View of oil fields and a dredger at the channel for the Rowing Stadium site for the Olympics, January 23, 1932

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Photograph of a view of oil fields and a dredger at the channel for the Rowing Stadium site for the Olympics, January 23, 1932. A field full of oil derricks fills the background, while a boxy water-crane is pictured on the nearby shore. Farther in the foreground, a line of pipe is suspended by wooden blocks over the wide channel that runs through the center of the image.

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Title View of oil fields and a dredger at the channel for the Rowing Stadium site for the Olympics, January 23, 1932

Subject Los Angeles County -- Long Beach -- General views (file heading), oil fields (adlf), Oil wells (lcsh), Olympic Games (10th : 1932 : Los Angeles, Calif.) (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

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

Temporal Subject 1932-01-23

Type images

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

Source California Historical Society (contributing entity), California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960 (collection), Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection, 1890-1960 (subcollection)

Date Created 1932-01-23

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-m4528

Identifier 36862 (accession number), CHS-36862 (call number), CHS-36862 (filename), chs-m825 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-5176 (legacy record id), chs-m4528 (legacy record id)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 5176

Unique identifier UC126500

Legacy Identifier CHS-36862.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 23.4 in × 16.7 in at 300dpi
59.6 cm × 42.4 cm at 300dpi

Inherited Values

Title Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection 1890-1960

Description The more than 3,600 unique photographs of this collection document the Chamber's promotional efforts during the city's early years. In addition to stock photographs, there are pictures of the elaborate booths and displays that the Chamber prepared for use at state fairs and international trade shows. The photographic collection contains images showing the growth of important municipal enterprises, such as ground transportation systems, aviation, and shipping. In addition there are about 1,000 lantern slides in this collection -- not yet fully digitized.

Date Created 1860/1960

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