Laying phone cable, Golden Meadow, Louisiana, 1950.
Title
Laying phone cable , Golden Meadow , Louisiana , 1950 .
Creator
Lee, Russell, 1903-1986 (photographer)
Description
Seismograph operations of Humble Oil and Refining Company near Golden Meadow , Louisiana . Cable and pickup laying crew are towed in wake of marsh buggy in their pirogue . Here cable is being paid out and a phone is about to be placed deep in the marsh mud by a man with a pole .
Subject
Surveying Telephone lines Men Employees
Volume Number
070
Tab Heading
Laying Geophones and Cables
Group
Louisiana Images
Location Depicted
Golden Meadow (La.)
Region
Southeast
Date Original
1950-05
Object Type
Safety film negatives
Source
35 mm. b&w safety film negative. Item no. SONJ 67545 M-1 in the Standard Oil (New Jersey) Collection, University of Louisville Photographic Archives.
Citation Information
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Collection
Standard Oil (New Jersey) Collection
Collection Website
http://digital.library.louisville.edu/cdm/landingpage/collection/sonj/
Digital Publisher
University of Louisville Photographic Archives
Format
image/jpeg
Ordering Information
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Image Number
67545 M-1
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