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Title
View of the lower half of an oil rig
Publication Information
University of Southern California. Libraries
Contributing Institution
California Historical Society
University of Southern California Digital Library
Collection
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Rights Information
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
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Description
Photograph of the view of the lower half of an oil rig, [s.d.]. The base of the oil rig is surrounded by what appears to be debris - the ramshackle oil rig's lower half is the only portion visible. There are numerous men visible inside the base of the rig - they all appear to be working. The rig rests on the sand and the ocean is visible in the background. At right, four men are visible amid the debris - three are standing on the sand and appear to be busy, while the fourth is sitting on what appears to be a large iron pipe.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photonegative, b&w
10 x 13 cm.
negatives (photographic)
photographs
Identifier
chs-m30433 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-37185
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m30433
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-37185.jpg
Subject
Petroleum industry and trade
Oil well drilling rigs
Oil wells--Equipment and supplies
Beaches
Place
California
USA
Source
37185 [Accession number]
CHS-37185 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
USC
chs-m15009

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