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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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