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Title	Crowd watching the completion of a new oil well, ca.1930
Description	Photograph of a crowd watching the completion of a new oil well, ca.1930. The large crowd is gathered at the base of the well and is looking towards it. Most of the people are men and are wearing suits and hats, although there are several women and young children as well. A completed well can be seen in the background at right, while an oil and gas separator is visible at left. Several large pipes are stacked in the foreground at left.
Subject (adlf)	wells
Subject (file heading)	Industry -- Oil -- General
Subject (lcsh)	Petroleum industry and trade Petroleum refineries
Geographic subject (county)	Los Angeles
Geographic subject (state)	California
Geographic subject (country)	USA
Coverage date	circa 1930
Publisher (of the digital version)	University of Southern California. Libraries
Date created	circa 1930
Type	images
Format (aacr2)	2 photographs : photonegative, photoprint, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm.
Format (aat)	negatives (photographic) photographic prints photographs
Accession number	31310
Call number	CHS-31310
Microfiche number	1-115-73
Legacy record ID	chs-m12277; USC-1-1-1-12430
Part of collection	California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Part of subcollection	Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960
Project	USC
Rights	California Historical Society
Access conditions	Send requests to address or e-mail given. Phone (213) 821-2366; fax (213) 740-2343.
Repository name	USC Libraries Special Collections
Repository address	Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
Repository email	specol@usc.edu
Filename	CHS-31310
Archival file	chs_Volume78/CHS-31310.tiff

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