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Venice-Del Rey Oil Field. 7-9-1930

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Description
View of oil derricks in a large industrial oil field next to the beach. View includes canal, houses, storage tanks and streets with automobiles. “Del Rey Hills” is in large letters on hills in background, as well as dollar signs.
Type
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Date
July 9, 1930
Call number
photCL 555
Creator
Marquez, Ernest (1924-)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance
Purchased in part by the Library Collectors' Council from Ernest Marquez, January 2014.
Associated people
Allen, D. C. (1887-1966,)
Bailey, Chas. Z. (1819-1903,)
Bartlett, Adelbert, (1843-1916,)
Bierstadt, Charles, (1873-1945,)
Blanchard, James B., (approximately 1842-1902,)
Bonine, Elias A., (1825-1900,)
Bonine, R. (1879-1963,)
Brewster, John Calvin, (1853-1921,)
Brigandi, Philip, (1842-1914,)
Clarke, William M., (1827-1903,)
Davis, James M., (1829-1915,)
Ellis, Lemuel S., (1850 or 1851-1937,)
Fletcher, W. H. (1843-1942,)
Frese, Adolf, (1833-1903,)
Godfrey, W. M. (1827-1909,)
Haley, George W., (-1888,)
Haynes, F. Jay (1830-1904,)
Hazard, George Washington, (1834-1910,)
Hazeltine, M. M. (approximately 1845-)
Houseworth, Thomas, (1861-1946,)
Jackson, B. D., (1838-1894,)
Jackson, William Henry, (1860-1949,)
Johnson, C. W. J. (1861-)
Kilburn, B. W. (1830-1912,)
Morrison, E. G., (active 1883-1884,)
Muybridge, Eadweard, (1839-1915,)
Parker, F. (Francis), (1861-1927,)
Parker, Joseph C. (1829-1916,)
Payne, H. T., (1879-1932,)
Pierce, C. C. (1844-)
Pierce, Edward W.,
Plunkett, Bob,
Putnam, J. R.,
Rea, William J.,
Reilly, John James,
Rieder, M.,
Rile, H. F.,
Schumacher, Frank G.,
Stanton, Thomas E.,
Taber, I. W.
Tuttle, W. N.,
Tyler, O. E.,
Varela, A. C.
Waite, C. B.
Watkins, Carleton E.,
Weaver, M. F.
Wesner, H. B.,
Westervelt, James D.,
Withey, Henry F.,
Associated organizations
California Art Foto Company,
Charles Beseler Co.,
Continent Stereoscopic Company,
E. & H.T. Anthony (Firm),
Ellis & Son (Los Angeles, Calif.),
F. H. Rogers & Co.,
Garden City Photo Co.,
Graham Photo Co. (Los Angeles, Calif.),
Griffith & Griffith,
H.C. White Co.,
Hayward & Muzzall,
Jarvis (Firm : Pasadena, Calif.),
Kelley & Chadwick,
Keystone View Company,
Payne, Stanton & Co.,
Powell Press Service,
Putnam & Valentine,
Spence Air Photos (Firm),
Strohmeyer & Wyman,
Underwood & Underwood,
Universal Photo Art Co.,
Webster & Albee,
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