce and sell the bricks. Growing demand dictated that the company continue to grow to meet the needs of an ever expanding construction industry. Soon after, the Higgins brothers opened up plants in Santa Monica (2600 Colorado St.) and Monterey Park (4700 Ramona Blvd.). The four plants combined were supplying around 60 million bricks per year to the local market. The company continued to grow over the years, and in 1962, Higgins Brick finished construciton of their state-of-the-art brick plant in Chino, California. The facility was built on one-hundred plus acres of high quality clay. The family still owns and operates the family brick business and continues to be an innovative force in the industry today. Note: Information found on company website.
Description	Aerial view of Higgins Brick & Tile Company yard, located in the hills of Monterey Park, at 4700 Ramona Boulevard; view is looking northeast. The San Bernardino (10) Freeway, paralleled by Ramona Boulevard curve at middle; Cal State University, Los Angeles is visible at top center. Photograph dated August 25, 1958.
Publisher	Kelly-Holiday.
Subject	California State University, Los Angeles. Higgins Brick & Tile Company. Industrial facilities--California--Monterey Park. Universities and colleges--California--Los Angeles. Industrial sites--California--Monterey Park. Brick trade--California--Monterey Park. Express highways--California, Southern. Industries--California--Monterey Park. Monterey Park (Calif.)--Aerial views. Monterey Park (Calif.). University Hills (Los Angeles, Calif.). University Hills (Los Angeles, Calif.)--Aerial views. Interstate 10. Aerial photographs
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