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Title: Aerial view of Taft and Franklin Field area, looking south
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: 1955
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.
Aerial view of Taft, California; view is looking south. Franklin Field area is visible on the left, and numerous "towers" are scattered in the forefront, among the mountain range - most probably oil wells. Farther back, the city of Taft is visible, as well as plenty of barren land. Photograph dated March 5, 1955.
Type: Image
Format: 1 negative :safety ;12 x 14 cm.
Photographic safety negatives
Identifier: 00088536
Kelly-Holiday Mid-Century Aerial Collection
GPC_b20_f4_i21 (Photographic print); KHAF 143-22
CARL0004934337
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/4320
Subject: Industrial facilities--California--Taft
Petroleum industry and trade--California--Taft
Industries--California--Taft
Oil fields--California--Taft
Oil wells--California--Taft
Taft (Calif.)
Taft (Calif.)--Aerial views
Aerial photographs
Time Period: 1951-1960

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