Tanker transferring oil at the Standard Oil Company dock in San Pedro, ca.1920

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Photograph of a tanker transferring oil at the Standard Oil Company dock in San Pedro, ca.1920. A wide wooden dock extends from the foreground to the background at left, and a large ship is moored alongside. The metal hull of the tanker is dark, while the superstructure, visible in the background, is light-colored. Several cranes extend upward from the deck of the ship. Large hoses are attached to pipes on the dock and lead onto the deck of the ship. A man can be seen pulling on a line on the dock at left.

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Title Tanker transferring oil at the Standard Oil Company dock in San Pedro, ca.1920

Subject Docks (lcsh), Harbors (adlf), ships (lcsh), Standard Oil Company (naf), Tankers (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

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

Temporal Subject 1920

Type images

Format 1 photograph : negative, b&w ; 13 x 18 cm. (aacr2), negatives (photographic) (aat), photographs (aat)

Source California Historical Society (contributing entity), California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960 (collection)

Date Created 1920

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-m11497

Identifier 35832 (accession number), CHS-35832 (call number), CHS-35832 (filename), chs-m15009 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-10917 (legacy record id), chs-m11497 (legacy record id), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 10917

Unique identifier UC118006

Legacy Identifier CHS-35832.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 18.0 in × 12.6 in at 300dpi
45.7 cm × 32.1 cm at 300dpi

Inherited Values

Title California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

Description The California Historical Society Collection is incomparable for the documentary picture it provides of the growth of Southern California, particularly the development of the Los Angeles region, between 1860 and 1960. The collection contains more than 25,000 photographs. The full archive was placed on long-term deposit at USC in 1990 and includes the Title Insurance and Trust Company Collection, also known as TICOR, and the Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection.

We are grateful to the following individuals who have improved the information in the Digital Library by bringing inaccuracies to our attention as well as adding information. C.J. Bell, Paul Boyle, James Cartwright, Phil Coscia, Bill Counter, Richard Davis, Ray DeLea, Mark French, Amanda Frye, Eric Gustafson, James King, Bill Morgan, Heather Pitts, Tim Poyorena-Miguel, Jo Anne Sadler, Ellen Lloyd Trover, Ruth Wallach, Kim Walters, Cynthia Wilson, Betsy Woodford, Chancy Woolridge, and many others.

Date Created 1860/1960

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