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Description: Taft oil well blow-out in Kern County, ca. 1920 Photograph of a Taft oil well blow-out in Kern County, ca. 1920. The well was owned by Standard Oil (10-36. 31-23). The blow-out consisted of 20,000 barrels of oil. At least 6 other derricks are visible in the hilly distance behind the oil gushing upward out of the derrick. Pipes lay in a pile at left adjacent to one of the oil rig shacks. Call number: CHS-2498 Legacy record ID: chs-m12359; USC-1-1-1-12514 Photographer: Clendenen, L.M. Filename: CHS-2498 Coverage date: circa 1920 Part of collection: California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960 Type: images Geographic subject (city or populated place): Taft Repository name: USC Libraries Special Collections Accession number: 2498 Microfiche number: 1-115-13 Archival file: chs_Volume78/CHS-2498.tiff Part of subcollection: Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960 Repository address: Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189 Geographic subject (country): USA Format (aacr2): 2 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprint, b&w ; 25 x 20 cm. Rights: Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library; From the California Historical Society Collection at the University of Southern California Subject (adlf): oil fields Project: USC Repository email: specol@usc.edu Contributing entity: California Historical Society Date created: circa 1920 Publisher (of the digital version): University of Southern California. Libraries Format (aat): photographic prints; photographs Geographic subject (state): California Subject (file heading): Industry -- Oil -- Kern County Format: glass plate negatives Access conditions: Send requests to address or e-mail given. Phone (213) 821-2366; fax (213) 740-2343. Geographic subject (county): Kern Subject (lcsh): Petroleum industry and trade; Petroleum refineries Subject: Standard Oil Company
Title: Taft oil well blow-out in Kern County, ca. 1920 (CHS-2498)
Credit: http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p15799coll65/id/11805
Author: Clendenen, L.M.
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License: Public domain
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