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DOI: 10.25549/chs-m16614
title: Distant view from the east of Mission San Carlos Borromeo, Monterey, and the bay, ca.1905

description: Photograph of a distant view from the east of Mission San Carlos Borromeo, Monterey, and the bay, ca.1905. Wild flowers dot the landscape in the foreground. Bushes and other wild vegetation covers the area between the flowers and the narrow road and fence which runs directly in front of the mission church. Behind the church part of the bay is visible.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m8012
title: General Petroleum's catalytic reformer, Torrance, ca.1958

description: Photograph of General Petroleum's catalytic reformer, Torrance, ca.1958. Two towers stand tall amidst a maze of piping at left. This system of pipes stretches to the right, where it connects to several tanks. Behind this elaborate setup stand two smoke stacks, the rightmost one poking out of a house-like structure. In the background,, a cylindrical tank and several other stacks can be discerned. At right stretches a field lined with utility poles, behind which one can see houses in the far distance.; Photoprint reads: "This 12,000 barrel daily catalytic reformer recently went on stream at General Petroleum Corporation's Torrance Refinery. Its purpose is to improve straight run gasoline by treatment at high pressure and high temperature in the presence of a platinum catalyst. The towers on the left are the stripper, fractionator, and stabilizer".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m8014
title: Office buildings at Alhambra site of the Standard Oil Company, ca.1950

description: Photograph of office buildings at Alhambra site of the Standard Oil Company, ca.1950. The office buildings stand, at center, with the left one bearing the sign "Alhambra Standard Oil Company" on its roof. Off to the right is a building with a sign advertising Pearl Oil for heating and light. To the left is a parked tank car. Storage tanks stand at the rear. The area is sealed off by a wire fence behind a dirt road. Grass dots the soil at left, and an arborous area can be seen in the background.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m8017
title: General Petroleum Corp.'s Crude Oil Unit Number 8, part of the Mobilgas Refinery, in Torrance, ca.1954

description: Photograph of General Petroleum Corp.'s Crude Oil Unit Number 8, part of the Mobilgas Refinery, in Torrance, ca.1954. Two shiny vessels stand tall at right, connected by a series of connecting platforms, ladders and pipes. Beside them stands a brick house-like structure containing what appear to be tanks, connected by pipes to the vessels. A tall stack pokes out of the roof of this structure, beside a small chimney emitting a plume of smoke. Behind this is a series of large pipes that bend to meet at a point. The background is neutral.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m12367
title: First 5000 barrel unit of the Western Oil and Refining Company, at Wilmington, ca.1930

description: Photograph of the first 5000 barrel unit of the Western Oil and Refining Company, at Wilmington, ca.1930. Left of center, several cylindrical tank-like structures stand atop a metal platform. Two flights of stairs lead from the dusty ground up to the tank-like units, which are interconnected by a series of pipes, some of which stretch right to connect to several large tanks lying on the ground behind a brick wall. Between the standing tanks and those that lie horizontal on the ground is a tall cylindrical brick structure, possibly a smoke stack. At left stands a gated house-like structure, behind which, another cylindrical tank built into the ground. In the distance lie several houses with chimneys, and a few more stacks and tanks. A large dark-colored structure looms right of center, beside several smaller structures. The rightmost distance is lined with trees behind a wire fence.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m12370
title: Aerial view of El Segundo Standard Oil Refining Company, in June 1933

description: Photograph of an aerial view of El Segundo Standard Oil Refining Company, in June 1933. The land is stripped of foliage in most areas, and a series of cylindrical tanks dots the entire spread, some sitting at varying distances from each other in the foreground, and others in a similar position in the distance. The company proper sits at center, a series of vessels and stacks and piping lined with several houses at left. Smaller tanks sit in this area, connected by pipes to the other equipment. Right of this sits a building several stories tall, surrounded by house-like structures. The rightmost area of the scene is composed of a few more cylindrical tanks, and several cemented ovals in the grass. In the distance, one can discern the silhouettes of several derricks in a populated area.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m12372
title: Two men standing beside a wooden triangular structure surrounded by derricks, 1904

