Compound image showing a panoramic view of both Asphalto and of a Sunset Oil field, ca.1915

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Photograph of a compound image showing a panoramic view of Asphalto and of a Sunset Oil field, ca.1915. Two panoramic images are shown: the top image shows the tiny village of Asphalto (one of several regions so named, later McKittrick) while the lower images shows oil derricks at the edge of a chasm. In the top image, a diffuse collection of small homes can be seen from a distance at right, at the edge of a hilly plain. The lower image shows three oil derricks surrounded by their maintenance sheds. The chasm is visible in the foreground. Largely illegible cursive text can be seen written to the left of the images. The top view looks northwest while the lower looks north.

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Title Compound image showing a panoramic view of both Asphalto and of a Sunset Oil field, ca.1915

Subject Industry -- Oil -- Kern County (file heading), oil fields (adlf), Petroleum industry and trade (lcsh), Petroleum refineries (lcsh), Sunset Oil Field (subject)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), Kern (counties), McKittrick (city or populated place), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1915

Type images

Format 2 photographs : photonegative, photoprint, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm. (aacr2), negatives (photographic) (aat), photographic prints (aat), photographs (aat)

Source California Historical Society (contributing entity), California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960 (collection), Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960 (subcollection)

Date Created 1915

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-m12347

Identifier 12804 (accession number), CHS-12804 (call number), CHS-12804 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-11713 (legacy record id), chs-m12347 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-12501 (legacy record id), 1-115- (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 11713

Unique identifier UC130537

Legacy Identifier CHS-12804.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 19.8 in × 15.9 in at 300dpi
50.3 cm × 40.4 cm at 300dpi

Inherited Values

Title Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960

Description The nearly 15,000 unique photographs of this collection contain the work of C.C. Pierce which cover the Los Angeles region city, street and architectural views, California Missions, Southwestern Native Americans, and turn-of-century Nevada, Arizona, and California. Pierce, active from 1886 to 1940, was one of the leading photographers of his day and amassed a collection of 15,000 images, including his own and those bought and copied from his contemporaries, George Wharton James and Charles Puck. The James collection contains over 2,000 images of portraits, customs, ceremonies, arts, and games of various groups of Southwestern Native Americans.

Date Created 1860/1960

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