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Elks softball champs. Those named are Front Row: 5th person Chip Poindexter, 7th person Floyd Howe. Back Row: 1st Person Ted O'Neill, 5th person Wally Ping, 6th person Ivan McMurtry, 7th person Jim Nunez, 10th person Ernie Rabanus.

Three men on ground near oil well buildings and man on top of derrick. Hills in background.

Oil wells with hills in background. One of the wells is gushing.

Woman and two children next to automobile with oil fields in background. Taller girl is Susie Tagawa from Hanford. Tagawa family visited friends in Coalinga.

Oil derricks on hills.

Six people seated among wildflower with oil derricks in background.

Photo of a two story wooden building at Fresno Hot Springs possibly the hotel built in 1896 by Colonel Henry Burrough. Originally known as Roger's Sulphur Springs after its discover by James Rogers, later Fresno Hot Springs, and today Coalinga…

Bathhouses or cottages at the Fresno Hot Springs Resort located near present-day Coalinga. The two story hotel built in 1896 can be seen in the background. Originally known as Roger's Sulphur Springs after its discover James Rogers, later Fresno…

Time delay image showing an evening street scene in Coalinga, California. Visible in the photo is the Bank of Coalinga. The 1910 city directory lists the bank's address as 201 5th street. Thus this photo was taken from the middle of 5th Street…

The Coalinga Fiesta Parade dated 10, May 1911 as seen from the corner of 5th Street and E in Coalinga. A float with women riders is in the center of the photograph while people in automobiles, on horseback, and on foot are viewing the activity. In…