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Title: Union Oil Company Research Center, looking north
Alternative Title: Kelly-Holiday Mid-Century Aerial Photo Collection
Creator: Kelly, Howard D
Contributor: Made accessible through a grant from the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation
Date Created and/or Issued: 1954
Publication Information: Kelly-Holiday
Contributing Institution: Los Angeles Public Library
Collection: Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information: Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Description: Title supplied by cataloger.
The official founding date for the town of Brea is January 19, 1911; it became incorporated on February 23, 1917 with a population of 752.; In 1894, the Union Oil Company purchased 1,200 acres of land to be used for oil development. In 1955, Union Oil Company Research Center underwent an expansion.
Aerial view of Union Oil Company Research Center in the city of Brea; view is looking north. Imperial Highway and Valencia Avenue are also visible, with Imperial Highway running along the bottom. The mountain range farther back, shows signs of snow.
Type: image
Format: 1 negative :safety ;12 x 14 cm.
Photographic safety negatives
Identifier: 00087909
Kelly-Holiday Mid-Century Aerial Collection
KHAF 169-1
CARL0004800241
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/4065
Subject: Union Oil Company of California
Industrial facilities--California--Brea
Chemical plants--California--Brea
Oil industries--California--Brea
Brea (Calif.)
Brea (Calif.)--Aerial views
Aerial photographs
Time Period: 1951-1960

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