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Oil well with advertisement, probably at the Venice or Playa del Rey oil field, Los Angeles, 1930

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Title: Oil well with advertisement, 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: 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.
Photograph of the base of an oil well with signs reading "Lawrence Pacific No. 1, Limited Number of Royalty Percents Available in this Outstanding Location. Do Not Delay. Apply At Office" and "Lawrence-Pacific No. 1, 510 [...] OVI Bldg. 617 So. Olive."
Handwritten on negative: Photo By C. C. Pierce & Co., 1572 W. Pico St. L.A., 11-2-1930.
Type: image
Identifier: uclamss_1756_0035
ark:/21198/zz002j23b7
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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