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Title
Aerial view of Baldwin Hills showing oil wells at center, ca.1940-1949
Creator
Spence Air Photos
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1940/1949
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 an aerial view of Baldwin Hills showing oil wells at center, ca.1940-1949. Meandering streets densely lined with houses can be seen in the foreground, at right, and in the background. At center and left, hilly terrain is covered by tall oil derricks. Large clouds can be seen in the sky overhead, and mountains are visible far in the background.
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : photoprints, b&w
21 x 26 cm.
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m2098
USC-0-1-1-2158 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-44180
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m2098
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-44180.jpg
Subject
Los Angeles--Baldwin Hills
Petroleum industry and trade
Oil wells
Cities
Time Period
circa 1940/1949
Place
Baldwin Hills
Los Angeles
California
USA
Source
44180 [Accession number]
86-4-24 [Microfiche number]
CHS-44180; CHS-94180 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
unidentified no: E12880-30-4-3-47 [Identifying number]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
USC
chs-m15009

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