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Title	Signal Hill oil gusher, in Long Beach, ca.1923
Description	Photograph of a Signal Hill oil gusher, in Long Beach, ca.1923. A derrick erupts with oil and smoke at center, and an arrow edited onto the photo leads to some text which reads "Union Oil co's L.B.C. 11 Signal Hill". In front of the gusher stands another tall wooden derrick, built into several house-like structures and a tank at its base. In the background, the silhouettes of several other derricks can be made out through the smoke, and a tangle of utility pole lining streams overhead. In the foreground sits a pool of water dug into the ground, in which one can see the reflection of the scene.
Subject (adlf)	oil fields
Subject (file heading)	Industry -- Oil -- Los Angeles County -- Long Beach
Subject (lcsh)	Petroleum industry and trade Petroleum refineries
Subject (naf corporate name)	Union Oil Company of California
Geographic subject (city or populated place)	Signal Hill; Long Beach
Geographic subject (county)	Los Angeles
Geographic subject (state)	California
Geographic subject (country)	USA
Coverage date	circa 1923
Publisher (of the digital version)	University of Southern California. Libraries
Date created	circa 1923
Type	images
Format (aacr2)	1 photograph : transparency, b&w ; 26 x 21 cm.
Format (aat)	photographic prints photographs
Accession number	41130
Call number	CHS-41130
Microfiche number	1-115-64
Legacy record ID	chs-m12389; USC-1-1-1-12544
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-41130
Archival file	chs_Volume78/CHS-41130.tiff

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