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Category: Oil Industry

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Drilling for Black Gold: Celebrating the First Temple Lease Oil Well, July 1917

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on July 17, 2017December 28, 2020
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Drilling for Black Gold on the Temple Lease, Montebello Oil Field, June 1917

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on June 25, 2017December 28, 2020
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Drilling for Black Gold: La Brea Oil Field, 1920s

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on January 26, 2017December 29, 2020
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Drilling for Black Gold in the Olinda Oil Field, 1916

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on December 20, 2016January 4, 2021
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All Over the Map: Temple Oil Lease at Montebello

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on November 23, 2016December 30, 2020
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Drilling for Black Gold in the Los Angeles Oil Field, 1890s

  • by homesteadmuseum
  • Posted on November 17, 2016December 30, 2020
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Drilling for Black Gold at the San Fernando Oil Region, 1873-1875

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  • Posted on October 17, 2016December 30, 2020
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