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Title: Hardison and Stewart Oil Rig
Creator: Unknown
Date Created and/or Issued: circa 1887
Publication Information: Museum of Ventura County
Contributing Institution: Museum of Ventura County
Collection: General Collection
Rights Information: The copyright to this image has not been determined. These images are intended for personal or research use only. Please contact library staff for rights determinations and additional uses.
Description: View of oil rig on the right side of the image, some men with large pipes mid image and another piece of equipment on the left of the image. There are buildings in the background and behind those are tall hills or mountains. According to library records: "Tar Creek Canyon, 'spudded in' 1887."
Type: image
Format: 23.8 x 16.8 cm
17.8 x 13 cm
Black and white photograph
Identifier: 2818
Language: English
Subject: Oil well drilling rigs
Oil wells
Petroleum workers
Place: California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Fillmore (Calif.)
Source: Santa Paula Historical Society

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