Silhouette: "Oil"

This is one of two zinc silhouettes created in the summer of 1939 specifically for the United States Geological Survey's alcove in the original exhibitions of the U.S. Department of the Interior Museum. The silhouette was constructed from plate glass, zinc, chrome paper, and molding at an average cost of $35.31 per foot. The scene from left to right depicts a vehicle, two workers, seven oil derrick towers, trees, outbuildings and storage tanks. It was displayed in a high, recessed backlit niche near the ceiling.