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Title

(Los Angeles Oil) [Original photograph of oil fields in downtown L.A.] Oil Wells, Los Angeles, California

Publication Place / Date

[Los Angeles] / 1925 circa

Image Dimensions

9 x 6.5 inches

Color

Uncolored

Condition

Stock# 94700

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Description

A Sea of Oil Derricks in Downtown Los Angeles

According the Los Angles Department of Water and Power, the present image depicts a field full of oil derricks located just east of 1st Street and Belmont Avenue, near downtown Los Angeles. The image also shows several houses, a tank and other oil facilities in the foreground.

The printed text on the verso of the mount reads, in part:

This photograph shows part of an oil field in Los Angeles, California... In oil fields, the crude oil is generally stored in tanks of which several small ones are seen in the picture.

The Los Angeles Oil Field was once the top producing field in California, accounting for more than half of the state's oil. In its peak year, approximately 200 separate oil companies were active on the field, which is now entirely built over by dense residential and commercial development.

Condition Description

Original silver gelatin photograph, mounted on card. Photograph measures 5 1/2 x 9 1/2 inches, on card mount, 10 x 8 inches. Caption title printed in silver on recto of mount: "Oil Wells / Los Angeles, California." Verso of mount with printed history of oil development in the United States. Some silvering to edges of photograph, but still a clean, very good image.