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Kettleman Hills oil field, the Los Nietos Gas Plant, in the oil woods of Bakersfield, ca.1930
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Kettleman Hills oil field, the Los Nietos Gas Plant, in the oil woods of Bakersfield, ca.1930
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Description
Photograph of a Kettleman Hills oil field, the Los Nietos Gas Plant, in the oil woods of Bakersfield, ca.1930. A darkly-colored derrick stands on the right with electrical poles standing across the desert-like terrain behind it. Several small, wooden structures spot the field of dust at center while derricks crowd the background.
Asset Metadata
Title
Kettleman Hills oil field, the Los Nietos Gas Plant, in the oil woods of Bakersfield, ca.1930
Subject
Industry -- Oil -- Fresno/Kings County (Kettleman Oil Fields)
(file heading),
oil fields
(adlf),
Petroleum industry and trade
(lcsh),
Petroleum refineries
(lcsh)
Tags
OAI-PMH Harvest
Place
Bakersfield
(city or populated place),
California
(states),
Kern
(counties),
USA
(countries)
Temporal Subject
1930
Type
images
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w ; 9 x 14 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
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
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Permanent Link (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m12331
Identifier
41021 (
accession number
), CHS-41021 (
call number
), CHS-41021 (
filename
), chs-m825 (
legacy collection record id
), chs-c65-11790 (
legacy record id
), chs-m12331 (
legacy record id
), USC-2-1-1-12485 (
legacy record id
), 84-1-1766 (
microfiche number
), USC (
project
)
IIIF ID
[Document.IIIFV3ID]
DM Record ID
11790
Unique identifier
UC130134
Legacy Identifier
CHS-41021.tiff
Type
Image
Internet Media Type
image/tiff
Resolution
22.9 in × 15.3 in at 300dpi
58.1 cm × 38.9 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
Linked assets
Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection 1890-1960
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