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Photograph caption dated February 16, 1950 reads, "Woo 1 wildcat well at Lassen St. east of Balboa Ave. in Sepulveda area presents unusual nocturnal scene as lights illuminate sky. Well is being drilled for Standard Oil Co."
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image
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1 photographic print :b&w ;26 x 21 cm. Photographic prints
Standard Oil Company Petroleum industry and trade--California--Los Angeles Petroleum refineries--California--Los Angeles Oil well drilling rigs--California--Los Angeles Oil industries--California--Los Angeles Lassen Streeet (Los Angeles, Calif.) Sepulveda (Los Angeles, Calif.) North Hills (Los Angeles, Calif.) Night photographs Valley Times Collection photographs
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