Name/Title
Print, PhotographicEntry/Object ID
1948.217.0496Description
Bairoil, 1923, Hughes Oil gusher.
Update - June 2010: Black & white glossy contact print. Image shows three oil derricks, several out buildings, a stationary steam engine emitting smoke plumes & a very large settling pond (in foreground). Sparsely vegetated. Hills in far distance.
Written on back in pencil: Hugh Oil Co. Bairoil (blue ink) Gusher 1923
Good condition. Image has several anomalies from original including opaque line side right; dark spot top left; few black flecks. Surface has minor scratches, scuffs, wrinkles & cracks in emulsion. Worn corners.Collection
Photograph Collection