General Petroleum Corp.'s Crude Oil Unit Number 8, part of the Mobilgas Refinery, in Torrance, ca.1954

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Photograph of General Petroleum Corp.'s Crude Oil Unit Number 8, part of the Mobilgas Refinery, in Torrance, ca.1954. Two shiny vessels stand tall at right, connected by a series of connecting platforms, ladders and pipes. Beside them stands a brick house-like structure containing what appear to be tanks, connected by pipes to the vessels. A tall stack pokes out of the roof of this structure, beside a small chimney emitting a plume of smoke. Behind this is a series of large pipes that bend to meet at a point. The background is neutral.

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Title General Petroleum Corp.'s Crude Oil Unit Number 8, part of the Mobilgas Refinery, in Torrance, ca.1954

Subject General Petroleum Corp (subject), industrial sites (adlf), Industry -- Oil -- Los Angeles County (file heading), Mobilgas Refinery (subject), Petroleum industry and trade (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), Crenshaw (roadway), Los Angeles (counties), Torrance (city or populated place), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1954-08

Type images

Format 1 photograph : photoprint, 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), Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection, 1890-1960 (subcollection)

Date Created 1954-08

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-m8017

Identifier 41122 (accession number), CHS-41122 (call number), CHS-41122 (filename), chs-m825 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-8343 (legacy record id), chs-m8017 (legacy record id), USC-2-1-1-8148 (legacy record id), 84-1-1382 (microfiche number), USC (project), 740-6 (unidentified no.)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 8343

Unique identifier UC125853

Legacy Identifier CHS-41122.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 16.8 in × 20.7 in at 300dpi
42.7 cm × 52.5 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

Linked assets

Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection 1890-1960

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