Unidentified oil well, showing a body of water in the foreground, ca.1930

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Photograph of an unidentified oil well, showing a body of water in the foreground, ca.1930. The glass-like water lies is bordered by mounds of dirt in the foreground as it reflects the work site on the far bank. A tall, metal derrick stands on the right with flimsy, wooden paneling covering its base. Several small, wooden structures surround the base while a platform of machinery protrudes from the base's right side. Four tall, darkly colored pipes extend from large, connected apparatuses on the left while a brick wall stands on the water's edge in front of them.

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Title Unidentified oil well, showing a body of water in the foreground, ca.1930

Subject Industry -- Oil -- General (file heading), oil fields (adlf), Oil well drilling rigs (lcsh), Petroleum industry and trade (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1930

Type images

Format 1 photograph : photoprint, b&w ; 26 x 21 cm. (aacr2), photographic prints (aat), photographs (aat)

Source California Historical Society (contributing entity), California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960 (collection), Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960 (subcollection)

Date Created 1930

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-m30612

Identifier 41110 (accession number), CHS-41110 (call number), CHS-41110 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-24964 (legacy record id), chs-m30612 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-12606 (legacy record id), 1-115-55 (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 24964

Unique identifier UC132179

Legacy Identifier CHS-41110.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 16.4 in × 21.0 in at 300dpi
41.7 cm × 53.3 cm at 300dpi

Inherited Values

Title Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960

Description The nearly 15,000 unique photographs of this collection contain the work of C.C. Pierce which cover the Los Angeles region city, street and architectural views, California Missions, Southwestern Native Americans, and turn-of-century Nevada, Arizona, and California. Pierce, active from 1886 to 1940, was one of the leading photographers of his day and amassed a collection of 15,000 images, including his own and those bought and copied from his contemporaries, George Wharton James and Charles Puck. The James collection contains over 2,000 images of portraits, customs, ceremonies, arts, and games of various groups of Southwestern Native Americans.

Date Created 1860/1960

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