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Photograph was edited for publication purposes Photograph caption dated December 7, 1950 reads, "Since workmen uncovered ancient fossil in sand during wildcat oil well drilling operations on her father's Canoga Park ranch, Wanda Dotta, thinks she might take up geology. She is Canoga Park High School student. Claire Gibson, president of company conducting operations, shows here [sic] minute fossil."
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image
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1 photographic print :b&w ;9 x 11 cm. Photographic prints
Oil well drilling--California--Los Angeles Oil industries--California--Los Angeles Oil fields--California--Los Angeles Oil wells--California--Los Angeles High school students--California--Los Angeles Young women--California--Los Angeles Men--California--Los Angeles Fossils Canoga Park (Los Angeles, Calif.) Valley Times Collection photographs Portrait photographs Group portraits
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