Genre: cellulose nitrate film / Resource Type: still image / Location: Los Angeles (Calif.) / Collection: C.C. Pierce Photographic Collection, circa 1898-1934 - UCLA Library Digital Collections Search Results

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

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 gathered around a casing elevator, probably at the Venice or Playa del Rey oil field, Los Angeles, 1930

Description:: Five workers gathered around a casing elevator at the Venice of Playa del Rey oil field in Venice in front of a building. Raised lettering on the casing elevator reads "Wilson Elevator."
Date:: November 2, 1930
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Pierce, C. C. $q(Charles C.), $d1861-1946
Collection:: C.C. Pierce Photographic Collection, circa 1898-1934

Workers gathered around a casing elevator at an oil well, probably at the Venice or Playa del Rey oil field, Los Angeles, 1930

Description:: Six workers gathered around a casing elevator at the Venice or Playa del Rey oil field in Venice in front of a building. Raised lettering on the casing elevator reads "Wilson Elevator."
Date:: November 2, 1930
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Pierce, C. C. $q(Charles C.), $d1861-1946
Collection:: C.C. Pierce Photographic Collection, circa 1898-1934

Wide path in Echo Park, Los Angeles

Description:: Wide dirt path in Echo Park with large trees on the left, bushes on the right and pedestrian in the distance. The park was formerly known as Second Street Park.
Date:: [between 1898 and 1934]
Resource Type:: still image
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

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

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 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

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

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, Los Angeles, circa 1930

Description:: View of 3 derrick in the Venice oil field, with storage tanks, steam pipes and buildings made of wood and corrugated metal at their bases. Signs on the derricks read "El Camino Gasoline," and "Cory & Randall, Venice No. 1."
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

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

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 exterior of City Hall, Los Angeles, circa 1890

Description:: Image is reversed.
Date:: [circa 1890]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: C.C. Pierce Photographic Collection, circa 1898-1934

View of Stockburger oil wells at the Playa del Rey oil field, Los Angeles, circa 1930-1939

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

View of Stockburger oil wells at the Playa del Rey oil field, Los Angeles, circa 1930-1939

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

View of Pershing Square taken at Normal School, Los Angeles, circa 1884

Description:: View of Pershing Square taken at Normal School. Visible buildings include First Baptist Church, Saint Vincent College, and the Episcopal Cathedral.
Date:: [circa 1884]
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

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 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

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 field with beach cottages and the beach on the left, Los Angeles, circa 1930

Description:: View of the Venice oil field beach cottages interspersed with oil derricks and steam pipes and with the beach on the left. Signs on the derricks read "Venice Oil Syndicate, Well No. 4" "Pacific Shore Oil Co. LTD., D. M. Divani & C. Tomlinson," "J. W. Todd, Oil Co. LTD. Well No. 1," and "Booth No. 5."
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 field with beach cottages and the beach on the left, Los Angeles, circa 1930

Description:: View of the Venice oil field beach cottages interspersed with oil derricks and steam pipes and with the beach on the left. Signs on the derricks read "Venice Oil Syndicate, Well No. 4" "Pacific Shore Oil Co. LTD., D. M. Divani & C. Tomlinson," "J. W. Todd, Oil Co. LTD. Well No. 1," and "Booth No. 5."
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 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 Consolidated Oil Co. building at the Venice oil field, Los Angeles, circa 1930

Description:: Photograph of a house on a residential street next to other houses with 2 large signs each reading "Venice Consolidated Oil Co. LTD., Whitsell No. 2." and one small sign reading "Venice Consolidated Oil Co. LTD>, Whitsell No. 2, McKenna No. 1." Two men wearing suits stand on the left. Four oil wells are visible behind the houses.
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

Two workers at the travelling block of an oil well, probably at the Venice or Playa del Rey oil field, Los Angeles, 1930

Description:: View of 2 workers on the drill floor of an oil well at the travelling block, probably at the Venice or Playa del Rey oil field.
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

