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Base of oil derrick "Tuttle No. 1" owned by Mohawk Petroleum Co. probably at the Venice oil field, Los Angeles, 1930

Description:
View towards 7 men standing at the base of oil derrick "Tuttle No. 1" owned by Mohawk Petroleum Co. probably at the Venice oil field, with storage tanks on the right. The base is enclosed by corrugated metal sheeting.
Date:
October 8, 1930
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Pierce, C. C. $q(Charles C.), $d1861-1946
Collection:
C.C. Pierce Photographic Collection, circa 1898-1934
Base of oil derrick "Tuttle No. 1" owned by Mohawk Petroleum Co. probably at the Venice oil field, Los Angeles, 1930

Venice oil field, looking north on Pacific Avenue, Los Angeles, 1930

Description:
View of the Venice oil field at looking north on Pacific Avenue. Two sets of railroad tracks run into the distance. The landscape is filled with oil rigs, cylindrical storage tanks, and sheds with pipes emitting smoke. Signs on three oil rigs read "Blueridge Oil Co. Daly No. 15" and "Mohawk." A sign on a building reads "[...]RS Royalty[...]of 50 lots[...]"
Date:
March 1, 1930
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Pierce, C. C. $q(Charles C.), $d1861-1946
Collection:
C.C. Pierce Photographic Collection, circa 1898-1934
Venice oil field, looking north on Pacific Avenue, Los Angeles, 1930

Oil well and field office of the Pacific Shore Oil Company LTD., probably at the Venice oil field, Los Angeles, circa 1930

Description:
Photograph of the field office of the Pacific Shore Oil Company LTD. in a small 2-story wooden building with a garage on the 1st floor, next to an oil well with the ocean visible in the background on the left. A sign in the shape of a star on the oil well reads "Lowell Sherman, Pacific Shore Oil Co. LTD., No. 4." A one-story house is behind the field office. Three automobiles are on the roadway on the left.
Date:
[circa 1930]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Pierce, C. C. $q(Charles C.), $d1861-1946
Collection:
C.C. Pierce Photographic Collection, circa 1898-1934
Oil well and field office of the Pacific Shore Oil Company LTD., probably at the Venice oil field, Los Angeles, circa 1930

Oil derricks probably at the Venice oil field, Los Angeles, circa 1930

Description:
View of about 7 oil derricks probably at the Venice Oil field. A bridge spans a canal in the foreground and the ocean is visible in the background. Signs on the derricks read "Pacific Shore Oil Co., Krouskop No. 1, D. M. Divani, No. 2, D. Tomlinson," and "Mohawk Petroleum Company."
Date:
[circa 1930]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Pierce, C. C. $q(Charles C.), $d1861-1946
Collection:
C.C. Pierce Photographic Collection, circa 1898-1934
Oil derricks probably at the Venice oil field, Los Angeles, circa 1930

Oil derricks among small houses probably at the Venice oil field, Los Angeles, circa 1930

Description:
View of oil derricks and sheds alongside cottages probably at the Venice oil field with the beach just visible in the right foreground. Three men are on the front porch of a shed at the base of the central derrick. Steam plumes from a pipe across the scene. A sign on the central derrick reads "Pacific Shore Oil Co. LTD., D. M. Divani & D. Tomlinson."
Date:
[circa 1930]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Pierce, C. C. $q(Charles C.), $d1861-1946
Collection:
C.C. Pierce Photographic Collection, circa 1898-1934
Oil derricks among small houses probably at the Venice oil field, Los Angeles, circa 1930

Oil derricks at the Venice oil field, Los Angeles, circa 1930

Description:
View of about 7 oil derricks in the Venice oil field. A bridge spans a canal in the foreground and the ocean is visible in the background. Signs on the derricks read "Pacific Shore Oil Co., Krouskop No. 1, D. M. Divani, No. 2, D. Tomlinson," and "Mohawk Petroleum Company."
Date:
[circa 1930]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Pierce, C. C. $q(Charles C.), $d1861-1946
Collection:
C.C. Pierce Photographic Collection, circa 1898-1934
Oil derricks at the Venice oil field, Los Angeles, circa 1930

Los Angeles County Courthouse, Los Angeles, circa 1900-1910

Description:
View of the Los Angeles County Courthouse from Broadway. The courthouse, completed in 1891, was located at the corner of Broadway and Temple St. This red sandstone facility utilized aspects of the Richardsonian Romanesque Style, with thick, rusticated stone walls, wall dormers, and central clock tower. The architects were Curlett, Eisen and Cuthbertson; San Diego architect, William S. Hebbard, who was working for the architecture firm of Curlett, Eisen and Cuthbertson as a draftsman, contributed to the design. This court house was demolished in 1936
Date:
[circa 1900-1910]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Pierce, C. C. (Charles C.), $d1861-1946
Collection:
C.C. Pierce Photographic Collection, circa 1898-1934
Los Angeles County Courthouse, Los Angeles, circa 1900-1910

Boos Bros Cafeteria on the 300 hundred block of W 5th St., Los Angeles, circa 1920-1929

Description:
View of businesses, cars and pedestrians on the north side of the 300 block of W 5th St. facing east towards the "B. B. Coffee Shop," "Benjamin Diamond Co." at 321 W 5th St., and "Boos Bros Cafeteria," with the "Title Guarantee Bldg." visible in the distance at the corner of 5th St. and Broadway St.
Date:
[circa 1920-1929]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
C.C. Pierce Photographic Collection, circa 1898-1934
Boos Bros Cafeteria on the 300 hundred block of W 5th St., Los Angeles, circa 1920-1929

Knox Powell oil well probably at the Venice or Playa del Rey oil field, Los Angeles, 1930-1940

Description:
View inside of a wooden barrel-vaulted structure at the Knox Powell oil well at the Venice or Playa del Rey oil field. A man in a suit and a workman men stand on the left and another workman is seated at the back next 4 valves and a sign reading "Please, Do Not Talk to Employees, W. G. Davis." There is machinery on the right.
Date:
[between 1930-1940]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Pierce, C. C. $q(Charles C.), $d1861-1946
Collection:
C.C. Pierce Photographic Collection, circa 1898-1934
Knox Powell oil well probably at the Venice or Playa del Rey oil field, Los Angeles, 1930-1940

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

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.
Date:
[between 1930-1940]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Pierce, C. C. $q(Charles C.), $d1861-1946
Collection:
C.C. Pierce Photographic Collection, circa 1898-1934
Base of oil well at the Venice oil field with the ocean in background on the left, Los Angeles, 1930-1940