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Title: Pit 4. Removing tar from well. (RLB-122)
Date Created and/or Issued: 1914-04-15
Contributing Institution: Research Library, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
Collection: California Revealed from Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
Rights Information: Public domain. No restrictions on use.
Description: Excavator removing tar from well and burning it at the surface of pit 4. The excavator is seen pulling a bucket of tar out of well, wooden boards and string stretch across the pit, mounds of dirt surround the edge of the pit. Dark smoke across sky from burning tar and oil derricks in the background.
Type: image
Format: Copy
Photograph
Extent: 5107 x 7111 px.
Unknown
Identifier: calanhm_000340
Provenance: Natural History Museum Los Angeles County
California Revealed is supported by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian.

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