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 the Playa del Rey Oil derricks in Venice Beach, ca.1925. Row upon row of metal oilrigs stand along the shore behind a concrete path walk, tapering off into the distance. Several house-like structures, tanks, smoke stacks and pipes line the bases of these derricks at left, facing toward the ocean, which crashes toward the shore from the right. Right of center, several plumes of smoke or perhaps steam shoot out of thin stacks. The background is neutral.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w 21 x 26 cm. photographic prints photographs
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