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Meadow in front of what appears to be an oil refinery, [s.d.]
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Meadow in front of what appears to be an oil refinery, [s.d.]
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Photograph of a meadow in front of what appears to be an oil refinery, [s.d.]. A large meadow occupies much of the foreground and middle. Directly behind the meadow is what appears to be an oil refinery. In the background, at right and center, several large cylindrical structures are visible - they seem to be oils storage tanks. At left, a cluster of buildings can be seen.
Asset Metadata
Title
Meadow in front of what appears to be an oil refinery, [s.d.]
Subject
Meadows--California
(lcsh),
oil fields
(adlf),
Oil storage tanks
(lcsh),
Petroleum industry and trade
(lcsh)
Tags
OAI-PMH Harvest
Place
California
(states),
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)
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
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Permanent Link (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m30336
Identifier
37146 (
accession number
), CHS-37146 (
call number
), CHS-37146 (
filename
), chs-m15009 (
legacy collection record id
), chs-c65-24311 (
legacy record id
), chs-m30336 (
legacy record id
), USC (
project
)
IIIF ID
[Document.IIIFV3ID]
DM Record ID
24311
Unique identifier
UC132296
Legacy Identifier
CHS-37146.tiff
Type
Image
Internet Media Type
image/tiff
Resolution
18.6 in × 13.3 in at 300dpi
47.3 cm × 33.8 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
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
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