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Workmen posed on the drill floor of an oil well, probably at the Venice or Playa del Rey oil field, Los Angeles, 1930

Description:
View of men posed on the drill floor of an oil well probably at the Venice or Playa del Rey oil field. Three men in dress trousers and shirts are next to an automobile with a sign on the door reading Chanel Oil Co. LTD., and seven workmen are on the wooden plank platform of the oil well base. The parked truck on the right has a sign reading "California Machinery Supply Co., Titusville Products."
Date:
November 1, 1930
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Pierce, C. C. $q(Charles C.), $d1861-1946
Collection:
C.C. Pierce Photographic Collection, circa 1898-1934
Workmen posed on the drill floor of an oil well, probably at the Venice or Playa del Rey oil field, Los Angeles, 1930

Workers on the drill floor an oil rig, probably at the Venice or Playa del Rey oil field, Los Angeles, 1930

Description:
View of oil rig workers on the drill floor of an oil well with one worker in front of the rotary table and drill pipe as 3 workers look on, probably at the Venice or Playa del Rey oil field. Derricks are visible in the background on the right.
Date:
November 12, 1930
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Pierce, C. C. $q(Charles C.), $d1861-1946
Collection:
C.C. Pierce Photographic Collection, circa 1898-1934
Workers on the drill floor an oil rig, probably at the Venice or Playa del Rey oil field, Los Angeles, 1930

Well-dressed men and women on the drill floor of an oil well, probably at the Venice or Playa del Rey oil field, Los Angeles, circa 1930

Description:
Photograph of well-dressed men and women stand around the rotary table on the drill floor of an oil well, probably at the Venice or Playa del Rey oil field. A man and women place their hands on the drill pipe as the other watch.
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
Well-dressed men and women on the drill floor of an oil well, probably at the Venice or Playa del Rey oil field, Los Angeles, circa 1930

View towards the showroom for Swinehart Tires, W. B. Guyton Tire & Rubber Co., Los Angeles, circa 1920-1934

Description:
View towards showroom for W. B. Guyton Tire & Rubber Co., Swinehart Tires, on street corner with tires on display in the windows. The street address "1157" is on the window above the entrance. Professional publications begin to announce the "agency connection" between W. B. Guyton Tire & Rubber Company and Swinehart Tires, located at 1013 Main St. Los Angeles, in 1912
Date:
[circa 1920 and 1934]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
C.C. Pierce Photographic Collection, circa 1898-1934
View towards the showroom for Swinehart Tires, W. B. Guyton Tire & Rubber Co., Los Angeles, circa 1920-1934

View of the Venice oil field with the ocean on the left, Los Angeles, 1930

Description:
View of the Venice oil field, a landscape of derricks, with steam pipes and buildings made of wood and corrugated metal at their bases, with the beach on the far left. Three men stand of the front porch of the foreground center building, with signs reading "Flynn Bros." and "No Smoking, Keep Out." Signs on the derricks read "Bergman Albright No. 3," "Pan Gulf Pet. Co. LTD, Hattie Weber Mabel [..]orner, Well No [...]," "S.L.R. Pet. Prop's LTD., J. T. Russell No. 1," "Pan Gulf Petroleum Co. Ltd., Venice No. 1," "Knox- Powell-Stockton, W. G. Davis No. 1," "Knox Powell Stockton, W. G. Davis No. 4," and "Ideaco."
Date:
November 10, 1930
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Pierce, C. C. $q(Charles C.), $d1861-1946
Collection:
C.C. Pierce Photographic Collection, circa 1898-1934
View of the Venice oil field with the ocean on the left, Los Angeles, 1930

View of the Venice oil field with the ocean on the left, Los Angeles, 1930

Description:
View of the Venice oil field, a landscape of derricks, with steam pipes and buildings made of wood and corrugated metal at their bases, with the beach on the far left. The foreground center building has signs reading "Flynn Bros." and "No Smoking, Keep Out." Signs on the derricks read "Bergman Albright No. 3," "Pan Gulf Pet. Co. LTD, Hattie Weber Mabel [..]orner, Well No [...]," "S.L.R. Pet. Prop's LTD., J. T. Russell No. 1," "Pan Gulf Petroleum Co. Ltd., Venice No. 1," "[...] Powell-Stockton, W. G. Davis No. 1," and "Know Powell Stockton, W. G. Davis No. 4."
Date:
November 1930
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Pierce, C. C. $q(Charles C.), $d1861-1946
Collection:
C.C. Pierce Photographic Collection, circa 1898-1934
View of the Venice oil field with the ocean on the left, Los Angeles, 1930

