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Oil derrick decorated for the holiday season, Santa Fe Springs, 1929
It’s nice to know that even the oilmen decorate for Christmas. This shot is from 1929 and shows an oil derrick emblazoned with Christmas cheer. This was in Santa Fe Springs (southeast of downtown L.A.) and I’m guessing was probably … Continue reading
La Brea Tar Pits and oil derricks, Wilshire Blvd, 1924
In stark contrast to how it looks today, this is the La Brea Tar Pits and neighboring oil derricks along Wilshire Blvd in 1924. I can see one house on the corner of Stanley Ave…and that’s about it!
Looking west from Wilshire Blvd and San Vicente Blvd, Los Angeles/Beverly Hills, 1923
We’re looking at the intersection of Wilshire Blvd and San Vicente Blvd (the darker road on the left is Wilshire) the way it looked in 1923. I think of that intersection as the eastern most point of the city of … Continue reading
Color photograph of Huntington Beach with oil wells, 1956.
“I know,” said that little person in the foreground, “I’m going to go for a healthy, bracing walk along the beach. It’ll just be me, the sand, the surf, the sky . . . and 900 hundred oil wells.” – … Continue reading
Los Angeles oil wells, June 1941
How odd it must have been to walk out your front door and see all those oil wells along the horizon. On second thoughts, for those two women in this photo, it was probably just normal and they didn’t think … Continue reading
Monte Mar Vista Drive, not far from the Twentieth Century Fox studios, 1928
Monte Mar Vista Drive, not far from the Twentieth Century Fox studios. Nowadays of course, all that empty land is completely filled in with homes, but back then—we’re talking 1928—it was wide open space. So what did the people living … Continue reading
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Union Oil gas station, Los Angeles, circa 1931
I love everything about this circa 1931 photo: the architecture of the Union Oil gas station, the modern miss out and about in her two-seater convertible, and the fact that she’s being assisted by not one but two attendants … Continue reading
Union Oil Company service station, Los Angeles, circa 1931
I don’t know where this full-service Union Oil gas station was located, but if it was still around, I’d go there. They really don’t make ‘em like they used to. (circa 1931)
An oil well on the lot of the Twentieth Century Fox studios.
An oil well on the lot of the Twentieth Century Fox studios. I guess if one of their movies flopped, they’d pump out a little extra that week.
Oil well in the middle of La Cienega Blvd, near Beverly Blvd intersection, 1930
If you’re building a road and an oil well stands in your way, no problemmo. It’s not like many people are ever going to use the road. Just go on right ahead, build your road around it and call it … Continue reading