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Title
Five workmen standing around the rotary drill system in action, Brayer Field, ca.1910
Creator
Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1910
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 five workmen standing around the rotary drill system in action, Brayer Field, ca.1910. The apparatus is located in a corrugated metal drilling shack with wood floor. Large articulated chains transfer the engine's power ninety degrees to the drill. Three men in stained work clothes watch the drill from the left while another man in work clothes and a man in a suit watch from the right. Daylight shines on the thick chain from the cracks in the ceiling and back wall. This is not in California.
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprint b&w
20 x 25 cm.
glass plate negatives
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m12322
USC-1-1-1-12476 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-2485
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m12322
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-2485.jpg
Subject
Industry--Oil--Machinery
Petroleum industry and trade
Petroleum refineries
Industrial sites
Time Period
circa 1910
Place
Brayer Field
USA
Source
1-115-12 [Microfiche number]
2485 [Accession number]
CHS-2485 [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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