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 an unidentified oil well, ca.1930. A tall, metal derrick stands at center with a cluster of structures made of flimsy wood paneling at its base. A separate wooden structure stands on the left with a short, thin pipe secreting a stream of smoke in its front yard. Another separate structure stands in front of the derrick at center with a wide cylinder protruding from its left side. A path winds around the edge of the dirt hill which supports the well from the cylinder to a large stack of pipes on the far right. The dirt hill continues above the structures into the background.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w 26 x 21 cm. photographic prints photographs
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