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Finding Aid to the West Side oil fields, Kern County, California Album circa 1916
BANC PIC 1998.007--ALB
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Collection Title: The West Side oil fields, Kern County, California
Date (inclusive): circa 1916
Collection Number: BANC PIC 1998.007--ALB
Extent:
1 album (40 photographic prints)
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: 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.
Languages Represented: Collection materials are in
English
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[Identification of item], The West Side oil fields, Kern County, California, BANC PIC 1998.007--ALB, The Bancroft Library,
University of California, Berkeley.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Standard Oil Company of California -- Pictorial works
Industrial buildings -- California -- Kern County -- Photographs.
Oil industries -- California -- Kern County -- Photographs.
Oil well drilling rigs -- California -- Kern County -- Photographs.
Taft (Calif.) -- Pictorial works.
Fellows (Calif.) -- Pictorial works.
Maricopa (Calif.) -- Pictorial works.
Kern County (Calif.) -- Pictorial works.
Photograph albums.
Scope and Content Note
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.