Image / Oilman Amos L. Beaty, Los Angeles, circa 1931

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Title: Oilman Amos L. Beaty, Los Angeles, circa 1931
Date Created and/or Issued: [between 1931-1932]
1931/1932
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: From 1920 to 1926, Amos L. Beaty was the president of Texaco. In 1926 he was elected vice-president of the American Petroleum Institute; in 1931 he was elected president of the organization. It is possible that this image was taken in Mr. Beaty's hotel room while in Los Angeles for an American Petroleum Institute convention or meeting in 1932.
Text from negative sleeve: Beaty, Amos. Oilman
Handwritten on negative: Amos Beaty.
Type: image
Format: b&w glass negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_b3693_G344
ark:/21198/z1hj2bv5
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Business people--American
Petroleum industry
Beaty, Amos Leonidas, 1870-1939
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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