Gas Fire and Oil Well
Photographer
Harvey Caplin
(1915 Rochester, New York - 1984 Albuquerque, New Mexico)
Date1958
Mediumgelatin silver print
Dimensions9 7/16 × 7 1/2 in. (23.9 × 19.1 cm)
ClassificationsPhotography
Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, gift of John Airy
Object numberPA1982.181.1220
DescriptionExcess gas burns beside an oil rig in the San Juan Basin in New Mexico. The rig has cables running from the top of the tower to the ground. There are raised sheds at the base of the oil well rigging. The flames from the gas fire are in the foreground and are being blown toward the left of the frame.On View
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