Oil wells near the office of the Pacific Drilling Corporation at the Playa del Rey oil field, Los Angeles, 1935

Title: Oil wells near the office of the Pacific Drilling Corporation at the Playa del Rey oil field, Los Angeles, 1935
Photographer: Pierce, C. C. $q(Charles C.), $d1861-1946
Date Created: April 21, 1935
Date: 1935-04-21
Language: No linguistic content
Collection: C.C. Pierce Photographic Collection, circa 1898-1934

Description: View of a large storage tank (left), oil wells and an office with a sign reading "Pacific Drilling Corp. Field Office, Los Angeles Office." Five men are on either side of the office and an automobile is parked in front. A tanker truck with a man sitting on top of the tank and additional automobiles are parked on the left.
Caption: Text from negative sleeve: 4-21-1935, Barnhart Well, Del Rey. Pacific Drilling Corp. Came in 4-20-'35 for 3000 bbl.

Genre: cellulose nitrate film
black-and-white photographs
Names: 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

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Dept. of Special Collections
Local Identifier: uclamss_1756_0104
ARK: ark:/21198/zz002j25pc
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Rights statement: unknown
Funding Note: Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.