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An Oil Gusher

Artist Unknown
Date1929
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 3 1/16 × 2 1/16 inches (7.77 × 5.23 cm)
Sheet: 3 1/2 × 2 1/2 inches (8.89 × 6.35 cm)
Credit LineGift of Peter J. Cohen
Object number2015.9.238
Signednone
InscribedOn sheet recto, bottom margin, in blue ink: "An oil gusher"; On sheet verso, upper left corner, in pencil: "1929"
MarkingsStamped on sheet verso, upper right corner, in blue ink: "5"
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Not on view
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DescriptionImage of an oil gusher shooting into the sky; power lines in foreground.
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