Two Victorian residences probably on Figueroa Street, Los Angeles, circa 1880-1890

Description:: C. C. Pierce made several photographs of stately Victorian residences on Figueroa Street between 1880 and 1890. The scale of the homes and the landscaping in this photograph is entirely consistent with the Figueroa images.
Date:: [circa 1880-1890]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Pierce, C. C. (Charles C.), $d1861-1946
Collection:: C.C. Pierce Photographic Collection, circa 1898-1934

Two aging palms on San Pedro Street, Los Angeles, circa 1885

Description:: Two old palms on San Pedro Street, with an old well between them, on the property of Sheriff Hummel. A house is visible in the background and the shadow of another building is in the right foreground.
Date:: [circa 1885]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: C.C. Pierce Photographic Collection, circa 1898-1934

Three workers around the travelling block at an oil well, probably at the Venice or Playa del Rey oil field, Los Angeles, 1930

Description:: View of 3 workers on the drill floor of an oil well grouped around the travelling, probably at the Venice or Playa del Rey oil field.
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

St. Vincent Sanitarium, Beaudry Park, Los Angeles, circa 1895-1905

Description:: Photograph of nurses in front of the St. Vincent Sanitarium in Beaudry Park, Los Angeles. In front of the hospital are curving walkways and a large lawn with palm trees.
Date:: [circa 1895-1905]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Pierce, C. C. (Charles C.), $d1861-1946
Collection:: C.C. Pierce Photographic Collection, circa 1898-1934

Street view of Girls Collegiate School, Los Angeles, circa 1906-1910

Description:: View of the Girls Collegiate School located at Adams Boulevard and Hoover Street. Building also known as Casa de Rosas; architect: Sumner P. Hunt.
Date:: [circa 1906-1910]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: C.C. Pierce Photographic Collection, circa 1898-1934

Stack of casing in front of an oil derrick, probably at the Venice oil field, Los Angeles, 1930

Description:: Stack of casing in front of an oil derrick probably at the Venice oil field. Storage tanks and more derricks are visible in the background.
Date:: October 7, 1930
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Pierce, C. C. $q(Charles C.), $d1861-1946
Collection:: C.C. Pierce Photographic Collection, circa 1898-1934

Row of boilers at the Playa del Rey oil field, Los Angeles, circa 1935

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

Rose cottage on Spring Street, Los Angeles, circa 1885

Description:: Photograph of a house on Spring Street, Los Angeles known as the "Rose Cottage" due to a giant rose bush covering half of it. This is the residence of Mrs. Barclay. A palm fills the yard on the other side. The house had an address change from 647 South Spring to 747 South Spring.
Date:: [circa 1885]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Ellis
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

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

Placard sign for the Rancho La Brea Adobe, circa 1935

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

Petroleum industry gas plant, Los Angeles, 1920-1939

Description:: View of workers at a gas plant, probably at an oil field in Los Angeles.
Date:: [between 1920-1939]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Pierce, C. C. $q(Charles C.), $d1861-1946
Collection:: C.C. Pierce Photographic Collection, circa 1898-1934

Petroleum industry gas plant, Los Angeles, 1920-1939

Description:: View of workers at a gas plant, probably at an oil field in Los Angeles.
Date:: [between 1920-1939]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Pierce, C. C. $q(Charles C.), $d1861-1946
Collection:: C.C. Pierce Photographic Collection, circa 1898-1934

Petroleum industry boilers and gas plant, Los Angeles, 1920-1939

Description:: View of workers to the left of boilers with a gas plant building on the right, probably at an oil field in Los Angeles.
Date:: [between 1920-1939]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Pierce, C. C. $q(Charles C.), $d1861-1946
Collection:: C.C. Pierce Photographic Collection, circa 1898-1934

