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Field of oil derricks, Long Beach, 1938

Description:
Photograph of a Long Beach oil field. The sun can be viewed behind several dozen oil derricks that dot the landscape, along with machinery, smoke stacks, utility poles and wires. Outlying buildings can also be viewed on the right hand side. A large pool of water (possibly) rest at center ground, dry areas at foreground.
Date:
1938
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:
Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950
Field of oil derricks, Long Beach, 1938

Beachgoers walking along the shoreline, Long Beach, 1940

Description:
Photograph of beachgoers, wearing skirted bathing suits and swim trunks, walking along the shoreline. Crowds of people dot the ocean tides behind them. A sign reading, “Danger Keep Away,” can be viewed at middle ground in the water. At left, a person is seated on one of several wood pilings at foreground. In the background, structures can be viewed along the coastline.
Date:
1940
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:
Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950
Beachgoers walking along the shoreline, Long Beach, 1940

Beachgoers walking along the shoreline, Long Beach, 1940

Description:
A young man and two young women walk toward the camera holding articles of clothing. One female wears a sweater over a skirted bathing suit; the other wears a stripped top. The male wears swim shorts. Behind them, fellow beachgoers play in the ocean and walk along the water’s edge. Structures are viewed at left on the hills above the sand, while additional structures curve along the coastline into the background.
Date:
1940
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:
Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950
Beachgoers walking along the shoreline, Long Beach, 1940

Children and a young woman in the garden at the Municipal Auditorium, Long Beach, circa 1940

Description:
Two boys wearing swim trunks and a girl in a bathing suit rest near a palm tree across from a young woman (possibly Carolyn Bartlett in a blouse and skirt) at the garden of the Municipal Auditorium in Long Beach. A circular flower bed sits behind them. View towards the Breakers (at left) and the Jergins Trust Building (at right of the Breakers). A sign for Hill Furs can be viewed along the side of the Jergins building
Date:
[circa 1940]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:
Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950
Children and a young woman in the garden at the Municipal Auditorium, Long Beach, circa 1940

Two boats in the ship yard, Long Beach Harbor, Long Beach, 1930

Description:
Two boats propped on wooden blocks in a shipyard. A man wearing a suit and holding his hat reaches up to touch the steam boat on the right. A smaller craft sits covered next to the boat on the left. Wooden pulleys sit on the track at foreground; a wooden building (possible storehouse or work space) sits in the background.
Date:
1930
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:
Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950
Two boats in the ship yard, Long Beach Harbor, Long Beach, 1930

Crowds at the beach, Long Beach, 1940

Description:
Crowds of beachgoers, wearing bathing suits and swim trunks, frolic in the ocean, along the water’s edge, and on a stretch of sand dotted with beach umbrellas. View towards the Villa Riviera (tallest building at left), the Pacific Coast Club (second tallest at center, demolished 1989), and the St. Regis Building (third tallest at right).
Date:
1940
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:
Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950
Crowds at the beach, Long Beach, 1940

Ship at Long Beach Harbor shipyard, Long Beach, 1930

Description:
Photograph of a vessel in a shipyard at Long Beach Harbor, possibly a sailing yacht. A man stands at the prow while a another man, wearing a suit and hat, stands at ground level and looks up; a third man looks in the direction of the suited man. Workers can be seen walking around the yard at left in the background, as well as objects covered with tarps. In the distance there are stacks of unidentified materials (probably wood); in foreground at right lay piles of scrap wood, planks, and a crate.
Date:
1930
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:
Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950
Ship at Long Beach Harbor shipyard, Long Beach, 1930

Cargo being unloaded from a ship at Long Beach Harbor, Long Beach, 1930

Description:
Workers unload bundles from a docked vessel at Long Beach Harbor. Two men right the large bundle while a third man waits with a dolly. A fourth man, wearing a three-piece suit and hat, turns mid-stride and looks in the worker’s direction. Additional bundles can be seen hanging from a crane on the ship, and grouped next to the ship at foreground. Buildings viewed in background on right.
Date:
1930
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966
Collection:
Adelbert Bartlett Papers, 1922-1950
Cargo being unloaded from a ship at Long Beach Harbor, Long Beach, 1930