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Sepia toned panoramic group photo of the students and staff of the May Henning School, built in 1928. Students and teachers sit and stand in front of the school, school building visible behind them. Photograph appears to have been folded at some…

Group photo of Henrietta McNeil, baby Lee Mosher and mother (Mabel Mosher), and Rebecca Mosher standing in the surf by Pierpont Pier in Ventura, California. Pier visible in background. Women are in swimsuits and Mabel Mosher wears a swim cap while…

Exterior view of "Mill Dist. School Ventura Co.", a single story building with a driveway to a parking lot at the building's right and a flagpole in font. Photo corner has the number "-851-".

A man in a hat stands in front of "Equipment needed to process crude oil into its components. Re: Gas, kerosene, oil, etc."

Image showing men working to load drilling casing onto a flatbed truck with a crane. "Flat bed truck and crane used for hauling drilling casing to drill site."

Steam generating plant showing six boilers to the right of image. "Old type steam generating plant. 6 boilers."

Bird's eye view of old abandoned drilling site, with dilapidated buildings in view. "Presently this type of operation would be cleaned up and wells 'capped' for future use or discard."

A man in a hard hat stands next to oil drilling equipment in the outdoors.

An older man stands on an older style wooden drilling platform that is abandoned. The well is just to the right of the "Old-Timer". The large cable reel is in the rear and there are several pieces of equipment left on the platform deck.

Bird's eye view of a portable drilling rig, most likely cleaning out or reworking a previously drilled well. Standing tubing stock piled on ground for future use.

Truck used for hauling equipment to oil drilling site. Truck has tubing on the back and is loading small drilling or cleanout rig. Two men in hard hats in image.

View of a gas station with three cars parked at the pumps. One man fills his car with gas. Buildings in the background.

Library records indicate this is part of "The Petroleum Industry - transportation & refining. Marguerite Brown Study Prints."

Closeup view of Union Oil tank truck. A man stands on top of it, filling it with a hose.

Library records indicate this is part of "The Petroleum Industry - transportation & refining. Marguerite Brown Study Prints."

Closeup view of tank cars being loaded with oil.

Library records indicate this is part of "The Petroleum Industry - transportation & refining. Marguerite Brown Study Prints."

Bird's eye view of oil tanker in the ocean.

Library records indicate this is part of "The Petroleum Industry - transportation & refining. Marguerite Brown Study Prints."

Closeup view of a ship loading oil. A Union 76 storage tank is in left foreground of the image.

Library records indicate this is part of "The Petroleum Industry - transportation & refining. Marguerite Brown Study Prints."

Bird's eye view of ships loading oil in a harbor. Ships, buildings, and oil storage tanks visible, as well as water surrounding harbor and tracks running through the harbor.

Library records indicate this is part of "The Petroleum Industry -…

Bird's eye view of several crude oil storage tanks.

Library records indicate this is part of "The Petroleum Industry - transportation & refining. Marguerite Brown Study Prints."

Several men work to lay an oil pipeline around a bend. There is a construction vehicle securing some of the pipe as it gets placed.

Library records indicate this is part of "The Petroleum Industry - transportation & refining. Marguerite Brown…

Bird's eye view of an oil field, with mountains and agricultural fields in the background.

Library records indicate this is part of "The Petroleum Industry - transportation & refining. Marguerite Brown Study Prints."

Closeup view of an oil field pump. Oil derrick in background.

Library records indicate this is part of "The Petroleum Industry - transportation & refining. Marguerite Brown Study Prints."

View of oil derricks and drilling equipment on oil fields.

Library records indicate this is part of "The Petroleum Industry - transportation & refining. Marguerite Brown Study Prints."

Four men work with an oil drill.

Library records indicate this is part of "The Petroleum Industry - transportation & refining. Marguerite Brown Study Prints."

A man in a hard hat leans down on the ground holding an oil drill bit into the ground.

Library records indicate this is part of "The Petroleum Industry - transportation & refining. Marguerite Brown Study Prints."

Bird's eye view of an oil derrick that appears to be under construction. Construction equipment and scaffolding around the derrick is visible.

Library records indicate this is part of "The Petroleum Industry - transportation & refining. Marguerite…