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Title
Oil fire at an unidentified oil field, showing a melting derrick
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 oil fire at an unidentified oil field, showing a melting derrick, [s.d.]. In the center distance, smoke billows from the melted remains of an oil derrick, flanked to either side farther in the foreground by unmolested derricks. At center, a dirt road appears to be covered with a liquid of some sort, possibly oil. To the left, a sign reads "No Smoking".
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photonegative, b&w
10 x 13 cm.
negatives (photographic)
photographs
Identifier
chs-m22504 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-49099
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m22504
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-49099.jpg
Subject
Petroleum industry and trade
Petroleum refineries
Industrial sites
Place
California
USA
Source
49099 [Accession number]
CHS-49099 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection, 1890-1960
USC
chs-m825

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