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Title
Signal Hill oil field
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 view of Signal Hill oil field, [s.d.]. Elevated view of numerous, tall, oil derricks stretching across the landscape, from the foreground to the distance. Long shacks are built around the derrick in the center of the photograph. Another shack stands against the derrick in the extreme right foreground of the photograph. Steam rises from behind the derrick on the left hand side of the photograph.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : negative, b&w
10 x 13 cm.
negatives (photographic)
photographs
Identifier
chs-m8039 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-36128
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m8039
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-36128.jpg
Subject
Oil well drilling rigs
Petroleum industry and trade
Petroleum refineries
Oil fields
Place
California
Los Angeles
Signal Hill
USA
Source
36128 [Accession number]
CHS-36128 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
USC
chs-m15009

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