Sentences with phrase «at oil derricks»

Not exact matches

1932 Against a bristling backdrop of oil derricks at Long Beach, Calif., Germany (left) defeated Italy in four - oared shells with cox for gold medal Meanwhile, in the Los Angeles Coliseum, Mildred (Babe) Didrikson (right), then just 18, won 80 - meter hurdles and javelin throw, finished second in the high jump.

When Mr. Simchowitz met Parker Ito (whose work sold at a February auction in London for $ 93,594 over a high estimate of $ 25,000), he had a day job painting oil derricks near LAX, Los Angeles County still a surprising source of untapped crude.

Some of the early works are at least somewhat representational, with recognizable human figures or in the case of a sketch he made while in California in 1930 recognizable oil derricks.

What's more, the same team discovered three additional new species of these distinctive, snake - like lizards that are also living in some inhospitable - sounding places for wildlife: at a vacant lot in downtown Bakersfield, among oil derricks in the lower San Joaquin Valley and on the margins of the Mojave desert.»

We represent seamen injured or taken ill aboard fishing vessels, fish processors, crab boats, tug boats, ships, ferry boats, derricks, barges, dredges, and all other types of vessels, including aircrafts at sea and offshore oil rigs.

When a pipe fitting blew, the 50 - year - old derrick hand was hit by oil and sludge that was pressurized at more than 700 pounds per square inch, ripping his left arm off below the elbow.