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  • Tags: Oil fields -- California -- Coalinga -- Photographs.

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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…

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The single men's white-collar employees quarters can be seen above the baseball field. California Oilfields Limited became part of Shell Oil Company in 1913.

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This was in the complex for unmarried white-collar employees called "The Bungalow". The owners believed that it was good business to offer decent living quarters.

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Pipeline was just completed from the oilfield to California Oilfields Limited's Ora.

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One of five pictures taken from different directions of the oil derricks in the oilfields of Coalinga Kettleman Hills.

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One of five pictures taken from different directions of the oil derricks in the oilfields of Coalinga Kettleman Hills.

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One of five pictures taken from different directions of the oil derricks in the oilfields of Coalinga Kettleman Hills.

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One of five pictures taken from different directions of the oil derricks in the oilfields of Coalinga Kettleman Hills.
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