Cranfield-Gibson's Landing Pipe Line, Natches, Mississippi

Cranfield-Gibson's Landing Pipe Line, Natches, Mississippi

Photograph

Sol Libsohn

Maker
American, 1914–2001

Cranfield-Gibson's Landing Pipe Line, Natches, Mississippi

1944
Gelatin silver print
Image: 7 5/16 × 7 1/2 in. (18.6 × 19.1 cm)
Museum accession by exchange
1978.1069.0036
Inscriptions inscribed in blue ink, TRC: 16215
stamped in red ink on verso, C: PLEASE CREDIT \ STANDARD OIL CO. (N.J.) \ PHOTO BY LIBSOHN
stamped in red ink on verso, BRC: PLEASE RETURN UNUSED PHOTOS TO \ STANDARD OIL (N.J.) \ PUBLIC RELATIONS DEPT. \ 30 ROCKEFELLER PLAZA \ NEW YORK 20, N.Y.
typed in black ink on label adhered to verso, C: Libsohn Cranfield-Gibson's Landing Nov.,1944 \ Pipe Line, Natchez, Miss. \ 16215 (This eight inch discharge line which starts at Cranfield \ passes Natchez a little to the north and goes under the Mississippi \ to Gibson's Landing is jointly owned by Oklahoma Pipeline Company \ and Standard Oil Company of Louisiana, Pipe Line Division). \ Natchez, Miss. After right of way for Cranfield-Gibson's Landing \ Pipe Line is surveyed the 'thrush gang' goes along the line and \ cuts a 30 foot wide clearing through the trees and brush. These \ are left for bulldozers to shove aside.
inscribed in blue ink, BLC: 16215 [upside down]
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