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 Standard Oil Company #8-1-P gas traps in Kettleman Hills, California, March 7, 1931. There are several tall, thin, metal cylinders in the foreground with a network of pipes connecting them to themselves and the ground. Behind them on the right is an arrangement of pipes and valves laid out orderly and near to the ground. There are two very large cylindrical tanks in the middle of the image. In the background are grassy hills.
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : transparency, photoprint, b&w 21 x 26 cm. transparencies photographic prints photographs
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