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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

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

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

Bergman-Albright Oil and Gas Co. Field Office probably at the Venice oil field, Los Angeles, circa 1930

Description:
Photograph of a wooden building with a sign reading "Bergman-Albright Oil and Gas Co. LTD Field Office, General Office 1008 Spring, Arcade Bldg.[...]Chas. F. Sm[...]Selling Ag[...]. Seven men in suits lined up outside of the office with another man standing alone of the right. A small wooden oil derrick is behind the building on the left. Cars are parked on the left and other small buildings line the street on the right.
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
Bergman-Albright Oil and Gas Co. Field Office probably at the Venice oil field, Los Angeles, circa 1930

Boos Bros Cafeteria on the 300 block of S. Broadway, Los Angeles, circa 1929

Description:
View of businesses, pedestrians and cars on the 300 block of S. Broadway. Businesses include a Baker's $ Stores at 332 S. Broadway, the Boos Bros Cafeteria and other businesses. The movie playing at the Million Dollar Theater, visible across the street, is Sweetie with Nancy Carrol and Jack Oakie, which opened in 1929
Date:
[circa 1929]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
C.C. Pierce Photographic Collection, circa 1898-1934
Boos Bros Cafeteria on the 300 block of S. Broadway, Los Angeles, circa 1929

Boos Bros Cafeteria on the 300 block of S. Broadway, Los Angeles, circa 1929

Description:
View of businesses, pedestrians and cars on the 300 block of S. Broadway, facing towards 4th St. Decorative flags on cables hang above the street. Businesses include the Santa Barbara Hotel at 326 1/2, the Boos Bros Cafeteria, Baker $ Stores, Morton Stores, Barnes Music Co. and the Broadway Department Store and the corner of Broadway and 4th St. A cable car is visible on the street as well as a Calif. Co-operative Creamery Co. truck and an F. W. Hardin truck.
Date:
[circa 1929]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
C.C. Pierce Photographic Collection, circa 1898-1934
Boos Bros Cafeteria on the 300 block of S. Broadway, Los Angeles, circa 1929

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

Boos Bros Cafeteria on the 400 block of S. Hill St., Los Angeles, circa 1920-1929

Description:
View of businesses, cars and pedestrians on the east side of the 400 block of South Hill St. facing north. Businesses include the Louis Oreck Antique Jewelry store at 442, a shoe shine business, a barber shop, and Boos Bros Cafeteria; the John Luchenbach Building is in the far background on the left.
Date:
[1920-1929?]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
C.C. Pierce Photographic Collection, circa 1898-1934
Boos Bros Cafeteria on the 400 block of S. Hill St., Los Angeles, circa 1920-1929

Columbia Pictures bowling team, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:
Probably photographed at the Sunset Bowling Center, located on the Old Warner Brothers Studio lot along Sunset Boulevard (now Sunset Bronson Studios). Text etched into the bowling ball (lower row, R) reads: "Property of S.B.C." The facility is noted in the Los Angeles Times as being a location for bowling tournaments, most notably between film studios, dates spanning 1939-1951.
Date:
[1940s]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Columbia Pictures stills and key books
Columbia Pictures bowling team, Los Angeles, 1940s

Columbia Pictures bowling team, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:
Probably photographed at the Sunset Bowling Center, located on the Old Warner Brothers Studio lot along Sunset Boulevard (now Sunset Bronson Studios). Text etched into the bowling balls: "Property of S.B.C." The facility is noted in the Los Angeles Times as being a location for bowling tournaments, most notably between film studios, dates spanning 1939-1951.
Date:
[1940s]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Columbia Pictures stills and key books
Columbia Pictures bowling team, Los Angeles, 1940s

Columbia Pictures bowling team, Los Angeles, 1940s

Description:
Probably photographed at the Sunset Bowling Center, located on the Old Warner Brothers Studio lot along Sunset Boulevard (now Sunset Bronson Studios). Text etched into the bowling balls: "Property of S.B.C." The facility is noted in the Los Angeles Times as being a location for bowling tournaments, most notably between film studios, dates spanning 1939-1951.
Date:
[1940s]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Columbia Pictures stills and key books
Columbia Pictures bowling team, Los Angeles, 1940s

Fifth Street looking east toward the Southern Pacific Arcade Depot, Los Angeles, circa 1890

Description:
View facing east down fifth street toward the Southern Pacific Arcade Depot. A Blue Line streetcar is visible near the Depot far down the street. Utility poles line the dirt street and tracks on both sides. In the background, a building at right has a sign on it reading "Narcisse House". The Depot building dominates the background at left.
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
C.C. Pierce Photographic Collection, circa 1898-1934
Fifth Street looking east toward the Southern Pacific Arcade Depot, Los Angeles, circa 1890

Four men standing next to the travelling block at the base of an oil well, probably at the Venice or Playa del Rey oil field, Los Angeles, circa 1930

Description:
Photograph of 4 men dressed in suits standing next to the travelling block at the base of an oil well, probably at the Venice or Playa del Rey oil field. Other oil rigs are visible in the background.
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
Four men standing next to the travelling block at the base of an oil well, probably at the Venice or Playa del Rey oil field, Los Angeles, circa 1930

Four men standing next to the travelling block at the base of an oil well, probably at the Venice or Playa del Rey oil field, Los Angeles, circa 1930

Description:
Photograph of 4 men dressed in suits standing next to the travelling block at the base of an oil well, probably at the Venice or Playa del Rey oil field. Other oil rigs are visible in the background.
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
Four men standing next to the travelling block at the base of an oil well, probably at the Venice or Playa del Rey oil field, Los Angeles, circa 1930