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 2 men standing near a wooden shed in the midst of dozens of oil derricks in a Los Angeles oil field, Court Street and Toluca Street, 1904. A large wooden vat is at left. These wells have been producing for over 40 years when this image was taken (1904).
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : photonegative, glass photonegative, b&w 4 x 5 cm., 17 x 22 cm. glass plate negatives negatives (photographic) photographs
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