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Title
Group of men beneath an oil derrick at the Playa del Rey oil fields in Venice, ca.1925
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1925
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 group of men beneath an oil derrick at the Playa del Rey oil fields in Venice, ca.1925. Some clad in suits, some clad in workers' garb, the men sit facing center behind a row of pipes. Behind them, a large pulley hangs suspended from the oilrig. In the distance, portions of houses and utility poles can be discerned, as well as the tops of several other derricks.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w
26 x 21 cm.
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m12420
USC-1-1-1-12575 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-41145
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m12420
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-41145.jpg
Subject
Industry--Oil--Los Angeles County--Venice Playa del Rey
Petroleum industry and trade
Petroleum refineries
Oil fields
Time Period
circa 1925
Place
California
Los Angeles
USA
Venice
Playa del Rey
Source
1-115-77 [Microfiche number]
41145 [Accession number]
CHS-41145 [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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