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  • Los Angeles Basin Oil Fields

    Los Angeles Basin Oil Fields

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    Contour map of oil fields in Los Angeles, California. Details include names of landowners and oil companies and locations of oil wells. Map is attached to two wooden poles at top and bottom.

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  • Oil Wells, Los Angeles, California

    Oil Wells, Los Angeles, California

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    Image of oil derricks and dwellings in the oil fields north of downtown Los Angeles, California, at the corner of Belmont Avenue and First Street, with tanks that hold crude oil visible.

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  • House with oil wells in the background, Los Angeles

    House with oil wells in the background, Los Angeles

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    View of a house with oil derricks in the background.

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  • Looking southwest across eastern end of Los Angeles oil field from hill west of Buena Vista Street

    Looking southwest across eastern end of Los Angeles oil field from hill west of Buena Vista Street

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    Image of houses and oil derricks on hills in Los Angeles.

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  • Oil fields, La Brea, Los Angeles, Cal

    Oil fields, La Brea, Los Angeles, Cal

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    View of an oil field identified as "La Brea, Los Angeles, Cal." showing numerous oil derricks and a pool of oil.

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  • Signal Hill oil field. April 1, 1931

    Signal Hill oil field. April 1, 1931

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    A slightly elevated panoramic view of the oil field at Signal Hill. There are dozens of oil rigs, or derricks, most with sheds or circular structures nearby, distributed along dirt roads. A sign on one of the wells slightly left of center reads "S.S. Wortley ; well no. 2". Plumes of smoke rise from several of the oil rigs and their surrounding machinery in the center and on the left. The largely residential area in the background is probably Long Beach. There is a note in white just right of center, reading "Photo No. 21. By ; C.C. Pierce & Co. ; 1572 W. Pico L.A. ; 4-1-1931."

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