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Long Beach, California Oil Postcards [134998]

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Postcards Start Price:20.00 USD Estimated At:40.00 - 120.00 USD
Long Beach, California Oil Postcards [134998]
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Lot of 11 including 6 real photo postcards and 5 linen postcards. RPPC: oil wells at Signal Hill; "gusher"; oil well on fire at Signal Hill; oil field; etc. The Long Beach Oil Field is a large oil field underneath the cities of Long Beach and Signal Hill, California. Discovered in 1921, the field was enormously productive in the 1920s, with hundreds of oil derricks covering Signal Hill and adjacent parts of Long Beach.

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State: California
City: Long Beach
Provenance: Ken Prag Collection