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 several oil derricks at the Playa del Rey oil field in Venice, ca.1925. Eight derricks stand tall, with a series of structures, tanks, pipes and smoke stacks built into their respective bases. Several plumes of smoke sprout from stacks at left, behind the center oilrig, bearing the sign "Chanel Oil Co. Jo Ann No.1". In the foreground, several automobiles sit in the sand at center, facing a man tinkering with a set of pipes. Across from the man stands a truck elevated on a makeshift platform. Behind it stands a shed, two tanks and a portion of a derrick. The background is neutral.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w 26 x 21 cm. photographic prints photographs
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