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Ryder Well No. 1 flowing wild, Signal Hill oil field. February 26, 1923

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Title: Ryder Well No. 1 flowing wild, Signal Hill oil field. February 26, 1923
Creator: Aerograph Co. (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Date Created and/or Issued: 1923-02-26
Contributing Institution: Huntington Library
Collection: Photographs
Rights Information: For information on using Huntington Library materials, please see Reproductions of Huntington Library Holdings: https://www.huntington.org/library-rights-permissions
Description: A panoramic view of the oil field of Signal Hill, focusing on Ryder Well No. 1 (the one on the right?). There is a low earth wall around the derrick on the right which is filled with some liquid, while a cloud of smoke or steam emerges from the ground. A group of men in suits stand on the far left. Writing in white in the bottom center reads "Ryder Well No. 1 ; Flowing Wild at Rate of 12,000 Bbls. [i.e. barrels] Per Day - 2-26-23, Signal Hill, Long Beach, Cal. ; Petroleum Midway Company, Ltd. ; Subsidiary of the ; California Petroleum Corporation". Writing in white in the bottom left reads "The Aerograph Co."
Type: image
Format: image/jp2
Extent: 26 x 78 cm (10 x 31 in)
Identifier: 167764
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15150coll2/id/4436
Subject: Signal Hill (Calif.)
Oil well drilling rigs--California--Signal Hill--Photographs
Oil wells--California--Signal Hill--Photographs
Oil wells--Blowouts
Panoramas--California--Signal Hill--Photographs
Negatives. (aat)
Place: Signal Hill (Calif.)
Source: Photographs, Huntington Digital Library

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