Petroleum Equipment Company opening day at the Playa Del Rey oil field, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:: Photograph of a small building with a sigh reading "Petroleum Equipment Co.,” with men gathered in front and 1 automobile parked in the foreground. A church is visible in the background on the left.
Date:: April 17, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Pierce, C. C. $q(Charles C.), $d1861-1946
Collection:: C.C. Pierce Photographic Collection, circa 1898-1934

Petroleum Equipment Company opening day at the Playa Del Rey oil field, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:: Photograph of a small building with a sigh reading "Petroleum Equipment Co.," with men gathered in front and automobiles parked in the foreground. Oil derricks and 3 boiler smoke stacks are visible in the background.
Date:: April 17, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Pierce, C. C. $q(Charles C.), $d1861-1946
Collection:: C.C. Pierce Photographic Collection, circa 1898-1934

Pershing Square from Normal School, Los Angeles, circa 1884

Description:: Pershing Square from Normal School (6th Street and Hill Street), Los Angeles. Also visible are the First Baptist Church, Saint Vincent College, and the Episcopal Cathedral.
Date:: [circa 1884]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: C.C. Pierce Photographic Collection, circa 1898-1934

Panoramic view showing 200 degrees of Los Angeles, 1869

Description:: In 2012, the intersection of Broadway and Temple Street sits in the heart of Los Angeles' Civic Center: the Hall of Justice would be located on the lot to the left of the First Episcopal Church, and the County Criminal Courts building and Court House hill would be located in the foreground area of First Episcopal Church. "There are several theories surrounding the photographer in this panoramic. One theory claims that the original image did not show the photographer and that he (or possibly someone else) later added himself to the image. Another theory speculates that the original did indeed have the photographer in the image but was later falsely corrected with the intention of rectifying history by editing the photographer out of the image." -- unknown author.
Date:: May 13, 1869
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Rendall, S. A. (Stephen Arnold), photographer, 1832-1905
Collection:: C.C. Pierce Photographic Collection, circa 1898-1934

Panoramic view of downtown Los Angeles from 1st Street looking southeast from Hill Street, Los Angeles, 1888-1895

Date:: 1888-1895
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Pierce, C. C. (Charles C.), $d1861-1946
Collection:: C.C. Pierce Photographic Collection, circa 1898-1934

Panoramic view looking south from First Street and Hill Street toward Broadway, Los Angeles, circa 1882-1895

Description:: Photograph of a panoramic view looking south from First Street and Hill Street toward Broadway. Visible buildings include City Hall (tall tower at right), First Presbyterian Church (spire at center right), numerous commercial and residential buildings. Trees are in the foreground. Legible signs include: "Crescent Coal Co.", "A.H. Neidig, real estate, [...] city [...] Pasadena [...] office"..., "Pirtle R.E. and T. Co., real estate, [...]onds"..., "Cass & S[...]er Stove Co., [...], stoves"..., "B. Sens & Son, merchant tailors, entrance on Broadway".
Date:: [circa 1882-1895]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Pierce, C. C. (Charles C.), $d1861-1946
Collection:: C.C. Pierce Photographic Collection, circa 1898-1934

Oldest date palm in the city of Los Angeles on Date Street, ca. 1888

Description:: Oldest date palm in the city of Los Angeles on Date Street. Residence of J. J. Rodriguez. The ivy-covered palm tree towers over nearby trees and shrubs. Other dwellings and their back yards are visible.
Date:: [1888]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: C.C. Pierce Photographic Collection, circa 1898-1934

Oil well with advertisement, probably at the Venice or Playa del Rey oil field, Los Angeles, 1930

Description:: Photograph of the base of an oil well with signs reading "Lawrence Pacific No. 1, Limited Number of Royalty Percents Available in this Outstanding Location. Do Not Delay. Apply At Office" and "Lawrence-Pacific No. 1, 510 [...] OVI Bldg. 617 So. Olive."
Date:: November 2, 1930
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Pierce, C. C. $q(Charles C.), $d1861-1946
Collection:: C.C. Pierce Photographic Collection, circa 1898-1934

