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Title
Rural town road with an oil well at distant right, ca.1930
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 a rural town road with an oil well at distant right, ca.1930. A paved road can be seen running from center foreground towards the background. One-story homes with sloped roofs are visible lining both sides of the road, while utility poles can be seen on the left side of the road. Dilapidated wooden fences, trees, and shrubs are visible amongst the homes. What appears to be a water tower can be seen at right, while an oil well is visible towards the right background. Shrub-filled hills can be seen in the background.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w
12 x 17 cm.
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m12447
USC-1-1-1-12602 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-41108
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m12447
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-41108.jpg
Subject
Industry--Oil--General
Petroleum industry and trade
Petroleum refineries
Roadways
Time Period
circa 1930
Place
California
USA
Source
41108 [Accession number]
CHS-41108 [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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