West Side oil fields, Kern County, California, circa 1916

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Summary

Title:
The West Side oil fields, Kern County, California
Dates:
circa 1916
Abstract:
Views relating to oil industry of Taft area in Kern County. Depicted are oil fields, individual rigs, blowouts, business districts, buildings, and supporting industries. Includes photos of the Standard Oil Co. facilities (machine and blacksmith shop, farm, pipelines, bunk houses, etc.), Adeline Oil Co., General Petroleum Co., Western Water Co., Potter Oil Co., Mascot Oil Co., and others. Broad and street views of Taft, Fellows, and Maricopa, as well as photos of schools, churches, houses, and other buildings, are also found.
Extent:
1 album (40 photographic prints)
Language:
Collection materials are in English
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], The West Side oil fields, Kern County, California, BANC PIC 1998.007--ALB, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.

Background

Scope and content:

Views relating to oil industry of Taft area in Kern County. Depicted are oil fields, individual rigs, blowouts, business districts, buildings, and supporting industries. Includes photos of the Standard Oil Co. facilities (machine and blacksmith shop, farm, pipelines, bunk houses, etc.), Adeline Oil Co., General Petroleum Co., Western Water Co., Potter Oil Co., Mascot Oil Co., and others. Broad and street views of Taft, Fellows, and Maricopa, as well as photos of schools, churches, houses, and other buildings, are also found.

Rules or conventions:
Finding Aid prepared using Describing Archives: a Content Standard

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Margo Padilla
Date Prepared:
2013
Date Encoded:
Machine-readable finding aid generated by GenX; markup validated by The Bancroft Library using CDL validation tools; Date of source: September 2017

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Restrictions:

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Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], The West Side oil fields, Kern County, California, BANC PIC 1998.007--ALB, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.

Location of this collection:
University of California, Berkeley, The Bancroft Library
Berkeley, CA 94720-6000, US
Contact:
510-642-6481
bancref-library@berkeley.edu
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