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Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. View of the base of an oil derrick with a structure covered in corrugated metal sheets owned by the H. L. J. Oil Co. at the Playa Del Rey oil field. A man is standing in the center of the photograph. The Playa del Rey oil field, located in the area north and south of Ballona Creek where it runs into the Pacific Ocean, was active in the 1930's. At the end of this time the field lost pressure and in 1942 the area was converted into a storage reservoir for natural gas, called the Playa del Rey storage field. Handwritten on negative: Photo By C. C. Pierce & Co. 1572 W. Pico, L.A. Handwritten on negative: H. L. J. Oil Co. Well No 2. Venice - Del Rey Oil Field, 1-24-1931
Type
image
Identifier
uclamss_1756_0038 ark:/21198/zz002j23fs
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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