Oil derricks at the Playa del Rey oil field in Venice, ca.1925

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Photograph of oil derricks at the Playa del Rey oil field in Venice, ca.1925. Three oilrigs stand behind lines streaming from utility poles in the foreground, each with a series of tanks, pipes and sheds built into its base. A pile of what appears to be sand sits at center, behind which lies a row of pipes. A man sits beneath the shade of a small shed at left, and behind him stands what appears to be a pump with a smoke stack attached. The oil derrick at center has a sign that reads "DUNCAN OIL CORP LTD COE No. 1". Behind it, several other oilrigs can be seen. The background is otherwise neutral.

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Title Oil derricks at the Playa del Rey oil field in Venice, ca.1925

Subject Industry -- Oil -- Los Angeles County -- Venice Playa del Rey (file heading), oil fields (adlf), Petroleum industry and trade (lcsh), Petroleum refineries (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

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

Temporal Subject 1925

Type images

Format 1 photograph : photoprint, b&w ; 26 x 21 cm. (aacr2), 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 1925

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-m12417

Identifier 41143 (accession number), CHS-41143 (call number), CHS-41143 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-11768 (legacy record id), chs-m12417 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-12572 (legacy record id), 1-115-85 (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 11768

Unique identifier UC130840

Legacy Identifier CHS-41143.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 16.6 in × 21.3 in at 300dpi
42.2 cm × 54.1 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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