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Title
Workers gathered around a casing elevator, 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
1930-11-02
November 2, 1930
Contributing Institution
UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection
Pierce (C.C.) Photographic Collection
Rights Information
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Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
Five workers gathered around a casing elevator at the Venice of Playa del Rey oil field in Venice in front of a building. Raised lettering on the casing elevator reads "Wilson Elevator."
Handwritten on negative: Photo by C. C. Pierce & Co., 1572 W. Pico St. L.A., 11-2-1930.
Handwritten on negative: S-L-R (Petroleum Properties LTD), Venice-Del Rey Oil Field.
Type
image
Identifier
uclamss_1756_0033
ark:/21198/zz002j2386
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Petroleum industry--California--Los Angeles
Drilling & boring machinery
Venice Oil Field (Calif.)
Playa del Rey Oil Field (Calif.)
Source
C.C. Pierce Photographic Collection, circa 1898-1934

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