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Title
Rotary drilling outfit, ca.1940
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1940
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 rotary drilling outfit, ca.1940. A man wearing a jumpsuit can be seen at left standing behind a circular-shaped machine reading, "[?] Stone Drill [?]", which is visible with a pole extending from the top of it. A large spool of cable can be seen to the right, while a cable extends from it toward the ceiling. The floor is composed of rough wooden planks, while metal walls are visible in the background.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w
17 x 22 cm.
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m12319
USC-2-1-1-12473 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-41090
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m12319
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-41090.jpg
Subject
Industry--Oil--Machinery
Petroleum industry and trade
Petroleum refineries
Industrial sites
Time Period
circa 1940
Place
California
USA
Source
1-115-82 [Microfiche number]
41090 [Accession number]
CHS-41090 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]

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