This is El Segundo of today, with a population of 11,500. This view shows Main Street. At end of the street is Standard Oil refinery. Standard Oil founded the town by leveling off sand dunes and building a refinery. Photo dated : Oct. 29, 1955.
Sherrill Drugs (El Segundo, Calif.) Warne's Bakery (El Segundo, Calif.) Standard Oil Company of California Petroleum refineries--California--El Segundo El Segundo (Calif.) Herald-Examiner Collection photographs
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