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Title
View of oil derricks on Venice Beach
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 a view of oil derricks on Venice Beach, [s.d.]. In the background, a large oil field is visible along the shore, intermingled with what appear to be houses or large utility sheds. Along the center and left, the water extends out from the shore.
Type
image
Format
1 photographs : photoprints, b&w
21 x 26 cm.
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m5017
USC-2-1-1-5119 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-37144
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m5017
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-37144.jpg
Subject
Beaches
Oil wells
Petroleum industry and trade
Los Angeles County--Los Angeles--Venice--General--Beach scenes
Place
California
Los Angeles
USA
Venice
Source
37144 [Accession number]
CHS-37144 [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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