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Watching contests at a Growlers Club picnic
Watching contests at a Growlers Club picnic
Walking around in the Black Flood of 1913
Black flood happened on July 23, 1913.
Volunteer Fire Dept. 1906
Hose and reel fire. These men fought fires without any horse drawn equipment. Top row, L-R: Clarence Hill, Frank Hummel, Chris Jacobsen, George Hughes, John Elrod, Bert Kinney (asst. chief), Ad Fearon, Joe Lacey (chief). Second row: Al Landers,…
View of the winch section of the oilfield hoist
Tidwater Oil Company oilfield hoist.
Vanderlip's Ford car and Fordson tractor
Vanderlip's Ford car and Fordson tractor
Truck at the back of Associated Oil Co. warehouse
Employees of Associated Oil Co. posing on their company truck at back of warehouse.
Train station in Coalinga 1900
Coalinga's train station
Tidewater Oil Company scene
Local field office of Tidewater Oil.
The Social Hall at California Oilfields Limited
The Social Hall at California Oilfields Limited
The first school in Coalinga oilfields
First school in Coalinga oil field. Located on Confidence Oil Company lease near West Side discovery well, Confidence No. 2, in fall of 1900. Schoolhouse, an abandoned homesteader's cabin moved there for the purpose of being a school. Teacher was…