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 half-tone prints of 2 landscapes of southern California in support of a legal suit, bearing the caption "Pl'ff's exhibit no. 481, 3/16/1916" and "No. 46-Civ. -- United States of A. -- So. Pac. Co. -- Et al. -- Plaintiff's exhibit no. 481 -- Filed March 16th 1916 -- Wm. W. Van Dyke, clerk, by J.F. Green, deputy", 1916. At top "Panoramic view of Asphalto looking Northwest". A few houses are scattered in the right distance of the relatively barren rolling landscape. The predominant vegetation is scrub brush. At bottom "Panoramic view of Sunset oil wells, looking North". Three oil derricks and a couple of small buildings near a shallow ravine in Kern County.
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprint, b&w 21 x 26 cm. glass plate negatives photographic prints photographs
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