Coalinga, California photograph album circa 1900-1920

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Coalinga, California photograph album circa 1900-1920

http://nwda.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv34188

95 black and white photographs in 1 album, ca. 1900-1920, primarily of Coalinga, California.

.29 cubic feet (95 photographs in 1 album)

eng,

Oregon Historical Society Research Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6370117

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