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

Description:: View of oil wells with small buildings and storage tanks clustered around them. The sign on the center well reads "Pacific Shore Oil Co. Ltd., D. M. Divani No. 4, J. H. McCarthy No. 1."
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 wells, probably at the Venice oil field, Los Angeles, circa 1930

Description:: View of oil wells with small buildings, boilers and storage tanks around them. The sign on the center well reads "Pacific Shore Oil Co. LTD., Brick No. 1, D. M. Divani No. 3, D. Tomlinson," and the sign on the well behind it reads "Wood Petroleum Corp. LTD., Well [...]" The oil wells are on a road with 2 traditional street lights which look out of place in this industrial setting.
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 wells, probably at the Venice oil field, Los Angeles, circa 1930

Description:: View of oil wells with small buildings, boilers and storage tanks clustered around them. The sign on the center well reads "Pacific Shore Oil Co. Ltd., D. M. Divani No. 4, J. H. McCarthy No. 1."
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 wells, probably at the Venice oil field, Los Angeles, circa 1930

Description:: View of oil wells with small buildings and storage tanks around them. The sign on the center well reads "Pacific Shore Oil Co. Ltd., D. M. Divani No. 4, J. H. McCarthy No. 1." The sing on the 3rd well back reads "Kent Roland No. 2."
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 wells near the office of the Pacific Drilling Corporation at the Playa del Rey oil field, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:: View of a large storage tank (left), oil wells and an office with a sign reading "Pacific Drilling Corp. Field Office, Los Angeles Office." Five men are on either side of the office and an automobile is parked in front. A tanker truck with a man sitting on top of the tank and additional automobiles are parked on the left.
Date:: April 21, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Pierce, C. C. $q(Charles C.), $d1861-1946
Collection:: C.C. Pierce Photographic Collection, circa 1898-1934

Oil well owned by C. E. D. Lewis, possibly at Signal Hill, Los Angeles, circa 1920-1930

Description:: View of an oil well with a sign reading "C.E.D. Lewis, Ascot No. 1," with a hilly residential area in the background.
Date:: [circa 1920-1930]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Pierce, C. C. $q(Charles C.), $d1861-1946
Collection:: C.C. Pierce Photographic Collection, circa 1898-1934

Oil well "Fourl No. 3" at the Playa del Rey oil field, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:: View of the oil well "Fourl No. 3" at the Playa del Rey oil field, with 3 other derricks and automobiles in the background. Smoke streams from a pipe in the center and two men stand conferring in the distance on the right.
Date:: January 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Pierce, C. C. $q(Charles C.), $d1861-1946
Collection:: C.C. Pierce Photographic Collection, circa 1898-1934

Oil well "Fourl" at the Playa del Rey Oil Field, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:: Rural-looking landscape with oil wells, cylindrical storage tanks and parked automobiles. A truck in the left foreground has a sign on the open door reading "Kelly Pipe Co., Los Angeles."
Date:: January 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Pierce, C. C. $q(Charles C.), $d1861-1946
Collection:: C.C. Pierce Photographic Collection, circa 1898-1934

Oil well base in front of a house at the Venice oil field, Los Angeles, circa 1930

Description:: View of the base of an oil derrick with signs reading "Keep Out," and "No Smoking," with a house and more oil derricks visible in the background at the Venice oil field.
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 at the Playa del Rey oil field, 1935

Description:: Photograph of an oil well operated by either the Pacific Drilling Company or the Rae Drilling Company, with a boiler on the right and 23 automobiles parked in front.
Date:: February 14, 1935
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

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 rig at the Venice oil field, Los Angeles, circa 1930

Description:: View of the lower half of an oil rig at the Venice oil field in Venice with sheds at the base. Two cars are in the foreground and other oil rigs can be seen in the distance.
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 rig at the Venice oil field, Los Angeles, circa 1930

