Half-tone image depicting an automobile in front of California's first producing oil well, June 1, 1928

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Title	Half-tone image depicting an automobile in front of California's first producing oil well, June 1, 1928
Description	Photograph of a half-tone image depicting an automobile in front of California's first producing oil well, June 1, 1928. The automobile is at left and three men are standing nearby. The wooden oil derrick is directly behind the car and is a tapered structure with a flat top. Several leafless trees can be seen in the area around the well, and a tall brushy hill is visible in the background. Metal pipes can be seen on the ground in the foreground.
Subject (adlf)	wells
Subject (file heading)	Industry -- Oil -- Los Angeles County -- Newhall
Subject (lcsh)	Petroleum industry and trade Petroleum refineries
Geographic subject (county)	Los Angeles
Geographic subject (state)	California
Geographic subject (country)	USA
Coverage date	1928-06-01
Publisher (of the digital version)	University of Southern California. Libraries
Date created	1928-06-01
Type	images
Format (aacr2)	1 photograph : photonegative, b&w ; 26 x 21 cm.
Format (aat)	negatives (photographic) photographic prints photographs
Accession number	33252
Call number	CHS-33252
Identifying number	unidentified no: 2079
Microfiche number	84-1-1739
Legacy record ID	chs-m12398; USC-2-1-1-12553
Part of collection	California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Part of subcollection	Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection, 1890-1960
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-33252
Archival file	chs_Volume78/CHS-33252.tiff

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