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:
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C.C. Pierce Photographic Collection, circa 1898-1934