Knox Powell oil well inside a garage in Venice, 1930-1940

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Photograph of the Knox Powell oil well inside a garage in Venice, 1930-1940. The machinery for the well takes up most of the space inside the large garage. In the distance at right, several large electric motors and drive belts are visible, while in the foreground at left, several large pipes can be seen. Low rafters support an arched ceiling. There are three men visible, including two standing at left and a third operating machinery at center. A sign on the wall at center warns "Do not talk to employees".

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Title Knox Powell oil well inside a garage in Venice, 1930-1940

Subject Industry -- Oil -- Los Angeles County -- Venice Playa del Rey (file heading), Petroleum industry and trade (lcsh), Petroleum refineries (lcsh), wells (adlf)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), Los Angeles (city or populated place), Los Angeles (counties), Playa del Rey (city or populated place), USA (countries), Venice (city or populated place)

Temporal Subject 1930/1940

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), Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960 (subcollection)

Date Created 1930/1940

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-m12422

Identifier CHS-14579 (call number), CHS-14579 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-11931 (legacy record id), chs-m12422 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-12577 (legacy record id), 1-115-74 (microfiche number), USC (project), 14579 (unidentified no.)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 11931

Unique identifier UC130285

Legacy Identifier CHS-14579.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 19.9 in × 16.0 in at 300dpi
50.5 cm × 40.8 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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