Base of oil well at the Venice oil field with the ocean in background on the left, Los Angeles, 1930-1940

Item Overview

Title

Base of oil well at the Venice oil field with the ocean in background on the left, Los Angeles, 1930-1940

Photographer

Pierce, C. C. $q(Charles C.), $d1861-1946

Date Created

[between 1930-1940]

Date

1930/1940

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

C.C. Pierce Photographic Collection, circa 1898-1934

Notes

Description

View towards the base of oil well probably at the Venice oil field with the ocean in background on the left. A worker unloads drilling equipment from a "Speed & Service Truck Co. Brea 62" flatbed truck. Nine other workers are on the platform at the base of the derrick. Two workers are on top of the derrick base building. More men are outside a house with wood siding in the background on the right.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph : b&w

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
black-and-white photographs

Names

Venice Oil Field (Calif.)

Location

Los Angeles (Calif.)

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Petroleum industry--California--Los Angeles
Oil wells--California--Los Angeles