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Title
World oil production chart
Alternative Title
Works Progress Administration Photo Collection
Date Created and/or Issued
1936
Publication Information
Federal Writers' Project
Contributing Institution
Los Angeles Public Library
Collection
Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information
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Description
Chart showing the world oil production by countries for the totals produced during the years 1866-1935, measured by billions of barrels. The countries included are: Germany, Japan, Trinidad, Peru, India, Dutch East Indies, Mexico, California, United States, Russia, Venezuela, Rumania (sic), Galicia (Central Europe), Argentine (sic), other countries, and Canada. The United States is shown to produce the most among the countries included, with California coming in second. The chart, sponsored by the Federal Writers' Project, was drawn by D.C. Newmarch. Dated October 1936.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph :b&w
Photographic prints
Identifier
00067738
Works Progress Administration Collection
WPA 375 4x5
CARL0000072950
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/2962
Subject
Oil industries--United States--Charts, diagrams, etc
Oil industries--California--Charts, diagrams, etc
Oil industries--Charts, diagrams, etc
Works Progress Administration Collection photographs
United States--Charts, diagrams, etc
California--Charts, diagrams, etc
Newmarch, D. C

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