California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection 1890-1960

Aerial view of Long Beach showing a number of oil derricks, ca.1920

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Aerial view of Long Beach showing a number of oil derricks, ca.1920

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Photograph of an aerial view of Long Beach showing a number of oil derricks, ca.1920. The oil derricks can be seen throughout, while what appears to be water can be seen at bottom. Buildings and hills can be seen in the background.

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Title Aerial view of Long Beach showing a number of oil derricks, ca.1920

Subject Los Angeles County -- Long Beach -- General aerials and panoramas (file heading), Oil wells (lcsh), Views (lcsh), wells (adlf)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

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

Temporal Subject 1920

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 1920

Creator Watson Airfotos (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-m5786

Identifier 42243 (accession number), CHS-42243 (call number), CHS-42243 (filename), chs-m825 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-5802 (legacy record id), chs-m5786 (legacy record id), USC-2-1-1-5908 (legacy record id), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 5802

Unique identifier UC127734

Legacy Identifier CHS-42243.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 18.8 in × 14.7 in at 300dpi
47.9 cm × 37.5 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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Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection 1890-1960

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