Oil fields, La Brea, Los Angeles, Cal

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  Signal Hill oil field, facing north and east, with some individual derricks labeled. October 11, 1922

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  A very wide, slightly elevated panoramic view of the oil field of Signal Hill, facing north and east. There are hundreds of oil rigs, or derricks, across the landscape, thirteen of which have been identified by name in white ms. writing. Among the oil rigs there are streets of houses, as well as numerous vacant lots. There are railroad tracks on the far right side of the image. Writing in white in the bottom center reads "Signal Hill Long Beach Cal."

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  Athens-Rosecrans Oil Field, Los Angeles, California. May, 1925

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  Panoramic view of oil wells and derricks in the Athens and Rosecrans oil field in Los Angeles (present-day Gardena, California). Text on the photograph reads "Athens-Rosecrans Oil Field, Los Angeles, California. May, 1925 – One Year Old, making 25,000 bbls. daily from 50 wells. Has deepest producing well in world, the General Petroleum Corp., Amestoy No. 1, pumping from 6,737 feet.” All of the oil wells are numbered and identified by name (136 total), with names including Union, J. Paul Getty, E. J. Miley, George F. Getty, Mohawk, Walter H. Fisher, etc. Streets are also marked: 131st Street, 132nd Street, 133rd Street, 135th Street and Hoover Street.

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  Oil field

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  Oil field - tanks and derricks.

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  Signal Hill oil field, facing north and east. April 5, 1923

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  A very wide, slightly elevated panoramic view of the oil field of Signal Hill, facing north and east. There are hundreds of oil rigs, or derricks, across the landscape. Among the oil rigs there are streets of houses, as well as numerous vacant lots. There are railroad tracks on the far right side of the image, and in the center, where the last seven tanker cars of a train are visible. Beyond the railroad tracks on the right there is a neighborhood of closely spaced houses without any oil rigs. Writing in white in the bottom center reads "Photo no. 367 ; The Aerograph Co. ; 5880 Moneta ; Los Angeles Cal."

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  Signal Hill oil field, facing north and east. January 3, 1923

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  A very wide, slightly elevated panoramic view of the oil field of Signal Hill, facing north and east. There are hundreds of oil rigs, or derricks, across the landscape. Among the oil rigs there are streets of houses, as well as large fields, some of which are planted with row crops. The street on the right is labeled "Hill Street", and one of the derricks directly above it is labeled "Old Colony No. 1." Writing in white in the bottom center reads "The Aerograph Co. ; 5880 Moneta ; L-A Cal. ; Photo no. 368". Writing in white on the right reads "Long Beach (Signal Hill) Calif."

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  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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