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Title
Three wooden oil derricks in an unidentified orange grove, possibly Ranch Montebello, ca.1920
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1930
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 three wooden oil derricks in an unidentified orange grove, possibly Ranch Montebello, ca.1920. Three oilrigs stand amidst the trees in a somewhat triangular formation, with a prominent derrick at center. Beneath the centermost derrick extends a house-like structure, presumably housing drilling equipment. The land is covered with trees and tapers off to reveal a cleared off area lined with a few structures and a scattering of foliage in the distance.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w
13 x 17 cm.
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m7938
USC-2-1-1-8067 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-41117
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m7938
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-41117.jpg
Subject
Industry--Oil--Los Angeles County
Oil wells
Petroleum industry and trade
Wells
Time Period
circa 1930
Place
California
Los Angeles
Montebello
USA
Source
41117 [Accession number]
84-1-1371 [Microfiche number]
CHS-41117 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
unidentified no: 763 [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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