Exterior view of an oil refinery, showing a fluid cooking unit for petroleum processing engineering, procurement, and construction by the Ralph M. Parsons Company, ca.1940

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Photograph of an exterior view of an oil refinery, showing a fluid cooking unit for petroleum processing engineering, procurement, and construction by the Ralph M. Parsons Company, ca.1940. Thick, metal pipes bend up the tall building in a maze of intersecting paths. Beyond the wall of interweaving pipes are levels of grated, metal floors, each with machinery inside. Smaller platforms protrude around a large, cylindrical apparatus on the right while wires connect the entire structure to a tall, lightly-colored pole in front of the structure on the far right.

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Title Exterior view of an oil refinery, showing a fluid cooking unit for petroleum processing engineering, procurement, and construction by the Ralph M. Parsons Company, ca.1940

Creator Ralph M. Parsons Company (photographer)

Publisher University of Southern California. Libraries (digital)

Date Created 1940

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

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), 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)

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-m12222

Identifier 41053 (accession number), CHS-41053 (call number), CHS-41053 (filename), chs-m825 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-11818 (legacy record id), chs-m12222 (legacy record id), USC-2-1-1-12375 (legacy record id), 84-1-1330 (microfiche number), USC (project), 1029-201 (unidentified no.)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 11818

Unique identifier UC130488

Legacy Identifier CHS-41053.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 17.1 in × 21.0 in at 300dpi
43.4 cm × 53.4 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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