description: Photograph of two men standing beside a wooden triangular structure surrounded by derricks, 1904. A triangular structure made of several wooden planks stands at center, and a man facing left leans against it. Behind him stands another man with his arms on his hips. Across them stands the "central power unit of a jack line pumping 545 km." In the rightmost foreground, a wooden ladder leads up into what appears to be a tank. A plume of smoke spews from a smoke stack right of center. Wooden derricks dot the distance alongside the tops of trees.; Also, see CHS-1276.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m12383
title: Night view of oil wells in Wilmington, ca.1930

description: Photograph of a night view of oil wells in Wilmington, ca.1930. Across two bridges and a body of water stand a group of derricks, each strung with light bulbs and lit up. The lights from the oilrigs stretch and reflect on the water's surface, while the lines from utility poles string overhead.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m8009
title: Shell Oil Nasa Well No. 11 in Long Beach, ca.1930

description: Photograph of Shell Oil Nasa Well No. 11 in Long Beach, ca.1930. At center, several derricks stand tall, while a series of wooden structures is built into the base of the oilrig closest to the foreground. Across these structures to the right sits an automobile behind a wooden fence. At the rightmost corner, a portion of another derrick can be seen, with a tank and piping at its base.  A cloud of smoke curls from smoke stacks in the leftmost corner. The distance is a veritable sea of derricks.; Photoprint reads: "Long Beach, Calif. Oil at 10,000 feet under the earth's surface is one of the geological secrets uncovered by the Shell Company's Nasa Well No. 11, the deepest hole in the world. Eight months have been required in sinking the shaft, which is in the rich Signal Hill field near Long Beach, and the downward drilling will be continued as long as it is possible mechanically. In the center of this picture is shown the derrick and hoisting machinery by means of which the "deepest hole in the world" was drilled".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m12385
title: Signal Hill oil well gusher, at Long Beach, ca.1940

description: Photograph of a Signal Hill oil well gusher, at Long Beach, ca.1940. At center, a derrick bursts with oil, sprouting into the sky beside several other oilrigs. Built into its base in the foreground are several house-like structures, tanks and piping. More oilrigs can be seen in the distance, while the lines from utility poles stream through the foreground.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m16615
title: Side door at Mission San Carlos Borromeo, Monterey, ca.1906

description: Photograph of a side door at Mission San Carlos Borromeo, Monterey, ca.1903. Stone carvings decorate the entryway surrounding the double wooden doors. One white doorknob is in the panelled door. The walkway is paved leading to the door.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m12389
title: Signal Hill oil gusher, in Long Beach, ca.1923

description: Photograph of a Signal Hill oil gusher, in Long Beach, ca.1923. A derrick erupts with oil and smoke at center, and an arrow edited onto the photo leads to some text which reads "Union Oil co's L.B.C. 11 Signal Hill". In front of the gusher stands another tall wooden derrick, built into several house-like structures and a tank at its base. In the background, the silhouettes of several other derricks can be made out through the smoke, and a tangle of utility pole lining streams overhead. In the foreground sits a pool of water dug into the ground, in which one can see the reflection of the scene.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m12391
title: Oil wells in Signal Hill, at Long Beach, ca.1925

description: Photograph of oil wells in Signal Hill, at Long Beach, ca.1925. Oil derricks line the land, with a variety of house-like structures, tanks and piping built into their bases. Left of center stand six smoke stacks, behind several tanks. Several house-like units sit at the right of the foreground, across a few large tanks. A wooden house-like structure sits atop an oilrig at left. The background is a forest of derricks and tanks.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m12396
title: Second California oil refinery near Marshal, ca.1925

description: Photograph of the Second California oil refinery near Marshal, ca.1925. A wooden structure lined with pipes leads from what appears to be a tank. Another cylindrical tank-like structure stands beside it at left. The background is composed of all sorts of foliage.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m12402
title: California's first oil-producing well, in Pico Canyon, Newhall, ca.1940

