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 men working in the "operating room" of the Nasa Well Number 11 in the Signal Hill oil field near Long Beach, ca.1940. "Workmen are adjusting the rotary drill as it bites its way into the earth". Three men in oil-stained work clothes and hats grasp the large drill at center with their thick, leather gloves. The drill is pushed through the ground at the center of a circular platform which is decorated with oil splatters. A rug lies over the concrete floor behind the men where a small, wooden broom leans against a lightly-colored wall which is also spotted with oil. Rope extends from a portion of the drill's outer accessories down to a lower floor of the refinery in the foreground.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w 26 x 21 cm. photographic prints photographs
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