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Oilman Harry F. Sinclair, Patrick J. Hurley, and George McDonald gather for oil company auctions, Los Angeles, 1936

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Title: Oilman Harry F. Sinclair, Patrick J. Hurley, and George McDonald gather for oil company auctions, Los Angeles, 1936
Date Created and/or Issued: January 30, 1936
1936-01-30
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.
Photograph appears with the article, "Sinclair Bid Looked For/Sinclair Bid Expected at Richfield Oil Sale," Los Angeles Times, 31 Jan 1936: 1.
The three men stand together outside of a train car.
Sinclair, Hurley, and McDonald all declined details relating to their business in Los Angeles, only admitting that it was strictly for business, which coincidentally aligns with the sales of the Richfield Oil Company and the Pan American Petroleum Corporation at public auction.
Text from negative sleeve: 3437 - Geo. Mc Donald Harry F Sinclair Pat Hurley Consolidated Oil Co officials 1 - 30 - 36 [stamped:] Jan 31 1936
Text from newspaper caption: Harry F. Sinclair, oil millionaire, and his attorney, former Secretary of War Patrick Hurley, arrived yesterday to attend the public auction of the Richfield Oil Company and the Pan American Petroleum Corporation today.
Handwritten on negative: L2R Geo Mc Donald Harry F Sinclair Pat Hurley 1-30-36
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_12417
ark:/21198/zz002h8g4q
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Millionaires--California--Los Angeles
Petroleum industry--California--Los Angeles
Arrivals & departures--American--California--Los Angeles
Lawyers--California--Los Angeles
Sinclair Oil Corporation
McDonald, George
Hurley, Patrick J. (Patrick Jay), 1883-1963
Sinclair, Harry Ford, 1876-1956
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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