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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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Check out these amazing gouache paintings done by the talented Megan R.! We are always delighted when someone creates art of our site!!!
Transformation in the Teens: The Workman and Temple Families in 1910s Los Angeles
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An ad for a horse race at the Santa Anita Park. Taken from a Mason House program from 1908.
We're always excited when our collection is used in someone's research! Check out this photo from our collection of Los Angeles Mayor Damien Marchessault, which was used by Annick Foucrier, a historian from Paris, in an article on the French in California.

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