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Title
Unidentified oil well, showing low hills in the background, ca.1930
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1930
Publication Information
University of Southern California. Libraries
Contributing Institution
California Historical Society
University of Southern California Digital Library
Collection
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Rights Information
Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
Public Domain. Release under the CC BY Attribution license--http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/--Credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library; From the California Historical Society Collection at the University of Southern California
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Description
Photograph of an unidentified oil well, showing low hills in the background, ca.1930. The tall derrick stands at center with a large, wooden base below. The base extends to a lightly-colored structure on the left while what appears to be a stack of metal beams lies in front. Two electrical poles connect on the far right with the low-standing, rounded hills continuing into the distance behind them.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w
26 x 21 cm.
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m12450
USC-1-1-1-12605 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-41109
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m12450
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-41109.jpg
Subject
Industry--Oil--General
Petroleum industry and trade
Petroleum refineries
Wells
Time Period
circa 1930
Place
California
USA
Source
1-115-52 [Microfiche number]
41109 [Accession number]
CHS-41109 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960
USC
chs-m265

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