Man looking at meters in the propane control room at the Triton Motor Oil refinery, 1934

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Photograph of a man looking at meters in the propane control room at the Triton Motor Oil refinery, 1934. The man is at center and is wearing light-colored clothes and a cap. He is looking at a rectangular meter at eye level. There are many circular meters on a metal wall at left. The metal rafters of the building can be seen overhead, as can the corrugated metal roof. A doorway is visible in the background at right. Photoprint reads: "Manufacturing Oleum Refin[ery] Triton Motor Oil Propane control room".; Legible labels on the gauges read, from left to right: "Prop. Feed", "Feed Mix", "Prop. Pump", "Prop. Stg.", "Hot Mix Tk.", "Prop. Tk.", "Vac.", "Hold Line", "Lube Pump", "H.P. Coil", "Chill Suct.", "Lube Tk.", "Wax Tk.", "Prop. Stg. Level", "Wax Level", "Prop. Surge Level", "Pump", "H.P. Chill", and "Chiller".

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Title Man looking at meters in the propane control room at the Triton Motor Oil refinery, 1934

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

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1934

Type images

Format 2 photographs : photonegative, photoprint, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm., 19 x 24 cm. (aacr2), negatives (photographic) (aat), 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 1934

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-m12244

Identifier 33226 (accession number), CHS-33226 (call number), CHS-33226 (filename), chs-m825 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-11739 (legacy record id), chs-m12244 (legacy record id), USC-2-1-1-12397 (legacy record id), 84-1-1737 (microfiche number), USC (project), 12851 (unidentified no.)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 11739

Unique identifier UC130562

Legacy Identifier CHS-33226.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 19.0 in × 15.8 in at 300dpi
48.4 cm × 40.3 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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