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 Send requests to address or e-mail given USC Libraries Special Collections specol@usc.edu
Description
Photograph of an aerial view of the Shell Chemical Corporation, in Torrance, August 1955. Looking northwest from an altitude of 900', the corporation spans several large rectangular plots of land. In the foreground, a road cuts through the right, dividing the plant from an empty field. Rows of house-like structures are followed by fractioning columns rising from a maze of pipes. Right of these stand several round tanks. The corporation takes up space on the left, and lines of automobiles sit in a lot sandwiched by several low structures, with rows of stacks at left. In the distance, the land stretches through what appears to be a heavily populated area. The mountains line the distance.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w 21 x 26 cm. photographic prints photographs
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