Description:: View of the lower half of an oil rig at the Venice oil field in Venice with sheds at the base. Two cars are in the foreground and other oil rigs can be seen in the distance.
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 derrick with a sign reading "M. C. R. R. Co. Ltd., Well No. 2" probably at the Venice oil field, Los Angeles, circa 1930

Description:: Photograph of an oil derrick with a sign reading "M. C. R. R. Co. Ltd., Well No. 2" probably at the Venice oil field. Storage tanks are on the left and another derrick is on the right with a boiler in front of it.
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 or Playa del Rey oil field, Los Angeles, 1930

Description:: View of the base of an oil derrick with casing stacked in front and 3 boilers with tall smoke stacks on the right. Two men stand in top of a storage tank in the center of the photograph and other derricks are visible on the right. Automobiles are parked on the left and right sides of the image.
Date:: October 7, 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

Description:: View of oil derricks probably at the Venice Oil field. A shed covers the base of the foreground derrick. Three boilers with smoke stacks are visible on the left and cars are parked on the right. A sign on the front derrick reads "Goetz Petroleum Corp. LTD."
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

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, 1930

Description:: View of 8 workmen gathered around a flatbed truck next to an oil derrick at the Venice oil field with signs on the 2 foreground derricks reading "McDonald Petroleum LTD., Venice No. 2," and "Flag Petroleum Corp. Ltd., Well No. 1," and the sign on the distant oil well on the right reading "Marcel Oil & Gas Corp., Black No. 1." Sheds are attached to the base of the middle derrick and distant derricks.
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

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, 1930

Description:: View of oil derricks in the Venice Oil field with cylindrical storage tanks, sheds and smoke stacks clustered around the bases. Signs on the derricks read "Chanel Oil Co. LTD, Jo Ann No 1," "McDonald Petroleum LTD," "Goetz Petroleum Corp. LTD," "M.C.R.R. Co. LTD, Venice No...," "Obrien No. 1," and "California Northern Linblade No. 4." There are 3 cars in the middle ground, and 2-4 men are visible standing behind a stack of pipes in the center.
Date:: November 8, 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

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 derrick possibly at Signal Hill, Los Angeles, 1920-1930

Description:: View of an oil derrick, with a man looking out from the window of a small building in the foreground, and boilers on the left. The palm trees in the landscape suggest that the location is Signal Hill.
Date:: [between 1920-1930]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Pierce, C. C. $q(Charles C.), $d1861-1946
Collection:: C.C. Pierce Photographic Collection, circa 1898-1934

Navarro apartment hotel, Los Angeles

Description:: Exterior view of the Navarro Apartment Hotel, located at 925 South Alvarado, Los Angeles.
Date:: [between 1898 and 1934]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: C.C. Pierce Photographic Collection, circa 1898-1934

Mud pumps at the oil well "Fourl No. 4" at the Playa del Rey oil field, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:: View of mud pumps in a corrugated metal shed at the oil well "Fourl No. 4" at the Playa del Rey oil field. Embossed on the machinery is "EMSCO Case Steel Pattern."
Date:: April 1, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Pierce, C. C. $q(Charles C.), $d1861-1946
Collection:: C.C. Pierce Photographic Collection, circa 1898-1934

Mud pumps at oil well "Fourl No. 4" at the Playa del Rey oil field, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:: View of the base of oil well "Fourl No. 4" and mud pumps in a shed beside it at the Playa del Rey oil field.
Date:: April 1, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Pierce, C. C. $q(Charles C.), $d1861-1946
Collection:: C.C. Pierce Photographic Collection, circa 1898-1934

Men standing in front of a Pacific Drilling Corporation oil well at the Playa del Rey oil field, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:: Group portrait of six men standing in front of a Pacific Drilling Corporation oil well at the Playa del Rey. Three men wear suits, on wears a trench coat and 2 wear sweaters and slacks.
Date:: April 21, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Pierce, C. C. $q(Charles C.), $d1861-1946
Collection:: C.C. Pierce Photographic Collection, circa 1898-1934

