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Title
Waves crashing on a beach near an oil field in Playa del Rey
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 waves crashing on a beach near an oil field in Playa del Rey, [s.d.]. Large waves roll unto a long expanse of beach, at right, in the foreground and middle. On the beach, an oil field with several buildings and oil wells is visible, at left. The waves come within inches of the boundaries of the oil field. In the middle, at center, a set of piers jut out into the ocean.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photonegative, b&w
10 x 13 cm.
negatives (photographic)
photographs
Identifier
chs-m30453 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-37190
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m30453
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-37190.jpg
Subject
Petroleum industry and trade
Oil well drilling rigs
Pacific Ocean
Oil fields
Beaches
Place
California
Los Angeles
Playa del Rey
USA
Source
37190 [Accession number]
CHS-37190 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
USC
chs-m15009

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