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Title
Royal party of Crown Prince Gustav Adolf of Sweden visit oil wells, Signal Hill, 1926
Date Created and/or Issued
July 24, 1926
1926-07-24
Publication Information
Los Angeles Times
Contributing Institution
UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection
Los Angeles Times Photographic Archives
Rights Information
US
UCLA Library Special Collections, A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library, Box 951575, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575. Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu. Phone: (310) 825-4988
Description
Crown Prince Gustav Adolf and Crown Princess Louise of Sweden (in front) are shown how oil wells are drilled and how oil is pumped out of the ground when drilling is finished. Their guide (2nd from right, seen from the back) is probably A. C. (Albert Chatfield) Rubel, a petroleum engineer for Union Oil Company. Reported in "ROYAL PAIR LEAVE CITY: Departure Taken for Yosemite Swedish Crown Prince States Period Spent Here Marks Epoch in Life Large Crowd Waits at Depot to Tender Distinguished Guests Farewell, " Los Angeles Times, 25 July 1926: 1.
Text from negative sleeve: Sweden, Gustavus Adolphus.
Type
image
Format
b&w glass negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_b3731_G4779
ark:/21198/z1091zbf
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Princes--Sweden
Oil wells--California--Signal Hill
Princesses--Sweden
Rubel, A. C. (Albert Chatfield), 1895-1967
Gustav VI Adolf, King of Sweden, 1882-1973
Louise, Queen, consort of Gustav VI Adolf, King of Sweden, 1889-1965
Source
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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