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Category: Oil Industry

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Refined and Crude: An Aerial Photograph of the Richfield Oil Company Refinery, Paramount, 22 May 1929

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on May 22, 2020December 29, 2020
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Reading Between the Lines in a Letter from George H. Woodruff to Walter P. Temple, 14 May 1920

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on May 13, 2020December 29, 2020
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Drilling for Black Gold with the “Union Oil Company of California Bulletin,” April 1923

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on April 26, 2020December 29, 2020
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Drilling for Black Gold with “The Oil Industry” Magazine, 15 April 1909

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on April 15, 2020December 29, 2020
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Drilling for Black Gold: Promotional Materials for the Snowolene Oil Company, Los Angeles, 1923

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on March 21, 2020September 28, 2023
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Drilling for Black Gold: A Letter from West Whittier Oil Company to Walter P. Temple, 5 January 1921

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on January 5, 2020December 28, 2020
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All Over the Map While Drilling for Black Gold: A Map of the Huntingon Beach Oil Field, 26 November 1920

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on November 27, 2019September 28, 2023
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Drilling for Black Gold with the Union Oil Company of California “Bulletin,” November 1922

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on November 21, 2019January 6, 2021
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A Valuable Assist for a New Temple Family Photo Acquisition!

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on September 26, 2019January 7, 2021
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Wo/men at Work: Oil Industry Office Workers in Los Angeles, 1924 and 1928

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on September 1, 2019December 30, 2020
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