description: Photograph of California's first oil-producing well, in Pico Canyon, Newhall, ca.1940. A series of tanks, piping and chimneys is built into a brick structure, with a boiler standing prominent at the rightmost side. Three smokestacks stem from the structure, and three wooden posts stand in the ground several feet to the left in front of it. In the background is an arborous field.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m12403
title: View of California's first oil refinery in Pico Canyon, Newhall, ca.1940

description: Photograph of a view of California's first oil refinery in Pico Canyon, Newhall, ca.1940. A series of tanks, stacks and pipes is built into a brick structure at left, and three wooden poles mark the ground across it. What appears to be a wooden cart or box stands before the poles with a tree behind it. The background is arborous and one can see the hillside in the distance.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m12404
title: View of California's first oil refinery in Pico Canyon, Newhall, ca.1940

description: Photograph of a view of California's first oil refinery in Pico Canyon, Newhall, ca.1940. In the foreground sits the refinery, a series of wooden structures with brick smokestacks, pipes and tanks. Across it lies a fenced field thick with grass and trees that trails off into the distance.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m12405
title: View of California's first oil refinery in Pico Canyon, at Newhall, ca.1940

description: Photograph of a view of California's first oil refinery in Pico Canyon, at Newhall, ca.1940. The refinery stands, a complex brick structure composed of tanks, pipes and smoke stacks atop a small hill. In front of it, to the left, sits what appears to be a wooden box or cart. Behind the refinery sprout the arms of several trees. Several structures can be vaguely made out in the arborous distance.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m12376
title: Residential area dotted with oil wells, ca.1926

description: Photograph of a residential area dotted with oil wells, ca.1926. Rows of houses line the foreground and stretch into the distance, separated by streets and a series of wooden oilrigs. In the foreground stand several homes, some bungalows, others two-story units. Each has a touch of green, be it a small lawn or line of trees. A two-story building sits behind this row of homes, at the rightmost corner of the picture. Behind it stands a wooden oilrig, and another stands across this, left of center. Rows of houses compose the distance, and the oilrig towers stand tall amongst them. A sloping hillside with a winding path makes up the background.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m12361
title: Derrick standing tall at Mount View Oil Field's Dana Hogan Discovery Well in Kern County, ca.1920

description: Photograph of a derrick standing tall at Mt. View Oil Field's Dana Hogan Discovery Well in Kern County, ca.1920. The oilrig stands right of center, with a small wooden staircase leading up to a platform beneath it. Around the base sit some drilling equipment and across it stands a house-like structure. Several wooden planks stab into the soil in the foreground at even lengths from each other, while several cylindrical tanks sit at left. Behind them, three oilrigs can be seen in the distance, as can several others in the far center. The sky hangs cloudy overhead.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m12407
title: View of the Playa del Rey oil field near Venice, ca.1920

description: Photograph of a view of the Playa del Rey oil field near Venice, ca.1920. A forest of oil rigs meets the eye at center, panning out to fill both sides of the picture. In the foreground, the water stands between two shorelines, on the banks of which several tanks sit at left, while a lone derrick rises at right. A series of house-like sheds, tanks, pipes and stacks are found beneath the bases of the oil rigs, from which spew several plumes of smoke. A lone log floats across the water, while several strands of lines stream from utility poles across it.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m16616
title: Portrait of a sister with downcast eyes at Mission San Carlos Borromeo, Monterey, ca.1906

description: Photograph of a portrait of a sister with downcast eyes at Mission San Carlos Borromeo, Monterey, ca.1906. She is visible from the waist up and is wearing a dark habit with a broad white collar. A crucifix hangs from a necklace around her neck. Her hands are hidden beneath her habit and are clasped in front of her. She is looking slightly down and to her right. A mission wall can be seen directly behind her.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m12408
title: Playa Del Rey Oil fields near Venice, in March 1930

