Signal Hill oil well view, ca. 1929

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Photograph of a Signal Hill oil well view, ca. 1929. A group of oil derricks can be seen in the foreground, built on a hill. The derricks can be seen extending into the middle, on top of the hill. Utility poles and utility lines can also be seen among the derricks on the hill. A stairway can also be seen in the right foreground, leading up to an elevated platform on one of the oil derricks. Behind the derrick in the right foreground, a white fence can be seen, running from behind the derrick on the right to behind a derrick in the left foreground. Four dark colored, cylindrical oil storage tanks can be seen in the center of the photograph, behind the white fence. Several buildings can be seen on the hill, also at center.

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Title Signal Hill oil well view, ca. 1929

Subject buildings (lcsh), Fences (lcsh), oil fields (adlf), Oil storage tanks (lcsh), Oil well drilling rigs (lcsh), Signal Hill (Calif.) (naf)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), Los Angeles (counties), Signal Hill (city or populated place), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1929

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)

Date Created 1929

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-m30417

Identifier 35776 (accession number), CHS-35776 (call number), CHS-35776 (filename), chs-m15009 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-24469 (legacy record id), chs-m30417 (legacy record id), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 24469

Unique identifier UC132064

Legacy Identifier CHS-35776.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 18.4 in × 13.0 in at 300dpi
46.7 cm × 33.1 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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