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Cage Oil Separator, Union Oil Company, Norwalk, California, March, 1931
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Cage Oil Separator, Union Oil Company, Norwalk, California, March, 1931
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Description
Photograph of Cage Oil Separator, Union Oil Company, Norwalk, California, March, 1931. A large, light colored tank can be seen in the foreground. A ladder can be seen attached to the side of the tank, leading up to a platform at the top of the tank. A drum can also be seen in the foreground, to the right of the large tank. A network of pipes can be seen behind the tank in the foreground, as well as a second tank, at far right. A small building can be seen in the background, at left.
Asset Metadata
Title
Cage Oil Separator, Union Oil Company, Norwalk, California, March, 1931
Subject
industrial sites
(adlf),
Oil separators
(lcsh),
Union Oil Company of California
(naf corporate name),
Unocal Corporation
(naf corporate name)
Tags
OAI-PMH Harvest
Place
California
(states),
Los Angeles
(counties),
Norwalk
(city or populated place),
USA
(countries)
Temporal Subject
1931-03
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
1931-03
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-m30392
Identifier
35756 (
accession number
), CHS-35756 (
call number
), CHS-35756 (
filename
), chs-m15009 (
legacy collection record id
), chs-c65-24413 (
legacy record id
), chs-m30392 (
legacy record id
), USC (
project
)
IIIF ID
[Document.IIIFV3ID]
DM Record ID
24413
Unique identifier
UC132096
Legacy Identifier
CHS-35756.tiff
Type
Image
Internet Media Type
image/tiff
Resolution
12.2 in × 17.6 in at 300dpi
31.2 cm × 44.8 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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