description: Photograph of the Playa Del Rey Oil fields near Venice, in March 1930. Several oil derricks stand on the banks of a body of water that streams through center and winds left. One of these is situated at left, with a house-like structure built into its base, while three other stand at right, one with plumes of smoke spewing from the stacks in front of it. The water sits in the foreground, with the shoreline on both sides, and the background is composed of houses beneath utility poles. A line of such poles stands at center, with several lines draping several feet above the water.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m12415
title: Oil sprouting from a derrick at the Playa del Rey oil field in Venice, ca.1925

description: Photograph of oil sprouting from a derrick at the Playa del Rey oil field in Venice, ca.1925. Oil shoots from a tall derrick at center, the remnants of which form a dusty cloud that spreads to the right. Beneath the oilrig sit a series of shed-like structures, and a stair at right leads to a second layer of such. In the foreground, one can see portions of parked automobiles, while a few derricks dot the background behind the lines of utility poles. At left stands what appears to be a small dock leading to the water.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m12416
title: Several oil derricks at the Playa del Rey oil field in Venice, ca.1925

description: Photograph of several oil derricks at the Playa del Rey oil field in Venice, ca.1925. Eight derricks stand tall, with a series of structures, tanks, pipes and smoke stacks built into their respective bases. Several plumes of smoke sprout from stacks at left, behind the center oilrig, bearing the sign "Chanel Oil Co. Jo Ann No.1". In the foreground, several automobiles sit in the sand at center, facing a man tinkering with a set of pipes. Across from the man stands a truck elevated on a makeshift platform. Behind it stands a shed, two tanks and a portion of a derrick. The background is neutral.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m12417
title: Oil derricks at the Playa del Rey oil field in Venice, ca.1925

description: Photograph of oil derricks at the Playa del Rey oil field in Venice, ca.1925. Three oilrigs stand behind lines streaming from utility poles in the foreground, each with a series of tanks, pipes and sheds built into its base. A pile of what appears to be sand sits at center, behind which lies a row of pipes. A man sits beneath the shade of a small shed at left, and behind him stands what appears to be a pump with a smoke stack attached. The oil derrick at center has a sign that reads "DUNCAN OIL CORP LTD COE No. 1". Behind it, several other oilrigs can be seen. The background is otherwise neutral.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m12419
title: Row of oilrigs at the Playa del Rey oil field in Venice, ca.1925

description: Photograph of a row of oilrigs at the Playa del Rey oil field in Venice, ca.1925. Several oil derricks stand in a row at center, with several shed-like structure, tanks, stacks and piping built into their bases. A plume of smoke escapes a stack from a shed at right, while several lamps line the sand in the foreground in front of a parked automobile. In the background, the tops of other derricks appear, as well as several more plumes of smoke. The background is otherwise neutral.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m12420
title: Group of men beneath an oil derrick at the Playa del Rey oil fields in Venice, ca.1925

description: Photograph of a group of men beneath an oil derrick at the Playa del Rey oil fields in Venice, ca.1925. Some clad in suits, some clad in workers' garb, the men sit facing center behind a row of pipes. Behind them, a large pulley hangs suspended from the oilrig. In the distance, portions of houses and utility poles can be discerned, as well as the tops of several other derricks.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m12421
title: Playa del Rey oil field near Venice, ca.1925

description: Photograph of Playa del Rey oil field near Venice, ca.1925. At center rise several metal derricks, some bearing signs on their towers. One to the left reads "KNOX POWELL STOCKTON WG DAVIS No. 4", while another behind it bears the sign "CAMINO Gasoline" across from yet another derrick bearing "CORY RANDALL Venice No.1". Beneath the oilrigs lie a series of structures, tanks, stacks and pipes. In the foreground sits a house-like structure bearing the name "Oil Fields Emergency Hospital" in front of another that reads "Walker Arms Garage." Beside these at right streams a street across which several automobiles, carts and people travel. Several plumes of smoke spew from stacks a the rightmost corner of the field beneath an oil derrick that reads "GOLDSMIT BROS INC [?]". In the distance, one can discern a residential area beneath a hillside. The mountains fade into the clouds in the far reaches of the background.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m12461
title: Exterior of the Universal Braille Press building, ca.1928

