Playa del Rey (Venice) oil field, looking north on Pacific Avenue, Los Angeles, March 1, 1930

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Title	Playa del Rey (Venice) oil field, looking north on Pacific Avenue, Los Angeles, March 1, 1930
Description	Photograph of a Playa del Rey (Venice) oil field, looking north on Pacific Avenue, Los Angeles, March 1, 1930. Two sets of railcar tracks can be seen to the right of center, moving into the background, while oil derricks bearing the signs "Blueridge Oil Co. Ltd. Daily No. 15" and "Mohawk" stand to either side. A few dozen oil derricks are visible. A sign on one of the buildings to the left of the tracks reads "[...]rs Royalty [...] of 50 Lots".
Subject (adlf)	oil fields
Subject (file heading)	Industry -- Oil -- Los Angeles County -- Venice Playa del Rey
Subject (lcsh)	Petroleum industry and trade Petroleum refineries
Geographic subject (city or populated place)	Venice; Playa del Rey; Los Angeles
Geographic subject (county)	Los Angeles
Geographic subject (state)	California
Geographic subject (country)	USA
Coverage date	1930-03-01
Publisher (of the digital version)	University of Southern California. Libraries
Date created	1930-03-01
Type	images
Format (aacr2)	2 photographs : photonegative, photoprint, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm.
Format (aat)	negatives (photographic) photographic prints photographs
Accession number	8200
Call number	CHS-8200
Microfiche number	1-115-23
Legacy record ID	chs-m12410; USC-1-1-1-12565
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-8200
Archival file	chs_Volume78/CHS-8200.tiff

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