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California's first oil-producing well, in Pico Canyon, Newhall, ca.1940
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California's first oil-producing well, in Pico Canyon, Newhall, ca.1940
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Photograph of California's first oil-producing well, in Pico Canyon, Newhall, ca.1940. A series of tanks, piping and chimneys is built into a brick structure, with a boiler standing prominent at the rightmost side. Three smokestacks stem from the structure, and three wooden posts stand in the ground several feet to the left in front of it. In the background is an arborous field.
Asset Metadata
Title
California's first oil-producing well, in Pico Canyon, Newhall, ca.1940
Subject
industrial sites
(adlf),
Industry -- Oil -- Los Angeles County -- Newhall
(file heading),
Petroleum industry and trade
(lcsh),
Petroleum refineries
(lcsh),
Star Oil Works Company
(subject)
Tags
OAI-PMH Harvest
Place
California
(states),
Los Angeles
(counties),
Newhall
(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.
Access Conditions
Send requests to address or e-mail given
Permanent Link (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m12402
Identifier
41133 (
accession number
), CHS-41133 (
call number
), CHS-41133 (
filename
), chs-m825 (
legacy collection record id
), chs-c65-11920 (
legacy record id
), chs-m12402 (
legacy record id
), USC-2-1-1-12557 (
legacy record id
), USC (
project
)
IIIF ID
[Document.IIIFV3ID]
DM Record ID
11920
Unique identifier
UC130869
Legacy Identifier
CHS-41133.tiff
Type
Image
Internet Media Type
image/tiff
Resolution
20.6 in × 16.5 in at 300dpi
52.5 cm × 42.1 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
Linked assets
Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection 1890-1960
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