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Working at California Oilfields Limited, which was sold to Shell Oil Company.

Shell had the largest oil camp in the world at the time the picture was taken.

Shell Oil Company Section 27

Shell Oil Company bunk house #4 and office

Shell Oil Company

California Oilfields Limited, also known as Oilfields Limited, started in 1901 by William M. Graham from Pennsylvania who had knowledge of the oil business when he gained the support of Balfour, Williamson, and Company, the San Franciso branch of…

Supply train for the oil fields

Shell Oil Camp Section 28, Coalinga

Shell workers laying a pipeline.

Shell workers building a pipeline north of town.