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 deepest oil well on Signal Hill, Long Beach, May 1, 1928. What appears to be a two-story cottage-style residential home stands behind a palm tree to the right of a tall oil siphon tower at center. The tower marked an oil well that was 7,409 feet deep and was operated by the Richfield Oil Company. A water tower can be seen behind the house to the right, as well as a second siphon in the distance to the left. A tall, conical shrub droops in from the left foreground.
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : photonegative, photoprint, b&w 13 x 10 cm., 21 x 26 cm. negatives (photographic) photographic prints photographs
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