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Title
Oil well at the Playa del Rey oil field, 1935
Contributor
Pierce, C. C. $q(Charles C.), $d1861-1946
Date Created and/or Issued
February 14, 1935
1935-02-14
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.
Photograph of an oil well operated by either the Pacific Drilling Company or the Rae Drilling Company, with a boiler on the right and 23 automobiles parked in front.
Text from negative sleeve: Pacific Drilling Co. Del Rey No 1 (Barnhart)
Handwritten on negative: Rae Drilling Co., Del Rey No. 1., 2-14-'35
Type
image
Identifier
uclamss_1756_0102
ark:/21198/zz002j25mb
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Petroleum industry--California--Los Angeles
Oil wells--California--Los Angeles
Source
C.C. Pierce Photographic Collection, circa 1898-1934

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