Vintage postcards show oil derricks in the L.A. area
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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 oil derricks in the L.A. area

Vintage postcards show an oily L.A. past. ()

Vintage postcards show oil derricks in the L.A. area

Vintage postcards show an oily L.A. past. ()

Vintage postcards show oil derricks in the L.A. area

Vintage postcards show an oily L.A. past. ()

Vintage postcards show oil derricks in the L.A. area

Vintage postcards show an oily L.A. past. ()

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