View of oil derricks on Venice Beach, [s.d.]

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Photograph of a view of oil derricks on Venice Beach, [s.d.]. In the background, a large oil field is visible along the shore, intermingled with what appear to be houses or large utility sheds. Along the center and left, the water extends out from the shore.

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Title View of oil derricks on Venice Beach, [s.d.]

Subject Beaches (lcsh), Beaches (adlf), Los Angeles County -- Los Angeles -- Venice -- General -- Beach scenes (file heading), Oil wells (lcsh), Petroleum industry and trade (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

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

Type images

Format 1 photographs : photoprints, 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)

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.

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Permanent Link (DOI) https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m5017

Identifier 37144 (accession number), CHS-37144 (call number), CHS-37144 (filename), chs-m825 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-25565 (legacy record id), chs-m5017 (legacy record id), USC-2-1-1-5119 (legacy record id), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 25565

Unique identifier UC128608

Legacy Identifier CHS-37144.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 18.6 in × 13.3 in at 300dpi
47.2 cm × 33.8 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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