Légende
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.
Crédit
Photo12/Liszt Collection
Notre référence
LZT26B02_159
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
43.0Mo (8.9Mo) / 28.8cm x 37.4cm / 3404 x 4414 (300dpi)