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Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960
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Unidentified oil field, September 16, 1883
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Unidentified oil field, September 16, 1883
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Description
Photograph of an unidentified oil field, September 16, 1883. A derrick stands tall and prominent in the foreground, with a wooden house-like structure built into its base. Two smoke stacks emit plumes of smoke on both sides of the derrick, and a line of five chimneys stands on a rooftop in the rightmost foreground. Left of the derrick is a large cylindrical tank, in front of which lies a ditch dug into the soil. Another set of chimneys sprouts from a house-like unit in the distance, alongside several oilrigs. In the background, one can see the slopes of hills, some with unidentifiable structures atop them. The words "n.a. Blauvelt No.1" are edited in white onto the picture as well as "ee. Pierce & co. 1572 W. Pico, L.A.".
Asset Metadata
Title
Unidentified oil field, September 16, 1883
Subject
Industry -- Oil -- Out of State
(file heading),
oil fields
(adlf),
Petroleum industry and trade
(lcsh),
Petroleum refineries
(lcsh)
Tags
OAI-PMH Harvest
Place
USA
(countries)
Temporal Subject
1883-09-16
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),
Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960
(subcollection)
Date Created
1883-09-16
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
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Permanent Link (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m12456
Identifier
41104 (
accession number
), CHS-41104 (
call number
), CHS-41104 (
filename
), chs-m265 (
legacy collection record id
), chs-c65-11951 (
legacy record id
), chs-m12456 (
legacy record id
), USC-1-1-1-12611 (
legacy record id
), 1-115-69 (
microfiche number
), USC (
project
)
IIIF ID
[Document.IIIFV3ID]
DM Record ID
11951
Unique identifier
UC130885
Legacy Identifier
CHS-41104.tiff
Type
Image
Internet Media Type
image/tiff
Resolution
20.6 in × 16.5 in at 300dpi
52.4 cm × 41.9 cm at 300dpi
Inherited Values
Title
Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960
Description
The nearly 15,000 unique photographs of this collection contain the work of C.C. Pierce which cover the Los Angeles region city, street and architectural views, California Missions, Southwestern Native Americans, and turn-of-century Nevada, Arizona, and California. Pierce, active from 1886 to 1940, was one of the leading photographers of his day and amassed a collection of 15,000 images, including his own and those bought and copied from his contemporaries, George Wharton James and Charles Puck. The James collection contains over 2,000 images of portraits, customs, ceremonies, arts, and games of various groups of Southwestern Native Americans.
Date Created
1860/1960
Linked assets
Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960
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