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Aerial view of orange groves and oil fields north of Huntington Beach, ca.1920
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Aerial view of orange groves and oil fields north of Huntington Beach, ca.1920

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Photograph of an aerial view of orange groves and oil fields north of Huntington Beach, ca.1920. A vast expanse of orange groves extends from the foreground at left into the background. Several large wooden oil wells can be seen in the foreground at right, many within the groves. A long, tall mountain range is visible in the background, stretching across the entire image. 
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Title Aerial view of orange groves and oil fields north of Huntington Beach, ca.1920 
Publisher University of Southern California. Libraries (digital) 
Date Created 1920 
Subject agricultural sites  (adlf), Agriculture  (lcsh), Orange  (lcsh), Orange County -- Huntington Beach  (file heading), Petroleum industry and trade  (lcsh), Views  (lcsh) 
Tags OAI-PMH Harvest 
Place California (states), Huntington Beach (city or populated place), Orange (counties), USA (countries) 
Temporal Subject 1920 
Type images
Format 1 photograph : photonegative, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm. (aacr2), negatives (photographic) (aat), photographs (aat) 
Source California Historical Society (contributing entity), California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960 (collection) 
Repository Email specol@lib.usc.edu
Repository Name USC Libraries Special Collections
Repository Location Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
Rights Public Domain. Please credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library. 
Copyright Public Domain. Please credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library. 
Access Conditions Send requests to address or e-mail given 
Permanent Link (DOI) https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m7733 
Identifier 31303 (accession number), CHS-31303 (call number), CHS-31303 (filename), chs-m15009 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-7968 (legacy record id), chs-m7733 (legacy record id), USC-0-1-1-7863 (legacy record id), USC (project) 
IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID] 
DM Record ID 7968 
Unique identifier UC123731 
Legacy Identifier CHS-31303.tiff 
Type Image 
Internet Media Type image/tiff
Resolution 18.6 in × 14.7 in at 300dpi
47.4 cm × 37.4 cm at 300dpi 
Inherited Values
Title California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960 
Description The California Historical Society Collection is incomparable for the documentary picture it provides of the growth of Southern California, particularly the development of the Los Angeles region, between 1860 and 1960. The collection contains more than 25,000 photographs. The full archive was placed on long-term deposit at USC in 1990 and includes the Title Insurance and Trust Company Collection, also known as TICOR, and the Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection.

We are grateful to the following individuals who have improved the information in the Digital Library by bringing inaccuracies to our attention as well as adding information. C.J. Bell, Paul Boyle, James Cartwright, Phil Coscia, Bill Counter, Richard Davis, Ray DeLea, Mark French, Amanda Frye, Eric Gustafson, James King, Bill Morgan, Heather Pitts, Tim Poyorena-Miguel, Jo Anne Sadler, Ellen Lloyd Trover, Ruth Wallach, Kim Walters, Cynthia Wilson, Betsy Woodford, Chancy Woolridge, and many others. 
Date Created 1860/1960 
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