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Title
Oil derricks 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
1930-10-07
October 7, 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.
View of the base of an oil derrick with casing stacked in front and 3 boilers with tall smoke stacks on the right. Two men stand in top of a storage tank in the center of the photograph and other derricks are visible on the right. Automobiles are parked on the left and right sides of the image.
Handwritten on negative: Photo By C. C. Pierce, 1572 W. Pico St. Los Angeles Cal., 10-7-1930.
Type
image
Identifier
uclamss_1756_0039
ark:/21198/zz002j23g9
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Petroleum industry--California--Los Angeles
Oil wells--California--Los Angeles
Boilers
Venice Oil Field (Calif.)
Playa del Rey Oil Field (Calif.)
Source
C.C. Pierce Photographic Collection, circa 1898-1934

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