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Title
Unidentified oil field positioned along the shore
Publication Information
University of Southern California. Libraries
Contributing Institution
California Historical Society
University of Southern California Digital Library
Collection
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Rights Information
Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
Public Domain. Release under the CC BY Attribution license--http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/--Credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library; From the California Historical Society Collection at the University of Southern California
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Description
Photograph of an unidentified oil field positioned along the shore, [s.d.]. A vast field of oil wells, storage tanks and refineries is pictured at center, stretching from the left foreground to the right background. Small maintenance shacks are visible arranged along the high-tide mark in the foreground where the waves can be seen lapping gently in.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photonegative, b&w
21 x 26 cm.
negatives (photographic)
photographs
Identifier
chs-m19927
USC-1-1-1-8081 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-12871
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m19927
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-12871.jpg
Subject
Industry--Oil--Los Angeles Basin
Oil wells
Petroleum industry and trade
Oil fields
Place
California
Los Angeles
USA
Source
12871 [Accession number]
CHS-12871 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960
USC
chs-m265

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