California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection 1890-1960

View of the Richfield vapor recovery plant in Watson, showing arrangement of equipment, ca.1940

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View of the Richfield vapor recovery plant in Watson, showing arrangement of equipment, ca.1940

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Photograph of a view of the Richfield vapor recovery plant in Watson, showing arrangement of equipment, ca.1940. Two one-story buildings are visible to the left of center with sloped roofs and a few rectangular windows on the sides. Pipes can be seen amongst two tall stacks in between the buildings, while a longer one-story building is visible at right. A tall, rectangular structure with many levels and a staircase leading to the top of it can be seen behind the buildings. Cylindrical-shaped structures, one of which reads, "61", are visible at left and in the background amongst other structures. The dirt slopes downward in the foreground.

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Title View of the Richfield vapor recovery plant in Watson, showing arrangement of equipment, ca.1940

Subject industrial sites (adlf), Industry -- Oil -- Assorted refineries (file heading), Petroleum industry and trade (lcsh), Petroleum refineries (lcsh), Richfield Oil Company (subject)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), Los Angeles (counties), USA (countries), Watson (city or populated place)

Temporal Subject 1940

Type images

Format 1 photograph : photoprint, b&w ; 13 x 18 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.

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Permanent Link (DOI) https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m12275

Identifier 41073 (accession number), CHS-41073 (call number), CHS-41073 (filename), chs-m825 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-11793 (legacy record id), chs-m12275 (legacy record id), USC-2-1-1-12428 (legacy record id), 84-1-1362 (microfiche number), USC (project), 1 (unidentified no.)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 11793

Unique identifier UC130801

Legacy Identifier CHS-41073.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 19.0 in × 14.1 in at 300dpi
48.4 cm × 36.0 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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Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection 1890-1960

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