California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection 1890-1960

Men working at the General Petroleum Corporation's refinery, ca.1940

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Men working at the General Petroleum Corporation's refinery, ca.1940

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Photograph of men working at the General Petroleum Corporation's refinery, ca.1940. Three men wearing soiled clothing and hard hats are visible at center working at a machine while two other men look on at left. Poles lead up to a metal roof at top, while various chains and pipes can be seen at right. A pipe can be seen in the extreme foreground propped against the concrete flooring, while a shrub-filled hill is visible in the right background. Photoprint reads: "Derrick Floor: Hayes & Sprague crew. L. to R. -- L.D. Jackson (pusher), R. H. Colleman (correct), driller, J. D. Ester, W. D. Lacker, P. F. Breig" and "Derrick Floor -- Camulos Ranch #1 -- excavation(?) Piru Area".

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Title Men working at 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 ; 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)

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.

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Permanent Link (DOI) https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m12271

Identifier 41070 (accession number), CHS-41070 (call number), CHS-41070 (filename), chs-m825 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-11849 (legacy record id), chs-m12271 (legacy record id), USC-2-1-1-12424 (legacy record id), 84-1-1343 (microfiche number), USC (project), 2708-13 (unidentified no.)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 11849

Unique identifier UC130862

Legacy Identifier CHS-41070.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 20.7 in × 16.6 in at 300dpi
52.6 cm × 42.2 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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