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Big Bear Pinewoods lot drawing, Big Bear. August 31, 1931

Description: A panoramic view of a lot drawing at the Pinewoods tract office, at Big Bear Pinewoods. The office building is mostly surrounded by tall trees, one of which (slightly right of center) has a ladder leaning against it. A couple dozen people are standing near the tract office, and a dog is sniffing a tree on the far right. There are about twenty parked automobiles in the clearing in front of the office and nearby. Writing in white in the lower left reads "Photo No. 100579 ; The".
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: August 31, 1931
Call number: photCL 470 (202)
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Big Creek, Mono-Bear Diversion

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Big Creek, Mono-Bear Diversion - General view at site of dam for Bear Creek diversion. Intake of Bear Tunnel is just to the right of the derrick and behind the small tamarack tree. Note the clearing which has been made in area to be flooded. .

photCL SCE 02 - 14396

Signal Hill oil field. January 18, 1931

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A slightly elevated panoramic view of an oil field at Signal Hill. There are several dozen oil rigs, or derricks, most with sheds or circular structures, distributed along dirt roads. There is an office for the Armadillo Oil Company on the left, and ms. markings on the right show where Well No. 1 of the Hub Petroleum Corporation is located. There are two notes in white just left of center, reading "Photo No. 1. By ; C.C. Pierce & Co. ; 1572 W. Pico L.A." and "Long Beach Oil Field ; "Signal Hill" ; 1-18-1931".

photCL 470 (175)

Big Creek, Mono-Bear Diversion

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Big Creek, Mono-Bear Diversion - Looking downstream showing upstream face of Bear Creek diversion dam. Please note how the trees have been cut in clearing for the small reservoir. The intake end of the Bear tunnel is shown just to the right of the top of the dam.

photCL SCE 02 - 14710

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Aerograph, Big Bear Pinewoods lot drawing

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photCL 402, photCL 470, photCL Whitt

Oil field, Torrance. April 17, 1923

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A panoramic view of an oil field in Torrance. There are about a dozen oil wells in the foreground, and another two dozen in the distance on the right. There is a shed at the base of each well, and a few houses scattered across the landscape. The major road in the photograph is labeled "Torrence [sic] & Redondo Rd." Writing in white at bottom of image reads "Torrance Oil Field ; looking So & West from Torrance #1 'CCMO'." More writing to the right of that reads "Phot no 252 ; The C.C. Pierce Co. ; 1512 W. Pico, L.A. ; 4-17-1923".

photCL 470 (088)

Big Creek, Mono-Bear Diversion

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Big Creek, Mono-Bear Diversion - Looking upstream at site of Mono Diversion Dam, showing clearing operations for the small reservoir. Building in background is pumphouse for Camp 80 water supply.

photCL SCE 02 - 14381

Big Bear Pinewoods lot drawing, Big Bear. August 31, 1931

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