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 derrick standing tall at Mt. View Oil Field's Dana Hogan Discovery Well in Kern County, ca.1920. The oilrig stands right of center, with a small wooden staircase leading up to a platform beneath it. Around the base sit some drilling equipment and across it stands a house-like structure. Several wooden planks stab into the soil in the foreground at even lengths from each other, while several cylindrical tanks sit at left. Behind them, three oilrigs can be seen in the distance, as can several others in the far center. The sky hangs cloudy overhead.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w 21 x 26 cm. photographic prints photographs
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