View of the Venice oil field with the ocean on the left, Los Angeles, 1930

Description:
View of the Venice oil field, a landscape of derricks, with steam pipes and buildings made of wood and corrugated metal at their bases, with the beach on the far left. The foreground center building has signs reading "Flynn Bros." and "No Smoking, Keep Out." Signs on the derricks read "Bergman Albright No. 3," "Pan Gulf Pet. Co. LTD, Hattie Weber Mabel [..]orner, Well No [...]," "S.L.R. Pet. Prop's LTD., J. T. Russell No. 1," "Pan Gulf Petroleum Co. Ltd., Venice No. 1," "[...] Powell-Stockton, W. G. Davis No. 1," and "Know Powell Stockton, W. G. Davis No. 4."
Date:
1930-11-10
November 10, 1930
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Pierce, C. C. $q(Charles C.), $d1861-1946
Collection:
C.C. Pierce Photographic Collection, circa 1898-1934
View of the Venice oil field with the ocean on the left, Los Angeles, 1930

View of the Venice oil field, Los Angeles, circa 1930

Description:
View of the Venice oil field, a landscape of derricks, with steam pipes and buildings made of wood and corrugated metal at their bases, Signs on the derricks read "Knox Powell Stockton, W. G. Davis No. 4," ""[...] Camino Gasoline," "Cory & Randall, Venice No. 1," and "Goldsmith Bros. Inc., Adams & Matthews No. 1." Signs on the buildings read "Oil Fields Hospital," "Walker Arms Garage," and "Skinner & Evans Oil Operators, Beverly Hills - Venice, We Finance Oil Wells."
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
View of the Venice oil field, Los Angeles, circa 1930

View of the Venice oil field, Los Angeles, circa 1930

Description:
View of the Venice oil field with oil derricks, storage tanks and buildings. Signs on the derricks read "Knox-Powell-Stockton Co. Inc., W. G. Davis No. 4," "Camino Gasoline," "Cory & Randall, Venice No. 1," and "Goldsmith Bros. Inc., Adams & Mathews No. 1." Signs on buildings read "Skinner & Evans, Oil Operators, Beverly Hills, Venice, We Finance Oil Wells," "Royalty Percents [...]," "Walker Arms Garage," and "Oil Fields Emergency Hospital."
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
View of the Venice oil field, Los Angeles, circa 1930

View facing west towards the Castillo del Mar under construction on the Pacific Palisades coast, Los Angeles, circa 1927

Description:
View of the Santa Monica Bay coastline from Posetano Road facing west towards the Castillo del Mar, under construction, at 17531 Posetano Road. The Castillo del Mar once belonged to director Roland West and his actress wife Jewel Carmen. In the distance above the coast is the Villa Leon (17948 Porto Marina Way). A footbridge crosses over the Pacific Coast Highway and Castle Rock is visible beyond, in the middle distance.
Date:
[circa 1927]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
C.C. Pierce Photographic Collection, circa 1898-1934
View facing west towards the Castillo del Mar under construction on the Pacific Palisades coast, Los Angeles, circa 1927

View down a street with cable car tracks, Los Angeles, 1898-1920

Description:
View down a commercial street in Los Angeles with a horse and wagon parked on either side of the street with 2 set of cable car tracks running down it. Signs on buildings read "Los Angeles Furniture Co.,"R[...}des, [...] Auction[...]," and "Burns the Shoe Man."
Date:
[between 1898-1920]
Resource Type:
still image
Photographer:
Pierce, C. C. $q(Charles C.), $d1861-1946
Collection:
C.C. Pierce Photographic Collection, circa 1898-1934
View down a street with cable car tracks, Los Angeles, 1898-1920

Venice Oil Syndicate office at the Venice oil field, Los Angeles, circa 1930

Description:
Photograph of a small office building with signs reading "Venice Oil Syndicate, Royalties for Sale," and "Young Bros, Oil Lots, Oil Leases." Six men in suits stand at the doorways and 2 oil derricks are visible in the background on the right. A sign on the ground in front of the building reads "Bulletin, Venice Oil Syndicate, Well #1 on Production, #3 Running Liner, #4 On Production, #5 Cemented in, #6 Rigging Up, Royalty, Per-Cents, #1000. Each."
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
Venice Oil Syndicate office at the Venice oil field, Los Angeles, circa 1930