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 Send requests to address or e-mail given USC Libraries Special Collections specol@usc.edu
Description
Photograph of a street bordering on the Chavez Ravine oil field, ca.1930. A residential area dotted with houses and foliage gives way to a strip of oil derricks behind a utility pole-lined road. Two wooden derricks stand at right, with a house-like structure built beneath the first. In the background sits a two-story house with adjoining garage. Across a line of trees, to the left, other houses can be seen, and a lone person walks down the sidewalk towards them. In the foreground is a field strewn with garbage, which lies across the street from the oilrigs. Lines from utility poles string through the background.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w 13 x 17 cm. photographic prints photographs
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