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 oil seep in a "blowout", Mexico(?), ca.1930. The oil is shooting straight up into the air and the wind carries it to the left. The oil derrick is about 75 feet high. A ladder proceeds up the side of it to the top which is completely obscured by the oil. A few trees and the roof of a building are visible at the bottom of the image.
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprint, b&w 20 x 13 cm., 21 x 17 cm. glass plate negatives photographic prints photographs
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