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 four men adjusting a drill inside an oil well, [s.d.]. The long metal drill can be seen at center, and one man in a jumpsuit is holding it in place as another adjusts the bit on the end of the long pole. A third man looks on from lef, while another is visible in the shadows at right. The wooden frame of the oil derrick can be seen behind them, along with a column of thick pipes. The frame of another oil well can be seen in the background.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : negative, b&w 18 x 13 cm. negatives (photographic) photographs
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