Title supplied by cataloger.; Information provided with the image indicates that photo was donated by "Morris". View of an oil derrick that has been anchored to the ground, it is located at 1006 Pier "F" Avenue in Long Beach. It shows a man standing on the platform that is attached to the side of the derrick, and its platform, machinery and equipment can be seen around its base. A "grasshopper", or electrically operated oil field pump is seen next to the base on the right, and a large truck is parked next to it on the left. The door on the truck reads: "General Petroleum Corporation". More oil derricks may be seen spread over a vast area of land in the background.
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image
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1 photographic print :b&w ;26 x 21 cm. Photographic prints
General Petroleum Corporation Petroleum industry and trade--California--Long Beach Oil well drilling rigs--California--Long Beach Oil fields--California--Long Beach Long Beach (Calif.)
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