Oil fire at an unidentified oil field, showing a street, [s.d.]

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Photograph of an oil fire at an unidentified oil field, showing a street, [s.d.]. A deserted dirt road is shown at center, at the end of which, the remains of a derrick smolder to the left, while a second continues to rage in flames to the right. Two other derricks remain unharmed just in front of them.

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Title Oil fire at an unidentified oil field, showing a street, [s.d.]

Subject Fire (lcsh), oil fields (adlf), Petroleum industry and trade (lcsh), Petroleum refineries (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), USA (countries)

Type images

Format 1 photograph : photonegative, b&w ; 13 x 10 cm. (aacr2), negatives (photographic) (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)

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-m22510

Identifier 49105 (accession number), CHS-49105 (call number), CHS-49105 (filename), chs-m825 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-21603 (legacy record id), chs-m22510 (legacy record id), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 21603

Unique identifier UC125428

Legacy Identifier CHS-49105.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 21.7 in × 29.4 in at 300dpi
55.1 cm × 74.8 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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