View of wooden oil derricks on the Signal Hill Oil Field near Long Beach, ca.1930

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Photograph of a view of wooden oil derricks on the Signal Hill Oil Field near Long Beach, ca.1930. Dozens of tall, tapered wooden derricks are visible. All of the towers have platforms three-quarters of the way up and on the very top. Several large cylindrical storage tanks can be seen on a hillside at left, while many small wooden buildings can be seen in the foreground near the base of the derricks. More tanks are in the foreground at center.

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Title View of wooden oil derricks on the Signal Hill Oil Field near Long Beach, ca.1930

Subject Industry -- Oil -- General (file heading), Petroleum industry and trade (lcsh), Petroleum refineries (lcsh), wells (adlf)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), Long Beach (city or populated place), Los Angeles (counties), Signal Hill (city or populated place), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1930

Type images

Format 2 photographs : photonegative, photoprint, b&w ; 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), Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection, 1890-1960 (subcollection)

Date Created 1930

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-m12287

Identifier 33302 (accession number), CHS-33302 (call number), CHS-33302 (filename), chs-m825 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-11859 (legacy record id), chs-m12287 (legacy record id), USC-2-1-1-12441 (legacy record id), 84-1-1754 (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 11859

Unique identifier UC130286

Legacy Identifier CHS-33302.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 19.8 in × 16.1 in at 300dpi
50.3 cm × 40.9 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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