Image / Superior Oil Company derrick "No. 1" at Kettleman Hills, Kings County, 1931

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Title: Superior Oil Company derrick "No. 1" at Kettleman Hills, Kings County, 1931
Contributor: Pierce, C. C. $q(Charles C.), $d1861-1946
Date Created and/or Issued: 1931-03-08
March 8, 1931
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Pierce (C.C.) Photographic Collection
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Description: Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
View of Superior Oil Company derrick No. 1 at Kettleman Hills, with a building at the base . The control head (Christmas tree assembly) of the well is visible at the base. In the background are a row of tanks and a large structure, perhaps a refining plant.
Photograph caption: Superior Oil Company - Huffman No. 1, Sec. 29 T. 21 S. R. 17 E., Kettleman Hills.
Text from negative sleeve: 3, Superior Oil Co., Hoffman No. 1, 3/8/1931
Handwritten on negative: C. C. Pierce & Co., 1572 W. Pico St. L.A., No. 3.
Type: image
Identifier: uclamss_1756_0082
ark:/21198/zz002j24z1
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Petroleum industry--California
Oil wells--California
Source: C.C. Pierce Photographic Collection, circa 1898-1934

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