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Superior Oil Company derrick "No. 2," probably at Kettleman Hills, Kings County, 1931

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Title: Superior Oil Company derrick "No. 2," probably 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
Rights Information: Please contact the contributing institution for more information regarding the copyright status of this object.
Description: Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
View of Superior Oil Company derrick No. 2, probably at Kettleman Hills, with buildings at the base, a pipe emitting steam in the middle ground, 5 boilers in the distance on the left, and a cylindrical storage tank in the background on the right.
Handwritten on negative: C. C. Pierce & Co., 1572 W. Pico St. L.A.
Text from negative sleeve: 2, Superior Oil Co., Hoffman, No. 2, 3/8/1931.
Type: image
Identifier: uclamss_1756_0088
ark:/21198/zz002j255m
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Boilers
Petroleum industry--California
Oil wells--California
Source: C.C. Pierce Photographic Collection, circa 1898-1934

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