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Title
Smoke billowing from fire at Signal Hill oil field, Calif., 1933
Date Created and/or Issued
June 3, 1933
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) 825-2822
Description
View of Fire From a Distance Showing Surrounding Oil Derricks
Type
Image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclalat_1429_b11_N5
ark:/21198/zz0002r6qs
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Oil wells--Fires and fire prevention
Disaster
Oil wells--California--Signal Hill
Petroleum industry and trade--Fires and fire prevention
Oil fields--California--Signal Hill
Smoke plumes
Source
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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