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San Luis Obispo oil field

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Order Number	00042308
Title	San Luis Obispo oil field
Collection ID	Security Pacific National Bank Collection
Location/Accession	Industries-Oil-San Luis Obispo.; S-005-408 4x5
Physical Description	1 photograph :b&w
Description	Oil wells in San Luis Obispo near Edna, showing the early type of rig used. In the days of the Chumash Indians of this county they used the thick oil seepage, a crude tar, to line their water baskets and for decoration and fastening feathers and shells to their stone mortars.
Subject	Oil well drilling rigs--California--San Luis Obispo. Petroleum industry and trade--California--San Luis Obispo. Oil fields--California--San Luis Obispo.
Format	Photographic prints
Reproduction Information	Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Sub-Collection Name	Security Pacific National Bank Photo Collection