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Storage tanks at an oil tank farm, [s.d.]
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Storage tanks at an oil tank farm, [s.d.]

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Photograph of storage tanks at an oil tank farm, [s.d.]. A long line of large cylindrical tanks runs from the foreground at right to the background at left. The tanks appear to be covered with light colored tiles and are numbered. The tank in the foreground at right is number seventy. The ground in the foreground is bare dirt and is marked in several areas by tire tracks. Two smokestacks can be seen in the background. 
Asset Metadata
Title Storage tanks at an oil tank farm, [s.d.] 
Publisher University of Southern California. Libraries (digital) 
Subject industrial sites  (adlf), Oil storage tanks  (lcsh), Petroleum--storage  (lcsh) 
Tags OAI-PMH Harvest 
Place California (states), Los Angeles (counties), USA (countries) 
Type images
Format 1 photograph : negative, b&w ; 13 x 18 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-m10579 
Identifier 35788 (accession number), CHS-35788 (call number), CHS-35788 (filename), chs-m15009 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-13720 (legacy record id), chs-m10579 (legacy record id), USC (project) 
IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID] 
DM Record ID 13720 
Unique identifier UC143350 
Legacy Identifier CHS-35788.tiff 
Type Image 
Internet Media Type image/tiff
Resolution 18.2 in × 12.8 in at 300dpi
46.2 cm × 32.5 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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