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Description
2009-0048. In PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM: **f F869 B15 B36, pg. 1. In: Bakersfield : photograph album. Shows excavation site, possibly for petroleum storage tank. Teams of horse-drawn equipment (scrapers?) line the rim and scattered across site. Oil derricks visible in distance, a house, and two completed storage tanks in right background. One tank has lettering on sides probably the San Joaquin Oil & Development Company. "408a" -- handwritten in lower right corner. San Joaquin Oil & Development Company was one of five largest companies in Kern River Field, operating in late 1800's to early 1900's. In 1901 combined with four other companies to create Associated Oil Company.
Type
image
Format
Photographs. Nonprojected graphic
Extent
1 photographic print ; image 7 1/2 x 9 1/2 in.
Identifier
(C)001392286CSL01-Aleph (DRA)VVW-5628
Language
English
Subject
Oil well drilling rigs--California--Kern County Construction--California--Kern County Construction equipment--California--Kern County Storage tanks--California--Kern County Kern County (Calif.)--Photographs Photographic prints Photograph albums
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