Workmen posed on the drill floor of an oil well, probably at the Venice or Playa del Rey oil field, Los Angeles, 1930

Item Overview

Title

Workmen posed on the drill floor of an oil well, probably at the Venice or Playa del Rey oil field, Los Angeles, 1930

Photographer

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

Date Created

November 1, 1930

Date

1930-11-01

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

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

Notes

Description

View of men posed on the drill floor of an oil well probably at the Venice or Playa del Rey oil field. Three men in dress trousers and shirts are next to an automobile with a sign on the door reading Chanel Oil Co. LTD., and seven workmen are on the wooden plank platform of the oil well base. The parked truck on the right has a sign reading "California Machinery Supply Co., Titusville Products."

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph : b&w

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
black-and-white photographs

Names

Venice Oil Field (Calif.)
Playa del Rey Oil Field (Calif.)

Location

Los Angeles (Calif.)

Resource type

still image

Subjects

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