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Birdseye view of the Standard Oil Refinery in El Segundo, January 25, 1926
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Birdseye view of the Standard Oil Refinery in El Segundo, January 25, 1926

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Photograph of a birdseye view of the Standard Oil Refinery in El Segundo, January 25, 1926. The refinery can be seen in the distance at centerl Several large buildings with smokestacks are visible. Dozens of cylindrical storage tanks are visible around the main refinery compound. Bare hills are visible in the foreground at right. The ocean is visible in the foreground, a pier is visible at center. A road runs along the edge of the sandy shore. 
Asset Metadata
Title Birdseye view of the Standard Oil Refinery in El Segundo, January 25, 1926 
Publisher University of Southern California. Libraries (digital) 
Date Created 1926-01-25 
Subject industrial sites  (adlf), Oil storage tanks  (lcsh), Pacific Ocean  (lcsh), Petroleum industry and trade  (lcsh), Petroleum refineries  (lcsh), piers  (lcsh), Standard Oil Company  (naf) 
Tags OAI-PMH Harvest 
Place California (states), El Segundo (city or populated place), Los Angeles (counties), USA (countries) 
Temporal Subject 1926-01-25 
Type images
Format 1 photograph : negative, b&w ; 13 x 18 cm. (aacr2), negatives (photographic) (aat), photographs (aat) 
Source California Historical Society (contributing entity), California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960 (collection) 
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-m9092 
Identifier 36774 (accession number), CHS-36774 (call number), CHS-36774 (filename), chs-m15009 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-9365 (legacy record id), chs-m9092 (legacy record id), USC (project) 
IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID] 
DM Record ID 9365 
Unique identifier UC139050 
Legacy Identifier CHS-36774.tiff 
Type Image 
Internet Media Type image/tiff
Resolution 18.7 in × 13.4 in at 300dpi
47.7 cm × 34.1 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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