1966 Press Photo Oil well pump upriver from New Orleans, Louisiana - noc01010

More than half of Louisiana's oil is produced by pumps like this one which is in a semi-shallow field just upriver from New Orleans. The glamor wells are the ones which are flowing with gas pressure, but the bread-and-butter still comes from the old reliable pumps, which are put on the well after the gas pressure has dropped.

Photo is dated 1966.

Photo measures 10 x 8 inches.