Two men drilling for oil, [s.d.]

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Photograph of two men drilling for oil, [s.d.]. The drill shaft is pictured at center, while a man at right appears to steady it with some sort of hanging apparatus. Closer to center, a second man can be seen adjusting the machinery. A small shack made of corrugated metal can be seen in the background behind him.

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Title Two men drilling for oil, [s.d.]

Subject oil fields (adlf), Petroleum industry and trade (lcsh), Petroleum refineries (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

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

Type images

Format 1 photograph : photonegative, b&w ; 13 x 10 cm. (aacr2), negatives (photographic) (aat), photographs (aat)

Source California Historical Society (contributing entity), California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960 (collection), Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960 (subcollection)

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-m22524

Identifier 49119 (accession number), CHS-49119 (call number), CHS-49119 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-21617 (legacy record id), chs-m22524 (legacy record id), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 21617

Unique identifier UC125395

Legacy Identifier CHS-49119.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 22.5 in × 29.4 in at 300dpi
57.2 cm × 74.7 cm at 300dpi

Inherited Values

Title Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960

Description The nearly 15,000 unique photographs of this collection contain the work of C.C. Pierce which cover the Los Angeles region city, street and architectural views, California Missions, Southwestern Native Americans, and turn-of-century Nevada, Arizona, and California. Pierce, active from 1886 to 1940, was one of the leading photographers of his day and amassed a collection of 15,000 images, including his own and those bought and copied from his contemporaries, George Wharton James and Charles Puck. The James collection contains over 2,000 images of portraits, customs, ceremonies, arts, and games of various groups of Southwestern Native Americans.

Date Created 1860/1960

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