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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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