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Title
Burst of oil(?) from an unidentified pipeline, ca.1930
Creator
Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946
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 what appears to be a pool of oil, ca.1930. What appears to be oil can be seen spraying out of a pipe at right at high pressure into an expanse of what appears to be oil at left. Dirt can be seen on the ground in the right foreground, while smaller pipes are visible at right. The top of a utility pole is visible in the right background. Photoprint reads: "Superior Huffman No. 2".
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w
21 x 26 cm.
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m12453
USC-1-1-1-12608 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-41112
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m12453
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-41112.jpg
Subject
Industry--Oil--General
Petroleum industry and trade
Petroleum refineries
Industrial sites
Time Period
circa 1930
Place
California
USA
Source
1-115-65 [Microfiche number]
41112 [Accession number]
CHS-41112 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960
USC
chs-m265

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