Pipes at an unidentified oil refinery, 1940-1950

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Photograph of pipes at an unidentified oil refinery, 1940-1950. A line of eighteen pipes is at center. All the pipes run diagonally from the foreground at right towards the distance at left, before bending sharply to the distance at center. A man can be seen operating valves on some of the pipes in the distance at left. Several tall towers can be seen in the background at left, while two large cylindrical tanks are visible directly in front of them.

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Title Pipes at an unidentified oil refinery, 1940-1950

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 1940/1950

Type images

Format 2 photographs : photonegative, photoprint, b&w ; 13 x 10 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 1940/1950

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.

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Permanent Link (DOI) https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m12219

Identifier 33378 (accession number), CHS-33378 (call number), CHS-33378 (filename), chs-m825 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-11816 (legacy record id), chs-m12219 (legacy record id), USC-2-1-1-12372 (legacy record id), USC-2-1-1-12373 (legacy record id), 84-1-1888 (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 11816

Unique identifier UC130696

Legacy Identifier CHS-33378.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 12.5 in × 16.1 in at 300dpi
31.8 cm × 41.1 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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