Visit to an Oil Field in Purissima Hills, USA Possibly 1908
geldolphadriaankessler
pencil drawn
photo of handprinted image
aged paper
toned paper
light pencil work
photo restoration
pencil sketch
ink colored
19th century
watercolor
"Visit to an Oil Field in Purissima Hills, USA" is a photograph by Dutch artist Geldolph Adriaan Kessler, dating back to 1908. The image captures a group of men standing in front of an oil derrick in the Purissima Hills, California, during the early days of oil exploration. The black and white photograph's composition emphasizes the stark landscape and the scale of the oil derrick, conveying the industrial nature of this burgeoning industry. This image serves as a valuable historical record of the development of the American oil industry.
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In 1908 Kessler accompanied the director of Koninklijke Olie (Royal Dutch Petroleum Company, later Shell), Henri Deterding, as secretary on a world tour. He travelled to Canada and the United States via the Dutch East Indies, Singapore, China, and Japan. Dolph’s photo album contains pictures of an oil field in California, as well as San Francisco’s town hall which had collapsed during an earthquake.
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