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Title
Powell-Stockton oil derrick no. 1, Kettleman Hills oil field, Kings County. January 1923
Date Created and/or Issued
1932-01
Contributing Institution
Huntington Library
Collection
Photographs
Rights Information
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Description
A panoramic view of an oil rig in the Kettleman Hills oil field in Kings County. There is oil rig on the center which has a few sheds nearby, connected by power/telephone lines and pipes. A group of twenty-five men and women stand on a slightly elevated platform that extends to the right of the derrick. Most of the people are in nice suits or dresses, but a group nearest the rig wears dirty coveralls. A sign leaning against the base of the platform reads "Powell-Stockton ; Inv. Co. Ltd. ; No 1." A truck is parked next to a shed on the left. The surrounding land is dry and hilly, with only low scrub growing.
Type
Image
Format
image/jp2
Extent
26 x 120 cm (10 x 47 in)
Identifier
167809
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15150coll2/id/4481
Subject
Kings County (Calif.)--Photographs
Oil well drilling rigs--California--Photographs
Oil wells--California--Photographs
Panoramas--California--Photographs
Negatives. (aat)
Place
Kings County (Calif.)
Source
Photographs, Huntington Digital Library

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