Exterior view of a gasoline (oil) refinery, ca.1920

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Photograph of an exterior view of a gasoline refinery, ca.1920. Seven men stand in work clothes along the front wall of the refinery on the left. The refinery is a short, long, lightly-colored building which extends back to several other small, wooden structures at center. The right wall is lined with thin pipes which emerge through the roof and secrete clouds of smoke. The building stands at the top of a dirt hill and a large wooden platform supporting a short, wooden frame extends out of the building's right side. What appears to be an incomplete wooden structure stands at ground level on the right with a metal, cylindrical container in front of it. On the left, behind the refinery, stands a wooden derrick bordered by a tall, wooden fence. A grassy hill lies across the background.; Photoprint reads: "This plant manufactures 4,000 gals of gasoline a day by the process of compressing natural gas. It was the first plant of its kind in California. The famous Buck Gulches #6 is seen in the background".

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Title Exterior view of a gasoline (oil) refinery, ca.1920

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

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

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

Temporal Subject 1920

Type images

Format 1 photograph : photoprint, b&w ; 16 x 21 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 1920

Creator Killick, V. W. (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-m12280

Identifier 41026 (accession number), CHS-41026 (call number), CHS-41026 (filename), chs-m825 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-11855 (legacy record id), chs-m12280 (legacy record id), USC-2-1-1-12433 (legacy record id), 84-1-1728 (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 11855

Unique identifier UC130132

Legacy Identifier CHS-41026.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 22.5 in × 16.6 in at 300dpi
57.2 cm × 42.3 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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