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Finding Aid to Alameda County oil wells of the Atlantic and Western Oil Co. photograph album circa 1915
BANC PIC 2004.022--fALB  
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    Collection Title: Alameda County oil wells of the Atlantic and Western Oil Co. photograph album
    Date (inclusive): circa 1915
    Collection Number: BANC PIC 2004.022--fALB
    Extent: 17 digital objects 1 album (17 photographic prints) : 25 x 32 cm
    Repository: The Bancroft Library
    University of California, Berkeley
    Berkeley, CA 94720-6000
    Phone: (510) 642-6481
    Fax: (510) 642-7589
    Email: bancref@library.berkeley.edu
    Abstract: Includes photographs of oil wells and other oil field structures in the hills near Livermore, Alameda County, Cailf. Appearing in most photographs are oil field workers and unidentified oil officials, possibly affiliated with the Atlantic and Western Oil Co. Clippings pertain to the Atlantic and Western Oil Co. and other aspects of petroleum oil in California.
    Languages Represented: Collection materials are in English
    Physical Location: Many of the Bancroft Library collections are stored offsite and advance notice may be required for use. For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the library's online catalog.

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    Preferred Citation

    [Identification of item], Alameda County oil wells of the Atlantic and Western Oil Co. photograph album, BANC PIC 2004.022--fALB, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.

    Subjects and Indexing Terms

    Photographs
    Atlantic and Western Oil Co. -- Pictorial works.
    Oil fields -- California -- Alameda County -- Photographs.
    Oil wells -- California -- Alameda County -- Photographs.
    Petroleum workers -- California -- Alameda County -- Photographs.
    Petroleum industry and trade -- California.
    Photograph albums.
    Atlantic and Western Oil Co.

    Administrative Information

    Provenance

    Purchase; 2003.

    Scope and Content Note

    Includes photographs of oil wells and other oil field structures in the hills near Livermore, Alameda County, Cailf. Appearing in most photographs are oil field workers and unidentified oil officials, possibly affiliated with the Atlantic and Western Oil Co. Clippings pertain to the Atlantic and Western Oil Co. and other aspects of petroleum oil in California.

    Note

    Photographer/compiler unknown.

    Note

    Title devised by cataloger.

    Note

    Ownership stamp on recto of many photographs: Atlantic and Western Oil Co., Rm. 221-18 Tremont Street, Boston, Mass.

    Note

    Also includes several clippings from periodicals, brochures and other unidentified sources.