This promotional party for Triangle Oil Syndicate lured visitors to invest in two promised oil wells. But when this photo appeared in the July 21, 1923, Los Angeles Times, the accompanying story reported:Acting on the direct instructions of the State Corporation Commissioner Daughterty, investigators of that department yesterday afternoon seized the books and records of the Triangle Oil Syndicate. At the same time a hunt was started for Calvin M. Heeb president of the syndicate and Robert H. Murray, secretary-treasurer. ...Other than a followup story in the July 22, 1923, Times, I am unable to find additional information on the Triangle Oil Syndicate. See more from the Los Angeles Times archives here

Source: Los Angeles Times January 12, 2018 09:00 UTC