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Automatic Drilling, Bay City, Texas
Russell Lee (American, 1903–1986)
1948
Medium/Technique
Photograph, gelatin silver print, ferrotyped
Dimensions
Sheet: 16.51 x 24.13 cm (6 1/2 x 9 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mack and Paula Lee
Accession Number1995.836
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Photography
ClassificationsPhotographs
DescriptionDerrickman in his cage operating upper unit of automatic pipe racker.
InscriptionsBlind stamp, bottom ctr.: File Copy / Do not remove. Verso, typed label, ctr.: Lee Automatic Drilling #30 of Humble Oil & Refining Company, Sugar Valley Field, near Bay City, Texas July ‘48 / 59781 M-8. Stamped in black ink, u.l.: D74. stamped in red ink, bottom ctr: Please credit / Standard Oil Co. (N.1) / Photo by Russell Lee. Stamped in red ink, l.r. (slightly blurred): Return unused photos to / Standard Oil Co., (N.1.) / Public Relations Dept. / 30 ? Rockefeller Plaza / New York, 20, New York.
ProvenanceMack Lee, Winchester, MA; gift to MFA December 1995.