Esther Bubley
Oil field, Fritz Kobs B-3. Workover job, gun perforating. Raising gun onto derrick floor

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© Standard Oil (New Jersey) Collection, Photographic Archives, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky

Oil field, Fritz Kobs B-3. Workover job, gun perforating. Raising gun onto derrick floor
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ArtistAmerican, 1921–1998
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Oil field, Fritz Kobs B-3. Workover job, gun perforating. Raising gun onto derrick floor
Date1945
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 7 3/4 × 7 9/16 in. (19.7 × 19.2 cm)
 Sheet: 7 3/4 × 7 9/16 in. (19.7 × 19.2 cm)
Credit LineGift of Kenneth Polin
Object number2014.764
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
ProvenanceKenneth Polin, San Diego; given to MFAH, 2014.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
verso top right in blue ink: 26112
center in pencil: 26112
bottom center in pencil: 222 (a)
not signed
verso center a stamp in red: PLEASE CREDIT / STANDARD OIL CO. (N.J.); stamp in black: PHOTOGRAPH BY / ESTHER BUBLEY
bottom right a stamp in red: PLEASE RETURN UNUSED PHOTOS TO / STANDARD OIL CO. (N.J.) / PUBLIC RELATIONS DEPT. / 30 ROCKEFELLER PLAZA / NEW YORK, 20, NEW YORK

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