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Title
Partial view 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 a partial view of an oil rig, [s.d.]. A small palm tree by the side of a road, is visible in the foreground, at left. The middle is occupied by the view of the lower half of an oil rig. The ramshackle base of the oil rig features loose boards and other debris on display. In the background, dirt roads and the partial view of a building, at left, can be seen.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : negative, b&w
13 x 10 cm.
negatives (photographic)
photographs
Identifier
chs-m30426 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-37177
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m30426
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-37177.jpg
Subject
Petroleum industry and trade
Oil well drilling rigs
Oil fields
Place
California
USA
Source
37177 [Accession number]
CHS-37177 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
USC
chs-m15009

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