Men at the base of an oil rig, probably at the Venice or Playa del Rey oil field, Los Angeles, 1930

Description:: View workers at the base of an oil rig, probably at the Venice or Playa del Rey oil field. Three men in slacks and shirts confer in front of 2 automobiles in the foreground. The cars have signs on the doors reading "Chanel Oil Co. LTD. V-4," and "California Machinery and Supply Co., Titusville Products." More derricks are visible in the background on the right.
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

Marcel Oil & Gas Corporation well "Black No. 1," probably at the Venice oil field, Los Angeles, 1930

Description:: View of the base of "Black No. 1," an oil well of the Marcel Oil & Gas Corporation, probably at the Venice oil field, with a bridge or pier in the background.
Date:: November 24, 1930
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Pierce, C. C. $q(Charles C.), $d1861-1946
Collection:: C.C. Pierce Photographic Collection, circa 1898-1934

Maaco Construction Company truck crane parked at an oil field, Los Angeles, circa 1930

Description:: View of a Universal crane truck parked in an oil field with oil wells in the background, probably in Los Angeles. A sign on the truck reads "Maaco Construction Co., Tel. Jefferson 6261, Inglewood 2763." "Universal" is painted on the truck.
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

Maaco Construction Company truck crane parked at an oil field, Los Angeles, circa 1930

Description:: View of a Universal crane truck, seen from the back, parked in an oil field with oil wells in the background, probably in Los Angeles. A sign on the truck reads "Maaco Construction Co., Tel. Jefferson 6261, Inglewood 2763." "Universal" is painted on the truck.
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

Maaco Construction Company truck crane parked at an oil field, Los Angeles, circa 1930

Description:: View of a Universal crane truck parked in an oil field with oil wells in the background, probably in Los Angeles. A sign on the truck reads "Maaco Construction Co., Tel. Jefferson 6261, Inglewood 2763." "Universal" is painted on the truck.
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

Maaco Construction Company truck crane parked at an oil field, Los Angeles, circa 1930

Description:: View of a the crane on a Universal truck parked in an oil field with an oil well behind it, probably in Los Angeles. A sign on the truck (not visible in photograph) reads "Maaco Construction Co., Tel. Jefferson 6261, Inglewood 2763." "Universal" is painted on the truck.
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

Maaco Construction Company truck crane parked at an oil field, Los Angeles, circa 1930

Description:: View of a Universal crane truck parked in an oil field with oil wells visible in the background, probably in Los Angeles. A sign on the truck reads "Maaco Construction Co., Tel. Jefferson 6261, Inglewood 2763" (not visible in photograph). "Universal" is painted on the truck.
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

Maaco Construction Company truck crane parked at an oil field, Los Angeles, circa 1930

Description:: View of a Universal crane truck parked in an oil field with oil wells in the background, probably in Los Angeles. A sign on opposite side of the truck reads "Maaco Construction Co., Tel. Jefferson 6261, Inglewood 2763." "Universal" is painted on the truck.
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

Maaco Construction Company truck crane parked at an oil field, Los Angeles, circa 1930

Description:: Close-up view of the crane on the back of a Universal truck parked in an oil field, probably in Los Angeles. A sign (not visible in this photograph) on the truck reads "Maaco Construction Co., Tel. Jefferson 6261, Inglewood 2763." "Universal" (not visible in this photograph) is painted on the truck.
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

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 City Hall, Los Angeles, 1928-1934

Description:: The Los Angeles City Hall was designed by John Parkinson, John C. Austin, and Albert C. Martin, Sr., and was completed in 1928.
Date:: [between 1928-1934]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: C.C. Pierce Photographic Collection, circa 1898-1934

