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Title
Venice oil field on the banks of a marsh, 1931
Date Created and/or Issued
1931-06-26
Publication Information
University of Southern California. Libraries
Contributing Institution
California Historical Society
University of Southern California Digital Library
Collection
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Rights Information
Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
Public Domain. Release under the CC BY Attribution license--http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/--Credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library; From the California Historical Society Collection at the University of Southern California
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Description
Photograph of the Venice oil field on the banks of a marsh, 1931. In the foreground, the banks of a marsh and a large waterway can be seen. Towards the middle, the Venice oil field is visible on either side of the water - this occupies the background as well. What appear to be bridges or pipelines connect both banks at various points on the waterway. Compares to CHS-49131 and CHS-36132.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photonegative, b&w
10 x 13 cm.
negatives (photographic)
photographs
Identifier
chs-m30455 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-37192
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m30455
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-37192.jpg
Subject
Petroleum industry and trade
Oil well drilling rigs
Oil wells
Marshes--California
Oil fields
Time Period
1931-06-26
Place
California
Los Angeles
USA
Venice
Source
37192 [Accession number]
CHS-37192 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
USC
chs-m15009

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