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: [circa 1931]
1931
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 Charles E. Young Research Library Department of Special Collections, A1713 Young Research Library, Box 951575, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575. E-mail: 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.
Handwritten on negative: Amos Beaty
Text from negative sleeve: Beaty, Amos. Oilman.
Type: image
Format: b&w glass negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_b3693_G343
ark:/21198/zz0002nfcn
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Petroleum industry
Business people--American
Beaty, Amos Leonidas, 1870-1939
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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