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Title
Men adjusting a drill inside an oil well
Publication Information
University of Southern California. Libraries
Contributing Institution
California Historical Society
University of Southern California Digital Library
Collection
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Rights Information
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
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Description
Photograph of men adjusting a drill inside an oil well, [s.d.]. The long metal drill can be seen at center, and a man can be seen examining the drill bit, which is approximately at eye level. Four other men can be seen in the background at left. The wooden frame of the oil derrick can be seen behind the drill, while a large metal gear and chain mechanism can be seen in the foreground at right.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : negative, b&w
18 x 13 cm.
negatives (photographic)
photographs
Identifier
chs-m30133 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-37140
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m30133
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-37140.jpg
Subject
Petroleum industry and trade
Oil well drilling rigs
Petroleum engineering
Men
Oil fields
Place
California
Los Angeles
USA
Source
37140 [Accession number]
CHS-37140 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
USC
chs-m15009

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