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Knox Powell oil well probably at the Venice or Playa del Rey oil field, Los Angeles, 1930-1940

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Title: Knox Powell oil well probably at the Venice or Playa del Rey oil field, Los Angeles, 1930-1940
Contributor: Pierce, C. C. $q(Charles C.), $d1861-1946
Date Created and/or Issued: [between 1930-1940]
1930/1940
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.
View inside of a wooden barrel-vaulted structure at the Knox Powell oil well at the Venice or Playa del Rey oil field. A man in a suit and a workman men stand on the left and another workman is seated at the back next 4 valves and a sign reading "Please, Do Not Talk to Employees, W. G. Davis." There is machinery on the right.
Handwritten on negative: C. C. Pierce, 1572 W. Pico, L.A.
Type: image
Identifier: uclamss_1756_0024
ark:/21198/zz002j22z2
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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