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Hoist hook on an oil rig

Cleaning up after a tank blew up.

Picture taken on June 4th, 1928.

Oil overflow coming from spout

Oil workers on the Inca Lease

On June 9, 1940 there was a boiler explosion hurtling a five ton fire box a quarter of a mile through the air from the Standard well No. 22-17F in theCoalinga Nose field to the Robert S. Lytle Operator well No. 88-18F. Luckily thre was only one…

On June 19, 1940 there was a boiler explosion hurtling a five ton fire box a quarter of a mile through the air from the Standard well No. 22-17F in the Coalinga Nose field to the Robert S. Lytle Operator well No. 88-18F. Luckily thre was only one…

On June 19, 1940 there was a boiler explosion hurtling a five ton fire box a quarter of a mile through the air from the Standard well No. 22-17F in the Coalinga Nose field to the Robert S. Lytle Operator well No. 88-18F. Luckily there was only one…

On June 19, 1940 there was a boiler explosion hurtling a five tone fire box a quarter of a mile through the air from the Standard well No. 22-17F in the Coalinga Nose field to the Robert S. Lytle Operator well No. 88-18F. Luckily there was only one…

On June 19, 1940 there was a boiler explosion hurtling a five ton fire box a quarter of a mile through the air from the Standard well No. 22-17F in the Coalinga Nose field to the Robert S. Lytle Operator well No. 88-17F. Luckily there was only one…