Image / Oil storage tank of the Julian Petroleum Corporation, 1924-1933

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Title: Oil storage tank of the Julian Petroleum Corporation, 1924-1933
Date Created and/or Issued: [between 1924-1933]
1924/1933
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
Description: Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
C. C. Julian was a con man who first hit oil in California in 1923 and over-sold shares in oil syndicates through the 1920'a into the 1930's. His business activities were repeatedly investigated. He committed suicide in Shanghai in 1934.
Close-up view of 2 oil tanks belonging to the Julian Petroleum Corporation.
Possibly related to the article, "Julian Wells Under Inspection: Experts Visit Julian Fields," Los Angeles Times, 15 Feb. 1924: A1.
Text from negative sleeve: C. C. Julian
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_10627
ark:/21198/zz002hbmzz
Subject: Petroleum industry
Julian, C. C. (Courtney Chauncey), 1885-1934
Julian Petroleum Corporation
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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