The photograph shows an aerial view with the Pike and some construction in the foreground, the Long Beach Arena and Municipal Auditorium in the left background, and beyond and center, oil islands in the Pacific Ocean. Printed on back of photo: Photograph courtesy of the Dept. [Department] of Oil Properties, P.O. Box 570, Long Beach, Calif. [California], 90801. DATE NOTES: Circa 1970's. ORIG. IMAGE: 8" x 10" B&W glossy print. NEGATIVE: no. KEYWORDS: Rides, cars, trailer, equipment, parking lots, sand, THUMS (Texico, Humble, Union, Mobil, Shell), Grissom, Chaffee, White and Freeman Islands, Occidental Petroleum, Oxy Petroleum, energy production, oil rigs.
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