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 a slow speed pump unit, an electric motor that drives the pumping unit, Santa Fe Springs Oil Field, ca.1931. A vertical metal coil can be seen at center in front of a small metal barrel-shaped object above it. A chain is visible to the right, while, "842806-1. Ideal. Automatic. Cut-Out. Switch. NSCO" can be seen written on a small placard at the bottom left portion of the machine. Tubes and wooden planks are visible at right, while what appears to be a barrel and walls can be seen in the background.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w 26 x 21 cm. photographic prints photographs
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