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Title: Brea Chemical, 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.
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 Brea Chemical, which is a subsidiary of Union Oil Company; looking south. Brea Chemical is bordered by Kraemer Boulevard on the east and Imperial Hwy on the south. Open space and large citrus groves are present in the background. Photograph dated November 22, 1955.
Type: image
Format: 1 negative :safety ;12 x 14 cm.
Photographic safety negatives
Identifier: 00088938
Kelly-Holiday Mid-Century Aerial Collection
KHAF 223-1
CARL0004939171
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/4964
Subject: Union Oil Company of California
Industrial facilities--California--Brea
Chemical plants--California--Brea
Oil industries--California--Brea
Citrus--California--Brea
Brea (Calif.)
Brea (Calif.)--Aerial views
Aerial photographs
Time Period: 1951-1960

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