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 Send requests to address or e-mail given USC Libraries Special Collections specol@usc.edu
Description
Photograph of oil industry construction, showing a worker hanging on a cane, ca.1930. A large crevasses lies in the ground at center with a tall crane reaching over it from the ground above on the left. Rope manipulated by a pulley hangs from the crane and supports a large hook with a section of thick pipe balancing on its edge. A man in coveralls and a hat stands on the top of the section of pipe while grasping the pulley and rope. Several men stand along the edge of the ground on the left with sections of pipe lying in the discarded earth to the left of them. A second crane stands to the left of trees on the far right with its arm reaching to the left. Electrical lines extend over the work site.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photonegative, b&w 17 x 12 cm. photographic prints photographs
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