Aerial view of the Watson Junction Refineries, June 1931

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Photograph of an aerial view of the Watson Junction Refineries, June 1931. The storage tanks of the Watson Junction Refineries sit at the center of the image, with a group of small tanks to the left and larger tanks on the right. Among the large tanks is an oblong structure that reads "Shell". Undeveloped land is visible in the foreground of the image, while a dense urban area fills the background.

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Title Aerial view of the Watson Junction Refineries, June 1931

Subject industrial sites (adlf), Industry -- Oil -- Los Angeles Basin (file heading), Petroleum industry and trade (lcsh), Petroleum refineries (lcsh), Watson Junction Refineries (subject)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), Los Angeles (city or populated place), Los Angeles (counties), San Pedro (city or populated place), USA (countries), Wilmington (city or populated place)

Temporal Subject 1931-06-26

Type images

Format 2 photographs : photonegative, photoprint, b&w ; 10 x 13 cm., 21 x 26 cm. (aacr2), negatives (photographic) (aat), 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 1931-06-26

Creator Spence Air Photos (photographer)

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-m12379

Identifier 14626 (accession number), CHS-14626 (call number), CHS-14626 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-11908 (legacy record id), chs-m12379 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-12534 (legacy record id), 1-115- (microfiche number), USC (project), 8064 (unidentified no.), C-527 (unidentified no.)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 11908

Unique identifier UC130283

Legacy Identifier CHS-14626.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 19.9 in × 16.1 in at 300dpi
50.6 cm × 40.9 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

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