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 a horse-drawn carriage on the edge of a Summerland oil field, 1902. A man dressed in a suit sits in the open-air carriage at left, his back turned to the viewer. Slightly right of this, a second man tends the horse, which is badly emaciated. Filling the background, oil derricks can be seen on the bank of a body of water, over which they extend by way of bridge. A wooden roof is also visible to the right, free of any house. A set of large metal wheels stands in the left mid-ground. Back of photoprint reads, "Pipe sticking out indicates that it is a shallow well (1400 ft.). Looking west".
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : photonegative, photoprint, b&w 21 x 26 cm. negatives (photographic) photographic prints photographs
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