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Group portrait of men on the drill floor of an oil rig at the Venice or Playa del Rey oil field, Los Angeles, circa 1930

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Title: Group portrait of men on the drill floor of an oil rig at the Venice or Playa del Rey oil field, Los Angeles, circa 1930
Contributor: Pierce, C. C. $q(Charles C.), $d1861-1946
Date Created and/or Issued: 1930
[circa 1930]
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Pierce (C.C.) Photographic Collection
Rights Information: Please contact the contributing institution for more information regarding the copyright status of this object.
Description: Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
Photograph of 11 workers and 2 men wearing suits standing together on the drill floor of an oil well next to the rotary table and drill pipe on the right.
Type: image
Identifier: uclamss_1756_0004
ark:/21198/zz002j228q
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Petroleum industry--California--Los Angeles
Oil wells--California--Los Angeles
Venice Oil Field (Calif.)
Playa del Rey Oil Field (Calif.)
Source: C.C. Pierce Photographic Collection, circa 1898-1934

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