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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

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

Portrait of workers and well-dressed men and women people on the drill floor of an oil well, Los Angeles, 1930-1940

Description:
Group photographic portrait of eleven men and women seated on the drill floor of an oil well. The group includes five workers; one man in a suit; three men in slacks, shirts and ties; and two nicely dressed women. Pipes are all around and a large flywheel can be seen at left. The drill floor is made from thick wooden planks.
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
Portrait of workers and well-dressed men and women people on the drill floor of an oil well, Los Angeles, 1930-1940

Penny Singleton, actress, and her new husband, Lawrence Scroggs Singleton, with guests on their wedding day, Los Angeles, copy print, 1937

Description:
According to the Los Angeles Times Article, "Philadelphia Girl to Wed Here Today,” [15 Oct. 1937: A6] Penny Singleton (then known as Dorothy McNulty) married Dr. Lawrence Scroggs Singleton at the Westwood Community Church, followed by a wedding supper at the Beverly-Wilshire.
Date:
[October 15, 1937]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Columbia Pictures stills and key books
Penny Singleton, actress, and her new husband, Lawrence Scroggs Singleton, with guests on their wedding day, Los Angeles, copy print, 1937