Genre: cellulose nitrate film / Language: No linguistic content / Resource Type: still image / Collection: C.C. Pierce Photographic Collection, circa 1898-1934 / Date: 1935 - UCLA Library Digital Collections Search Results

Description:: Upper photo: view of a wide dirt road on the face of a cliff in Santa Monica's Palisades Park, 1910-1920. The road is at center and leads from the top of the cliffs at left down to the beach at right. It is lined with a rustic eucalyptus branch fence and several large plants. A tall rock formation can be seen towards the bottom of the road at right. The beach is visible in the distance at center and right. Several tall mountains form a range in the background.
Date:: [circa 1905-1940]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: C.C. Pierce Photographic Collection, circa 1898-1934

Description:: View from a road towards Stockburger oil wells at the Playa del Rey oil field
Date:: [between 1930-1939]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Pierce, C. C. $q(Charles C.), $d1861-1946
Collection:: C.C. Pierce Photographic Collection, circa 1898-1934

Description:: View from a road towards Stockburger oil wells at the Playa del Rey oil field.
Date:: [between 1930-1939]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Pierce, C. C. $q(Charles C.), $d1861-1946
Collection:: C.C. Pierce Photographic Collection, circa 1898-1934

Description:: View from Palisades Park down the dirt road incline (now the California Incline) descending to the beach. The road is bordered on the left by a rustic eucalyptus branch fence and the tall center blooming branches of three century plants. At the start of the road, on the left is a sign that reads: "Rail Road Crossing." On the right is a wide walkway of Palisades Park lined by a long lawn with a row or palm trees. Coastal mountains are visible in the distance.
Date:: [circa 1930-1935]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: C.C. Pierce Photographic Collection, circa 1898-1934

Description:: View of a storage tanks in an oil field in an unpopulated area with an elevated pipe leading to the taller tank. Wooden derrick oil wells are visible in the background on the right.
Date:: [between 1930-1939]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Pierce, C. C. $q(Charles C.), $d1861-1946
Collection:: C.C. Pierce Photographic Collection, circa 1898-1934

Description:: View of a row of 8 boilers with tall smoke stacks at the Playa del Rey oil field.
Date:: [circa 1935]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Pierce, C. C. $q(Charles C.), $d1861-1946
Collection:: C.C. Pierce Photographic Collection, circa 1898-1934

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

Description:: Placard sign for the Rancho La Brea Adobe: "Rancho La Brea Adobe / Founded 182228 / By Jose Antonio Rocha / Completed 1880 by A. F. Gilmore / Marked June 28, 1935 / California parlor No. 247 / N.D.G.W."
Date:: [circa 1935]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: C.C. Pierce Photographic Collection, circa 1898-1934

Description:: View of 4 storage tanks with 2 oil derricks in the background and 2 more in the far distance.
Date:: [between 1930-1939]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Pierce, C. C. $q(Charles C.), $d1861-1946
Collection:: C.C. Pierce Photographic Collection, circa 1898-1934

Description:: View of 4 storage tanks with 2 oil derricks in the background and 2 more in the far distance.
Date:: [between 1930-1939]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Pierce, C. C. $q(Charles C.), $d1861-1946
Collection:: C.C. Pierce Photographic Collection, circa 1898-1934

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