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Title
Oil wells near the ocean in Venice Beach
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 oil wells near the ocean in Venice Beach, [s.d.]. The beach can be seen in the background at right, while the foreground is filled with rows of tall metal oil derrickes. Small buildings and storage tanks can be seen at the bases of the wells, and several automobiles are visible as well. Signs on the oil derricks advertise companies like "Allstate" and "El Camino Gasoline".
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : negative, b&w
13 x 18 cm.
negatives (photographic)
photographs
Identifier
chs-m3100 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-36679
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m3100
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-36679.jpg
Subject
Oil well drilling rigs
Petroleum industry and trade
Beaches
Oil fields
Place
California
Los Angeles
USA
Venice Beach
Source
36679 [Accession number]
CHS-36679 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
USC
chs-m15009

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