Slow speed pump unit, an electric motor that drives the pumping unit, Santa Fe Springs Oil Field, ca.1931

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Photograph of a slow speed pump unit, an electric motor that drives the pumping unit, Santa Fe Springs Oil Field, ca.1931. A vertical metal coil can be seen at center in front of a small metal barrel-shaped object above it. A chain is visible to the right, while, "842806-1. Ideal. Automatic. Cut-Out. Switch. NSCO" can be seen written on a small placard at the bottom left portion of the machine. Tubes and wooden planks are visible at right, while what appears to be a barrel and walls can be seen in the background.

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Title Slow speed pump unit, an electric motor that drives the pumping unit, Santa Fe Springs Oil Field, ca.1931

Subject industrial sites (adlf), Industry -- Oil -- Machinery (file heading), Petroleum industry and trade (lcsh), Petroleum refineries (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), Los Angeles (counties), Santa Fe Springs (city or populated place), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1931

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 1931

Creator Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946 (photographer)

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-m12328

Identifier 10137 (accession number), CHS-10137 (call number), CHS-10137 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-11883 (legacy record id), chs-m12328 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-12482 (legacy record id), 1-115-29 (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 11883

Unique identifier UC130199

Legacy Identifier CHS-10137.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 16.5 in × 21.0 in at 300dpi
41.9 cm × 53.4 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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