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Oil well fire erupts in middle of oil field, Santa Fe Springs, 1935

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Title: Oil well fire erupts in middle of oil field, Santa Fe Springs, 1935
Date Created and/or Issued: October 1935
1935-10
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
Description: Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
A tall column of fire engulfs what appears to be either a high crane or oil well in an oil field dotted with wells, other machinery, exposed piping, and bare trees. The sky is full of smoke, dark and white. This is presumably the Santa Fe Springs oil fields in Los Angeles County.
Text from nitrate negative sleeve: Santa Fe Oil Wells, 2602, [stamped: OCT 24 1935]
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_9097
ark:/21198/zz002dh3jh
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Fires--California--Santa Fe Springs
Oil wells--California--Santa Fe Springs
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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