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Title
Summerland oil wells on the Pacific coast, ca.1901-1903
Creator
Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1901/1903
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 dozens of oil derricks rising out of the coastal Pacific Ocean at Summerland, Santa Barbara County, California, as viewed from the north. Several long wharves support the pipelines leading from each well. Railroad tracks run along the shore at left. Copyright 1904.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w
21 x 26 cm.
1 photograph : glass photonegative, b&w
glass plate negatives
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m10185
USC-1-1-1-10327 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-2229
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m10185
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-2229.jpg
Subject
Oil wells
Ventura County--General
Wells
Time Period
circa 1901/1903
Place
California
Santa Barbara
Summerland
USA
Source
1-115-8; 1-218- [Microfiche number]
2229 [Accession number]
CHS-2229 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960
USC
chs-m265

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