Oil Rig
Photographer
Harvey Caplin
(1915 Rochester, New York - 1984 Albuquerque, New Mexico)
Date1958
Mediumgelatin silver print
Dimensions9 1/2 × 7 9/16 in. (24.1 × 19.2 cm)
ClassificationsPhotography
Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, gift of John Airy
Object numberPA1982.181.1218
DescriptionA bundle of drill pipe sections is contained with an oil rig scaffolding in the San Juan Basin in New Mexico. The wildcat oil rig tower is to the right and has cables leading from its platforms to the ground. A pulley and cable system hangs from the uppermost platform.On View
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