Heavy duty, steam-driven rotary drilling oil rig, ca.1930

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Photograph of a heavy duty, steam-driven rotary drilling rig, ca.1930. The steel derrick (136' x 30') is capable of drilling up to fourteen thousand feet and stands above a large, wooden base at center. What appear to be barrels lie in the dirt in front of the base while automobiles stand on the right of it. Several small, wooden structures stand in front of a cylinder on the right which appears to be secreting smoke over the machines to the left of it. Another cylinder stands on the left behind another automobile while four tall pipes stand in a row next to it. A cluster of trees can be seen behind the cylinder on the left while a field of grass lies in front of a short, wire fence in the foreground.

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Title Heavy duty, steam-driven rotary drilling oil rig, ca.1930

Subject Industry -- Oil -- General (file heading), oil fields (adlf), Petroleum industry and trade (lcsh), Petroleum refineries (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), Los Angeles (counties), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1930

Type images

Format 1 photograph : photoprint, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm. (aacr2), photographic prints (aat), photographs (aat)

Source California Historical Society (contributing entity), California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960 (collection), Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection, 1890-1960 (subcollection)

Date Created 1930

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 Send requests to address or e-mail given

Permanent Link (DOI) https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m12284

Identifier 41027 (accession number), CHS-41027 (call number), CHS-41027 (filename), chs-m825 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-11741 (legacy record id), chs-m12284 (legacy record id), USC-2-1-1-12438 (legacy record id), 84-1-1749 (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 11741

Unique identifier UC130520

Legacy Identifier CHS-41027.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 20.8 in × 16.4 in at 300dpi
52.9 cm × 41.8 cm at 300dpi

Inherited Values

Title Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection 1890-1960

Description The more than 3,600 unique photographs of this collection document the Chamber's promotional efforts during the city's early years. In addition to stock photographs, there are pictures of the elaborate booths and displays that the Chamber prepared for use at state fairs and international trade shows. The photographic collection contains images showing the growth of important municipal enterprises, such as ground transportation systems, aviation, and shipping. In addition there are about 1,000 lantern slides in this collection -- not yet fully digitized.

Date Created 1860/1960

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