View of the Venice oil field with the ocean on the left, Los Angeles, 1930

Item Overview

Title

View of the Venice oil field with the ocean on the left, Los Angeles, 1930

Photographer

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

Date Created

1930-11-10
November 10, 1930

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

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

Notes

Description

View of the Venice oil field, a landscape of derricks, with steam pipes and buildings made of wood and corrugated metal at their bases, with the beach on the far left. The foreground center building has signs reading "Flynn Bros." and "No Smoking, Keep Out." Signs on the derricks read "Bergman Albright No. 3," "Pan Gulf Pet. Co. LTD, Hattie Weber Mabel [..]orner, Well No [...]," "S.L.R. Pet. Prop's LTD., J. T. Russell No. 1," "Pan Gulf Petroleum Co. Ltd., Venice No. 1," "[...] Powell-Stockton, W. G. Davis No. 1," and "Know Powell Stockton, W. G. Davis No. 4."

Caption

Handwritten on negative: Photo By C. C. Pierce & Co., 1572 W. Pico St., LA.

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