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 field, September 16, 1883. A derrick stands tall and prominent in the foreground, with a wooden house-like structure built into its base. Two smoke stacks emit plumes of smoke on both sides of the derrick, and a line of five chimneys stands on a rooftop in the rightmost foreground. Left of the derrick is a large cylindrical tank, in front of which lies a ditch dug into the soil. Another set of chimneys sprouts from a house-like unit in the distance, alongside several oilrigs. In the background, one can see the slopes of hills, some with unidentifiable structures atop them. The words "n.a. Blauvelt No.1" are edited in white onto the picture as well as "ee. Pierce & co. 1572 W. Pico, L.A.".
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w 21 x 26 cm. photographic prints photographs
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