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 the Continental Oil Company Elliot #8 oil well and gas trap in Kettleman Hills, March 8, 1931. The metal scaffolding of the oil well is visible on the left side of the image in the background. In front of it is a series of closely spaced cylindrical tanks connected by a network of pipes. On the right side of the image is a large shiny cylindrical tank with a stairway on the left side. Around the tanks, there are utility and light poles.
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : transparency, photoprint, b&w 21 x 26 cm. transparencies photographic prints photographs
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