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The first oil well in the world 7409 ft. producing 4100 barrels a day brought in May 1928 by Richfield Oil Co

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Title: The first oil well in the world 7409 ft. producing 4100 barrels a day brought in May 1928 by Richfield Oil Co
Creator: Pierce, C. C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946
Contributing Institution: Huntington Library
Collection: Photographs
Rights Information: For information on using Huntington Library materials, please see Reproductions of Huntington Library Holdings: https://www.huntington.org/library-rights-permissions
Description: Oil wells and a water tank next to a house and landscaped garden.
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Type: image
Format: image/jpeg
Extent: 1 black and white photo; 25 x 20 cm
Identifier: 32296
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15150coll2/id/7527
Subject: Oil wells
Signal Hill (Long Beach, Calif.)
Richfield Oil Corporation
Photographic prints. (gmgpc)
Silver gelatin prints. (gmgpc)
Place: Signal Hill (Long Beach, Calif.)
Source: Photographs, Huntington Digital Library

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