California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection 1890-1960

Aerial view of the General Petroleum Corporation's refinery, ca.1940

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Aerial view of the General Petroleum Corporation's refinery, ca.1940

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Photograph of an aerial view of the General Petroleum Corporation's refinery, ca.1940. At least twenty stories comprise an open-air structure at left made up of metal beams. Steam is visible escaping from multiple tall cylindrical stacks to the right of the structure, while shorter and wider cylinders can be seen at right. Flat, open land is visible beyond the refinery, while a town can be seen in the distance.

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Title Aerial view of the General Petroleum Corporation's refinery, ca.1940

Subject General Petroleum Corporation (subject), industrial sites (adlf), Industry -- Oil -- Assorted refineries (file heading), Petroleum industry and trade (lcsh), Petroleum refineries (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

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

Temporal Subject 1940

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), Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection, 1890-1960 (subcollection)

Date Created 1940

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-m12269

Identifier 41068 (accession number), CHS-41068 (call number), CHS-41068 (filename), chs-m825 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-11848 (legacy record id), chs-m12269 (legacy record id), USC-2-1-1-12422 (legacy record id), 84-1-1349 (microfiche number), USC (project), 716-112 (unidentified no.)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 11848

Unique identifier UC130847

Legacy Identifier CHS-41068.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 16.7 in × 20.8 in at 300dpi
42.5 cm × 53.0 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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