Los Angeles City Hall, Los Angeles, 1928-1934

Description:: The Los Angeles City Hall was designed by John Parkinson, John C. Austin, and Albert C. Martin, Sr., and was completed in 1928.
Date:: [between 1928-1934]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Pierce, C. C. $q(Charles C.), $d1861-1946
Collection:: C.C. Pierce Photographic Collection, circa 1898-1934

Los Angeles City Hall, circa 1888

Description:: The old Romanesque style Los Angeles City Hall from a view looking south on Broadway between Second Street and Third Street. Horse-drawn carriages are visible parked at the curb, and another moves by in a blur. The building was demolished after the new city hall was completed in 1928.
Date:: [circa 1888]
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Pierce, C. C. (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

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

Huber and Barclay's rose-covered cottage on Spring Street, Los Angeles, 1898

Description:: Photograph of a La Margner (La Marne?) rose-covered cottage belonging to Mrs. Barclay at 747 Spring Street. The house is nearly hidden behind the roses, but the steps to the front door and a porch with a lattice railing are visible.
Date:: 1898
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: C.C. Pierce Photographic Collection, circa 1898-1934

Group portrait of of men on the drill floor of an oil well at the Venice or Playa del Rey oil field, Los Angeles, circa 1930

Description:: Group portrait of men in suits and workers gathered behind the drill pipe and rotary table on the drill floor of an oil well.
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

Group portrait of men on the drill floor of an oil rig at the Venice or Playa del Rey oil field, Los Angeles, circa 1930

Description:: Photograph of 11 workers and 2 men wearing suits standing together on the drill floor of an oil well next to the rotary table and drill pipe 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

Group portrait of men at the base of an oil well at the Venice or Playa del Rey oil field, Los Angeles, circa 1930

Description:: Group portrait of 4 men in suits and 4 workers at the base of an oil well, probably at the Venice or Playa del Rey oil field, with a row of casing in front of them.
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

Group portrait of 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:: Group portrait of well-dressed men and women on the drill floor of an oil well, probably at the Venice or Playa del Rey oil field. The drill pipe and rotary table are 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

Group portrait of men and women on the drill floor of an oil well, at the Venice or Playa del Rey oil field, Los Angeles, circa 1930

Description:: Group portrait of well-dressed men and women on the drill floor of an oil well. Two women and 2 men stand on the rotary table in the center.
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

Group portrait of men and women on the drill floor an oil well at the Venice or Playa del Rey oil field, Los Angeles, circa 1930

Description:: Group portrait of well-dressed men and women and a worker on the drill floor of an oil well, posed behind the drill pipe and rotary table.
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

Gas station at the Venice oil field, Los Angeles, circa 1930

Description:: Photograph of a gas station at the Venice oil field, with 3 oil derricks visible in the background. Signs on the derricks read "Knox Powell Stockton Co. Inc., W. G. Davis No. 4," "Ideco," and "All State."
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

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

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

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

Exterior of the Friday Morning Club House, Los Angeles, circa 1900

Description:: Exterior view of the Friday Morning Club House on the corner of Figueroa Street and Ninth Street. A sign over the main entry reads "Women's Club House."
Date:: [circa 1900]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: C.C. Pierce Photographic Collection, circa 1898-1934

Draw works at the oil well "Fourl No. 3" at the Playa del Rey oil field, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:: View of a workman standing next to the draw works (and possibly the mud pump behind) in a corrugated metal shed at the oil well "Fourl No. 3" at the Playa del Rey oil field.
Date:: January 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Pierce, C. C. $q(Charles C.), $d1861-1946
Collection:: C.C. Pierce Photographic Collection, circa 1898-1934

Draw works at oil well "Fourl No. 4" at the Playa del Rey oil field, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:: View of a workman standing next to the draw works on the drill floor of oil well "Fourl No. 4" at the Playa del Rey oil field.
Date:: April 1, 1935
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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