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Title
Nighttime view of the exterior of an unidentified oil refinery
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 nighttime view of the exterior of an unidentified oil refinery, [s.d.]. The refinery is at center and the main structure is made of metal beams. Many large pipes are visible, and two smokestacks can be seen at center. There are lights on a tall mast at center, and more lights can be seen near a staircase at right. The edge of a large rock or small hill is visible in the foreground at right.
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : photonegative, photoprint, b&w
21 x 26 cm., 19 x 24 cm.
negatives (photographic)
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m12234
USC-2-1-1-12387 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-33299
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m12234
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-33299.jpg
Subject
Industry--Oil--General
Petroleum industry and trade
Petroleum refineries
Industrial sites
Place
California
USA
Source
33299 [Accession number]
CHS-33299 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
unidentified no: 582 [Identifying number]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection, 1890-1960
USC
chs-m825

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