View of an oil well, photograph, page, photographer: Rogers, SG & TW, North and Central America (possibly), c. 1861 - in or before 1866, paper, albumen print, height 156 mm x width 119 mm, behind semi-transparent cover, pumping of oil, A sepia-toned photograph showing a weathered wooden structure with a slanted corrugated roof and rough plank walls situated at the base of a rocky cliff, a tall wooden framework or derrick rising from the structure with visible crossbeams and supports, a narrow deck or platform extending alongside the building, a vertical metal pipe or smokestack near the right side of the structure, layered rock faces forming the cliff behind with small ledges and vegetation, trees lining the top of the cliff including a mix of leafed and bare-branched trunks, dense foliage visible along the left edge, and a grassy foreground with a small stump and scattered ground cover.
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View of an oil well, photograph, page, photographer: Rogers, SG & TW, North and Central America (possibly), c. 1861 - in or before 1866, paper, albumen print, height 156 mm x width 119 mm, behind semi-transparent cover, pumping of oil, A sepia-toned photograph showing a weathered wooden structure with a slanted corrugated roof and rough plank walls situated at the base of a rocky cliff, a tall wooden framework or derrick rising from the structure with visible crossbeams and supports, a narrow deck or platform extending alongside the building, a vertical metal pipe or smokestack near the right side of the structure, layered rock faces forming the cliff behind with small ledges and vegetation, trees lining the top of the cliff including a mix of leafed and bare-branched trunks, dense foliage visible along the left edge, and a grassy foreground with a small stump and scattered ground cover.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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LZT26B02_159

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View oil well photograph page photographer Rogers Sg & Tw North Central America c 1861 - 1866 paper albumen print height 156 mm x width 119 mm semi-transparent cover pumping oil sepia-toned photograph showing weathered wooden structure slanted corrugated roof rough plank walls situated base rocky cliff tall wooden framework derrick rising structure visible crossbeams supports narrow deck platform extending alongside building vertical metal pipe smokestack near right side layered rock faces forming cliff small ledges vegetation trees lining top mix leafed bare-branched trunks dense foliage visible left edge grassy foreground small stump scattered ground cover

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