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Title
Standard Oil cellar hook-up in Kettleman Hills, 1931
Date Created and/or Issued
1931-03-07
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 the Standard Oil cellar hook-up in Kettleman Hills, March 7, 1931. The image shows a system of metal pipes and valves held together with heavy nuts and bolts. The system is inside of a concrete enclosure, and there are wooden beams behind it. The word "Hughes" is written on two of the large valves. The words "Cellar Hook-up Kettleman North Dome Association Well No 81-34-Q Section 34-T.22.S.R.18.E Kettleman Hills" are written at the center of the image.
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : transparency, photoprint, b&w
21 x 26 cm.
transparencies
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m12334
USC-1-1-1-12488 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-10139
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m12334
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-10139.jpg
Subject
Industry--Oil--Fresno/Kings County (Kettleman Oil Fields)
Petroleum industry and trade
Petroleum refineries
Standard Oil Company
Oil fields
Time Period
1931-03-07
Place
California
Kings
USA
Source
1-115-31 [Microfiche number]
10139 [Accession number]
CHS-10139 [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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