Caption

Early oil field exploitation in Pennsylvania, around 1862

Date

22 févr. 2008

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Heinz-Dieter Falkenstein

Reference

BRK25F63_190

Model release

Non

Property release

Non

License type

Droits gérés

Available size

97.0Mo (17.0Mo) / 57.8cm x 42.0cm / 6832 x 4965 (300dpi)

Keywords

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