Control head and rotary table at the Shell Oil Company "Williams No. 1" well, Buttonwillow, 1931

Item Overview

Title

Control head and rotary table at the Shell Oil Company "Williams No. 1" well, Buttonwillow, 1931

Photographer

Pierce, C. C. $q(Charles C.), $d1861-1946

Date Created

March 6, 1931

Date

1931-03-06

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

C.C. Pierce Photographic Collection, circa 1898-1934

Notes

Summary

Handwritten on negative: C. C. Pierce & Co. No. 8, 1572 W. Pico St. L.A., No. 1.

Description

View of a control head (Christmas tree assembly) with more than 20 valves at the Shell Oil Company Williams #1 oil well in Buttonwillow, Kern County.
View of a Christmas tree assembly with more than 20 valves at an oil well.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: 8, Shell deep test (Christmas tree), 3/6/1931. Button Willow.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph : b&w

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
black-and-white photographs

Names

Shell Oil Company

Location

Buttonwillow (Calif.)

Longitude

35.516626

Latitude

-119.527342

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Oil wells--California--Buttonwillow
Petroleum industry--California--Buttonwillow