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Drilling for Black Gold: A Press Photo from the Christening of the Oil Tanker “Larry Doheny,” 12 August 1927

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  • Posted on August 12, 2020December 30, 2020
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Drilling for Black Gold with “The Oil Industry” Magazine, 15 April 1909

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  • 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

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  • Posted on March 21, 2020December 29, 2020
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Drilling for Black Gold: A Letter from West Whittier Oil Company to Walter P. Temple, 5 January 1921

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  • 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

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  • Posted on November 27, 2019January 6, 2021
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Wo/men at Work: Oil Industry Office Workers in Los Angeles, 1924 and 1928

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  • Posted on September 1, 2019December 30, 2020
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Drilling for Black Gold: The Strange Saga of C.C. Julian, Part One

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  • Posted on July 20, 2019December 30, 2020
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Drilling for Black Gold: Oil Well Fires at Santa Fe Springs, November 1928

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  • Posted on November 19, 2017December 21, 2020
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  • “We Are Swept with That Profound Pride and Patriotism”: The Official Program of the Pacific Fleet Festival, Los Angeles & Southern California, 9-13 August 1919
  • At Our Leisure Through the Viewfinder: A Photo Album of Camping in Big Santa Anita Canyon, San Gabriel Mountains, ca. 1910s
  • “Financial Facts for the Protection of the Investing Public”: The August 1920 issue of American Globe/ The Pacific Trade Review, Los Angeles
  • Working the Land: The Day Book of Laura González for the Workman Homestead, Rancho La Puente, July-August 1887
  • Disconnected and Out of Service: A Press Photo of Los Angeles Mayor Frederic T. Woodman, ca. 1916

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Press photo, 1929. Spectators watch as each boat tries to knock the other over.
La Casa Nueva is turning 100! Check out these certificates we received from the State Senate in recognition of this milestone.
Free; tour sizes are limited and space is available on a first-come, first-served basis.
There's maintenance going on at the Homestead! This historic arch needed some help to stay standing, so we brought in some experts to get it back into shape.
Monument, Memorial, Showpiece, Home: Celebrating La Casa Nueva at 100
Check out this shot of our fountain from Song of the Gringo compared to a photo of our fountain today. Did you know our fountain supposedly contains the millstones from Workman's mill?

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