Aerial view of Baldwin Hills showing oil wells at center, ca.1940-1949

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Photograph of an aerial view of Baldwin Hills showing oil wells at center, ca.1940-1949. Meandering streets densely lined with houses can be seen in the foreground, at right, and in the background. At center and left, hilly terrain is covered by tall oil derricks. Large clouds can be seen in the sky overhead, and mountains are visible far in the background.

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Title Aerial view of Baldwin Hills showing oil wells at center, ca.1940-1949

Subject cities (adlf), Los Angeles -- Baldwin Hills (file heading), Oil wells (lcsh), Petroleum industry and trade (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

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

Temporal Subject 1940/1949

Type images

Format 2 photographs : photoprints, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm. (aacr2), photographic prints (aat), photographs (aat)

Source California Historical Society (contributing entity), California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960 (collection)

Date Created 1940/1949

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-m2098

Identifier 44180 (accession number), CHS-44180 (call number), CHS-94180 (call number), CHS-44180 (filename), chs-m15009 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-3036 (legacy record id), chs-m2098 (legacy record id), USC-0-1-1-2158 (legacy record id), 86-4-24 (microfiche number), USC (project), E12880-30-4-3-47 (unidentified no.)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 3036

Unique identifier UC120265

Legacy Identifier CHS-44180.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 20.9 in × 16.5 in at 300dpi
53.2 cm × 42.0 cm at 300dpi

Inherited Values

Title California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

Description The California Historical Society Collection is incomparable for the documentary picture it provides of the growth of Southern California, particularly the development of the Los Angeles region, between 1860 and 1960. The collection contains more than 25,000 photographs. The full archive was placed on long-term deposit at USC in 1990 and includes the Title Insurance and Trust Company Collection, also known as TICOR, and the Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection.

We are grateful to the following individuals who have improved the information in the Digital Library by bringing inaccuracies to our attention as well as adding information. C.J. Bell, Paul Boyle, James Cartwright, Phil Coscia, Bill Counter, Richard Davis, Ray DeLea, Mark French, Amanda Frye, Eric Gustafson, James King, Bill Morgan, Heather Pitts, Tim Poyorena-Miguel, Jo Anne Sadler, Ellen Lloyd Trover, Ruth Wallach, Kim Walters, Cynthia Wilson, Betsy Woodford, Chancy Woolridge, and many others.

Date Created 1860/1960

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