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Title
Asphalt pit, Carpinteria Tar Pits
Creator
Unknown
Contributor
Black Gold Cooperative Library System
Date Created and/or Issued
undated: circa early 20th century
Contributing Institution
Black Gold Cooperative Library System
Collection
Hispanics on the Central Coast - 300 Years of History
Rights Information
Copyright status unknown
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Description
Men and horses work at Carpinteria asphalt pit. Image originally obtained from Santa Barbara Public Library.
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print : b&w ; 21 X 26 cm.
Identifier
http://www.luna.blackgold.org/luna/servlet/detail/blackgold~4~4~78~1112
http://blackgold.lunaimaging.com:80/MediaManager/srvr?mediafile=/Size2/blackgold~4~4/36/BG-HIS-11-096.jpg
ark:/13030/c8gf0s8f
Language
English
Subject
Carpinteria Tar Pits (Calif.)
Hispanic Americans--California--Santa Barbara County
Petroleum industry--California--Carpinteria
Source
BG-HIS-11-096.jpg
Part of "Historical Photos of Four Ethnicities on California's Central Coast" Collection
Originally published as part of Hispanics on the Central Coast: a photo essay

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