description: Photograph of the exterior of the Universal Braille Press building, ca.1928. The building stands at center, with several awnings draped over its large windows. A door at left bears the sign "Universal Braille Press Books for the Blind."
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m12463
title: Universal Braille Press and its activities in publishing books for the blind, ca.1928

description: Photograph of the Universal Braille Press and its activities in publishing books for the blind, ca.1928. The building stands at center, with two awnings draped over its large windows. A door at left bears the sign "Universal Braille Press Books for the Blind", while another sign over a smaller door at right reads "Braille Institute of America Inc.". The street runs in front of the building, painted with a stripe down the middle.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m16617
title: Father Raymond Mestres at Mission San Carlos, Monterey, ca.1899

description: Photograph of a portrait of Father Raymond Mestres at Mission San Carlos, Monterey, ca.1899. From the chest up. He is wearing the vestments of Father Junipero Serra. He has a short dark beard and moustache. He is turned to his left. Behind him is a mission wall. Mestres performed the wedding ceremony of Herbert Hoover and Miss Lou Henry.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m12496
title: Blind people listening to a "talking book", ca.1928

description: Photograph of blind people listening to a "talking book", ca.1928. A man sits between two women beside a record player, all three listen intently to the "talking book." A piano and lamp stand in the background.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m12497
title: Group of blind people sitting around listening to a "talking book", ca.1928

description: Photograph of a group of blind people sitting around listening to a "talking book", ca.1928. A group of men and women sit around a record player, listening intently to the "talking book." Three large books lean against the player, and a lamp stands behind it, while a piano sits behind the gathered.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m12498
title: Hands "reading" a Braille book, ca.1928

description: Photograph of hands "reading" a Braille book, ca.1928. A man's hands trace the Braille "words" over the page of a book atop a table.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m12499
title: Hands "reading" a Braille book, ca.1928

description: Photograph of hands "reading" a Braille book, ca.1928. A man's hands trace the Braille "words" over the page of a book atop a table. His right hand bears a signet ring.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m12500
title: Bible in Braille (21 volumes), with ink-print bible next to it, ca.1928

description: Photograph of the Bible in Braille (21 volumes), with ink-print bible next to it, ca.1928. Two stacks of 10 leather-bound books stand atop each other, and a small printed bible sits at right.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m12501
title: J. Robert Atkinson (owner) standing beside a Braille press, 1928

description: Photograph of J. Robert Atkinson (owner) standing beside a Braille press, 1928.  Atkinson stands in a suit and dark glasses beside the press device, a complicated machine with a metal slate with Braille "words" on it. The device reads "Atkinson Model".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m12502
title: Workers making books for the blind at the Universal Braille Press, in December 1933

description: Photograph of workers making books for the blind at the Universal Braille Press, in December 1933. Several workers taking on different tasks stand at right, with a man in the foreground standing beside a stack of large, thick pieces of paper. Next to him, at left, stands a wheeled and belted piece of machinery, across from which two men stand. At the back of the room stands another man inspecting what appears to be a book. A shelf lined with books and folders lines the background, and a light-colored desk sits left of this.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m12503
title: Worker making a book for the blind at the Universal Braille Press, ca.1933

description: Photograph of a worker making a book for the blind at the Universal Braille Press, ca.1933.  A man clad in light colors stands before a braille printing press, putting a sheet of paper across two braille molds. The machine bears the word "Victoria", and takes up twice the man's space at center. Left of this stands a shelf lined with books, with pieces of paper sticking out of them at random. At right sits another piece of machinery. Two windows break the continuous wall that lines the background.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m12504
title: Man putting the cover on a book at the Universal Braille Press, ca.1933

description: Photograph of a man putting the cover on a book at the Universal Braille Press, ca.1933.  Clad in a visor and apron over his uniform, a man applies the cover to a braille book atop a work table. In front of him sits a transparent bottle filled with liquid, and to his left, a line of tools hang from a piece of wood nailed against a wall. In the background sit a book shelf at right, and a storage area lined with paper and other horizontal objects stands at left. A light bulb hangs ungracefully, tangled in its line at center.