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 four men working in an oil refinery, ca.1940. A man at center can be seen leaning over a round structure on the wooden floor. A second man is visible crouching on a platform behind and to the right of the structure, and is obscured by a few metal beams. A third man is visible on a raised platform towards the back left next to a rectangular machine reading, "Emsco", while a fourth man holds a rope to the left of him. The men can all be seen wearing hard hats, long sleeved shirts, and pants or overalls. A canopy can be seen in the background over a machine reading, "Caterpillar".
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w 12 x 16 cm. photographic prints photographs
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