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Title
New oil strike reported near San Fernando
Alternative Title
Valley Times Photo Collection
Contributor
This project was supported in whole or in part by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian
Made accessible through a grant from the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation and Photo Friends
Date Created and/or Issued
1954
Contributing Institution
Los Angeles Public Library
Collection
Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information
Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Description
Photograph was edited for publication purposes
Photograph caption dated November 8, 1954 reads, "Wildcat said to be promising - Lester B. Lytle, engineer, and C. W. Teater check core recoveries from test well at Cascade ranch. Well is reported to have cored 236 feet of oil sand."
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;26 x 21 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier
00140734
Valley Times Collection
HCNVT_d049_f1_i20
CARL0005720463
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/70032
Subject
Ranchers--California--San Fernando Valley
Ranches--California--San Fernando Valley
Oil wells--California--San Fernando Valley
Oil wells--Testing
Engineers--California--San Fernando Valley
Men--California--San Fernando Valley
San Fernando Valley (Calif.)
Valley Times Collection photographs
Portrait photographs
Group portraits
Time Period
1951-1960

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