Elsmere Canyon Oil History
View looking west over Elsmere Canyon - Plate 7B (right view) from "The Santa Clara Valley, Puente Hills and Los Angeles Oil Districts, Southern California" by George Eldridge and Ralph Arnold, USGS Bulletin 309, 1907. Picture taken in 1905 by Arnold. This is one of only two pictures that I have found showing oil derricks in Elsmere Canyon. There are actually 8 derricks visible in this picture, although two can only be seen by blowing up the picture
Same view as above on 12/24/2006