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Men at the base of an oil rig, probably at the Venice or Playa del Rey oil field, Los Angeles, 1930

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Title: Men at the base of an oil rig, probably at the Venice or Playa del Rey oil field, Los Angeles, 1930
Contributor: Pierce, C. C. $q(Charles C.), $d1861-1946
Date Created and/or Issued: 1930-11-01
November 1, 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.
View workers at the base of an oil rig, probably at the Venice or Playa del Rey oil field. Three men in slacks and shirts confer in front of 2 automobiles in the foreground. The cars have signs on the doors reading "Chanel Oil Co. LTD. V-4," and "California Machinery and Supply Co., Titusville Products." More derricks are visible in the background on the right.
Handwritten on negative: Photo By C. C. Pierce & Co., 1572 W. Pico L.A., 11-1-1930.
Type: image
Identifier: uclamss_1756_0028
ark:/21198/zz002j233m
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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