Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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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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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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View of a house with oil derricks in the background.
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View of rooftops of houses located on Ocean View Avenue in the Westlake Park neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, with oil derricks seen at left on Alvarado Street.
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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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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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