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Man on a drill inside of an oil well, [s.d.]
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Man on a drill inside of an oil well, [s.d.]
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Description
Photograph of a man on a drill inside of an oil well, [s.d.]. The man can be seen at center and is sitting on a chair attached to a long metal drill that ends just above the ground level. The wooden frame of the derrick can be seen behind the man, who is wearing boots and a hard hat. Three more oil wells can be seen in the background.
Asset Metadata
Title
Man on a drill inside of an oil well, [s.d.]
Subject
Men
(lcsh),
oil fields
(adlf),
Oil well drilling rigs
(lcsh),
Petroleum engineering
(lcsh),
Petroleum industry and trade
(lcsh)
Tags
OAI-PMH Harvest
Place
California
(states),
Los Angeles
(counties),
USA
(countries)
Type
images
Format
1 photograph : negative, b&w ; 18 x 13 cm.
(aacr2),
negatives (photographic)
(aat),
photographs
(aat)
Source
California Historical Society
(contributing entity),
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
(collection)
Publisher
University of Southern California. Libraries
(digital)
Repository Email
specol@lib.usc.edu
Repository Name
USC Libraries Special Collections
Repository Location
Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
Rights
Public Domain. Please credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library.
Copyright
Public Domain. Please credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library.
Access Conditions
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Permanent Link (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m30130
Identifier
37137 (
accession number
), CHS-37137 (
call number
), CHS-37137 (
filename
), chs-m15009 (
legacy collection record id
), chs-c65-23997 (
legacy record id
), chs-m30130 (
legacy record id
), USC (
project
)
IIIF ID
[Document.IIIFV3ID]
DM Record ID
23997
Unique identifier
UC131654
Legacy Identifier
CHS-37137.tiff
Type
Image
Internet Media Type
image/tiff
Resolution
13.2 in × 18.4 in at 300dpi
33.7 cm × 46.9 cm at 300dpi
Inherited Values
Title
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Description
The California Historical Society Collection is incomparable for the documentary picture it provides of the growth of Southern California, particularly the development of the Los Angeles region, between 1860 and 1960. The collection contains more than 25,000 photographs. The full archive was placed on long-term deposit at USC in 1990 and includes the Title Insurance and Trust Company Collection, also known as TICOR, and the Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection.
We are grateful to the following individuals who have improved the information in the Digital Library by bringing inaccuracies to our attention as well as adding information. C.J. Bell, Paul Boyle, James Cartwright, Phil Coscia, Bill Counter, Richard Davis, Ray DeLea, Mark French, Amanda Frye, Eric Gustafson, James King, Bill Morgan, Heather Pitts, Tim Poyorena-Miguel, Jo Anne Sadler, Ellen Lloyd Trover, Ruth Wallach, Kim Walters, Cynthia Wilson, Betsy Woodford, Chancy Woolridge, and many others.
Date Created
1860/1960
Linked assets
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
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