Original Photographs of the Tupman Oil Field and Big Tar Canyon in Kern County.
by (CALIFORNIA: OIL)
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- Signed
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- Seller
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Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
[Coalinga]: n.p., [ca. 1930]. This small gathering belonged to Stanley Siegfus, a mining consultant, geologist, and engineer whose papers are held at the Huntington Library. It includes:Four panoramic silver gelatin photographs (10 1/2 x 3 3/4 inches) of Big Tar Canyon, an oil producing region in the San Joaquin Valley near Coalinga. In the original envelope from R. W. Richards of the USGSSixteen (3 duplicates) original photographs of the oil business in the Tupman oil field.A typed letter signed from R.W. Richards to Stanley Siegfus. It discusses the Big Tar Canyon as well as other oil fields (Garza Creek, McAdam's well). Written on USGS letterhead and dated June 7, 1933. Oil field photographs from the Tupman lease in Kern County, CA—acquired in 1920 by the Standard Oil Company. Images include oil derricks, rigs, company buildings views of the fields etc.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Nat DesMarais Rare Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 75392
- Title
- Original Photographs of the Tupman Oil Field and Big Tar Canyon in Kern County.
- Author
- (CALIFORNIA: OIL)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- n.p.
- Place of Publication
- [Coalinga]
- Date Published
- [ca. 1930]
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About the Seller
Nat DesMarais Rare Books, ABAA
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Portland, Oregon
About Nat DesMarais Rare Books, ABAA
Nat DesMarais Rare Books specializes in books on the Sierra Nevada (particularly Yosemite), the Mojave, and California books in general. We also deal in the art of the American West, voyages and travels and nineteenth century literature.