[OIL - CALIFORNIA]. Stereoviews and ephemera related to the early oil industry, especially in California, comprising:

California's Greatest Industry: A Review of its Resources and Prospects. San Francisco: Palmer Union Oil Company, 1912. 8vo. Folding map with hand coloring, photographic illustrations. Original publisher's wrappers. FIRST EDITION of the promotional booklet promoting oil speculation in California. RARE: OCLC locates 5 copies, all in California, with online records indicating no copies sold at auction. -- ARNOLD, Ralph. Preliminary Statement Palmer Union Oil Company. Santa Maria District, CA: Palmer Oil Company, 15 September 1911. 4pp., 8 5/8 x 14 in. pamphlet (old creases, minor toning). -- Summary of Operations California Oil Fields. Vol. 8, No. 7. San Francisco: California State Printing office. January 1923. 135 pp., 8vo, 6 x 8 7/8 in., staple-bound (minor toning, a few small chips to edge). With folding tables. -- Together, 3 California oil-related publications.

[With:] ROBBINS, Frank, photographer. Refining Oil. Oil City, PA: Frank Robbins, n.d. 5 7/8 x 3 7/8 in. albumen stereoview on cardstock mount (sharp contrast and great tonality). Provenance: George Horton (stamp to mount verso.) Photographer's imprint with description printed to mount verso. From the series View of the Penna. Oil Region. -- Old Boyd House and Oil Exchange. N.p.: N.p., n.d. 5 5/8 x 3 1/8 in. albumen stereoview on yellow cardstock mount (small stain). -- Press photograph showing the yard of the J.W. Petersen Coal & Oil Co. [Chicago]: N.p., [ca 1968]. 10 x 8 in. press photograph (crease in upper right, small loss to lower left). -- Together, 3 images.

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