Waves crashing on a beach near an oil field in Playa del Rey, [s.d.]

Loading details...

You do not have the permission to view Original image

Download

Copy Asset Link

Request this asset

Description

Photograph of waves crashing on a beach near an oil field in Playa del Rey, [s.d.]. Large waves roll unto a long expanse of beach, at right, in the foreground and middle. On the beach, an oil field with several buildings and oil wells is visible, at left. The waves come within inches of the boundaries of the oil field. In the middle, at center, a set of piers jut out into the ocean.

Asset Metadata

Title Waves crashing on a beach near an oil field in Playa del Rey, [s.d.]

Subject Beaches (adlf), oil fields (adlf), Oil well drilling rigs (lcsh), Pacific Ocean (lcsh), Petroleum industry and trade (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), Los Angeles (city or populated place), Los Angeles (counties), Playa del Rey (city or populated place), USA (countries)

Type images

Format 1 photograph : photonegative, b&w ; 10 x 13 cm. (aacr2), negatives (photographic) (aat), photographs (aat)

Source California Historical Society (contributing entity), California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960 (collection)

Publisher University of Southern California. Libraries (digital)

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-m30453

Identifier 37190 (accession number), CHS-37190 (call number), CHS-37190 (filename), chs-m15009 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-24532 (legacy record id), chs-m30453 (legacy record id), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 24532

Unique identifier UC132200

Legacy Identifier CHS-37190.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 19.9 in × 16.1 in at 300dpi
50.7 cm × 41.0 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

Linked assets