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Historic Oil and Gas Drilling in the Los Angeles Area
Corner of 1st and Belmont Streets, Los Angeles City oil field circa 1900. Courtesy of the Seaver Center for Western History Research, Los Angeles Museum of Natural History.  

Corner of 1st and Belmont Streets, Los Angeles City oil field circa 1900. Courtesy of the Seaver Center for Western History Research, Los Angeles Museum of Natural History.

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Signal Hill oil field at Atlantic and 28th Streets, circa 1930. Courtesy of the Long Beach Public Library Collection. Signal Hill field, circa 1930. Corner of 1st and Belmont Streets, Los Angeles City oil field circa 1900. Courtesy of the Seaver Center for Western History Research, Los Angeles Museum of Natural History. First Street, Los Angeles City oil field circa 1900. Courtesy of the Seaver Center for Western History Research, Los Angeles Museum of Natural History. Los Angeles City oil field in the 1890s. Courtesy of the California History Room, California State Library, Sacramento, California.

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