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Description
Harmon Well no. 1. Oil seep in a "blowout". Oil is spurting in a great flow out of a horizontal pipe. Grass is visible in the foreground. Daily capacity 40,000 barrels. This well made a millionaire of a drilling contractor, Mr. George Harmon, besides returning an unusual profit to others connected with him.
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprint, b&w 12.5 x 17.5 cm., 16 x 21 cm. glass plate negatives photographic prints photographs
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