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Title
U.S. petroleum production chart
Alternative Title
Works Progress Administration Photo Collection
Date Created and/or Issued
1936
Publication Information
Federal Writers' Project
Contributing Institution
Los Angeles Public Library
Collection
Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information
Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Description
Chart showing the petroleum production with the comparison of 3 major fields (California, Oklahoma and Texas) and the remainder of the U.S.A. during the years 1876-1934. The 3 major fields, as represented on the left by the tallest tower, produced 11,307,000,000 billions of barrels. In contrast, the smaller tower on the right represents 4,948,000,000 billions of barrels. The chart, sponsored by the Federal Writers' Project, was drawn by D.C. Newmarch. Dated October 1936.
Type
Image
Format
1 photograph :b&w
Photographic prints
Identifier
00067737
Works Progress Administration Collection
WPA 374 4x5; WPA 370 4x5
CARL0000072951
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/2963
Subject
Oil industries--United States--Charts, diagrams, etc
Works Progress Administration Collection photographs
United States--Charts, diagrams, etc
Newmarch, D. C

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