Oil rig including derrick and pump house, ca.1930

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Photograph of an oil rig, ca.1930. The tall, metal derrick of the oil rig stands on the left with a flimsy, wooden structure protruding from the base to center. The paneled roof of the structure is spotted with dust while the lightly-colored walls are stained with oil. Barrels lie in a row to the right of the structure while a pipe on the near wall secretes a stream of thick smoke. Men sit on machinery on the right with a large, lightly-colored structure and four tall, dark pipes standing in the background behind them. A cylinder stands on the left amongst a group of thin trees with a second derrick behind it.

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Title Oil rig including derrick and pump house, ca.1930

Subject Industry -- Oil -- General (file heading), Petroleum industry and trade (lcsh), Petroleum refineries (lcsh), wells (adlf)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), Los Angeles (counties), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1928-06

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 1928-06

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-m12283

Identifier 41024 (accession number), CHS-41024 (call number), CHS-41024 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-11720 (legacy record id), chs-m12283 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-12436 (legacy record id), 84-1-1360 (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 11720

Unique identifier UC130136

Legacy Identifier CHS-41024.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 16.3 in × 20.8 in at 300dpi
41.5 cm × 52.9 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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