US UCLA Charles E. Young Research Library Department of Special Collections, A1713 Young Research Library, Box 951575, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575. E-mail: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu. Phone: (310)825-4988
Description
Photo appears with article: WELL BLAZE EXTINGUISHED: Huge Steel Cap Clapped on Getty Gusher After Two-Month Fight With Flames," Los Angeles Times, 05 Nov. 1928: A1. Text from newspaper caption: When Man Triumphed Over Raging Nature. Top picture shows steel cap and steam crane that moved up on well and dropped cap over blazing mouth Text from negative sleeve: Oil Well Fires. Santa Fe Springs.
Type
image
Format
b&w glass negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_b3719_G3459 ark:/21198/zz0002pk2c
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Oil industry workers--California--Santa Fe Springs Disaster Oil wells--Fires and fire prevention Petroleum industry and trade--Fires and fire prevention Caps and closures
Source
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection OpenUCLA Collections
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