California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection 1890-1960

Exterior view of the Shell Oil Company, showing spherical tanks, ca.1940

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Exterior view of the Shell Oil Company, showing spherical tanks, ca.1940

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Photograph of an exterior view of the Shell Oil Company, showing spherical tanks, ca.1940. An older man wearing a hat stands on a tall staircase which winds to the platform at the top of the massive spherical tank on the left. The tank is supported by thick metal beams which extend to a concrete platform below. Identical tanks fill the yard and are divided by the fenced walkways which lie between them. Lamps hang from tall, thin poles along the walkways and one on the right bears a sign which reads "No Smoking".

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Title Exterior view of the Shell Oil Company, showing spherical tanks, ca.1940

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), Shell Oil Company (subject)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), 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)

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-m12251

Identifier 41037 (accession number), CHS-41037 (call number), CHS-41037 (filename), chs-m825 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-11840 (legacy record id), chs-m12251 (legacy record id), USC-2-1-1-12404 (legacy record id), 84-1-1854 (microfiche number), USC (project), 192 (unidentified no.)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 11840

Unique identifier UC130495

Legacy Identifier CHS-41037.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 20.9 in × 16.9 in at 300dpi
53.1 cm × 43.1 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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