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Vintage postcards showing L.A.-area oil fields
Vintage postcards show a very different Venice Beach and Whittier landscape, with oil derricks everywhere. Much of Los Angeles history is tied up in oil.

Vintage postcards show an oily L.A. past.

Vintage postcards show an oily L.A. past.

Vintage postcards show an oily L.A. past.

Vintage postcards show an oily L.A. past.
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