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1957 Tidelands Wildcat Oil Platform Santa Barbara Rare Original Press Photo

Description: An original press photograph from the archives of the venerable 150 year-old Star Tribune newspaper in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Type & Size: A 7x9" original photograph.Condition: Photo from a working archive. May contain notes, marks, labels, clippings, and/or retouching by the staff at the time of publication. May contain issues associated with time, age, and use. Please see images for scans.An oil exploration platform is depicted off the coast of Santa Barbara, California, on March 25, 1957. A tugboat with workers approaches the structure, which stands as the first drilling platform to operate in California's tidelands. An individual, likely part of the crew, observes from the boat as the platform prepares for drilling operations.This period marked the beginning of offshore oil drilling advancements in California, setting significant precedents for future energy exploration. The platform in the photograph represents early efforts and investment in coastal oil extraction, with daily costs reaching $9,000 to probe beneath the ocean floor.Text present on photo:0325O1N-3/25/57-SANTA BARBARA, CALIF.: TIDELANDS WILDCAT—Tug with workers approaches oil exploration platform off Santa Barbara, Calif., where two oil companies are pouring $9000 a day down a hole in an effort to find out where to drill another hole. The drilling platform is the first to sink its teeth into California's tidelands and its owners hope it will prove up commercial oil deposits. UNITED PRESS TELEPHOTO-sm.- - - The press photo archives contained a mix of silver gelatin and wire photographs from sources such as Associated Press Wirephoto. Generally B&W images with no typed text on them in this archive are silver gelatin images, and photos with typed text are wire photos. All images are vintage and original to their era.

Price: 36 USD

Location: Carlsbad, California

End Time: 2024-12-30T15:38:40.000Z

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 1957 Tidelands Wildcat Oil Platform Santa Barbara Rare Original Press Photo 1957 Tidelands Wildcat Oil Platform Santa Barbara Rare Original Press Photo

Item Specifics

Return shipping will be paid by: Seller

All returns accepted: Returns Accepted

Item must be returned within: 30 Days

Refund will be given as: Money Back

Type: Photograph

Subject: offshore, exploration, drilling, tugboat, workers, California, 1

Theme: history, transportation, industrial, conflicts & wars

Featured Person/Artist: none

Production Technique: Gelatin-Silver Print

Year of Production: 1957

Original/Licensed Reprint: Original

Size: 7x9 inches

Time Period Manufactured: 1950-1959

Number of Photographs: 1

Antique: No

Unit of Sale: Single Piece

Vintage: Yes

Framing: Unframed

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