Ventura County Oil Fields
Oil fields
Petroleum--Storage
Petroleum industry and trade
Bird's eye view of a road running through the middle of oil fields, with derricks, storage tanks, and buildings visible on either side of the road. Museum records describe this as "Ventura County Oil Fields", but do not specify exact name.
Unknown
VCLSA Collection
Museum of Ventura County
No date
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20.5 x 25.2 cm
Black and white photograph
English
Image
7718
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
BI Co. Pumping Plant and Water Well
Wells
Pumping machinery
Building housing the pumping equipment with storage tank next to it and on the left is the dirt road lined with telephone poles. Agricultural fields in the background. Caption reads "B.I. Co Pumping plant and water well No 1 Tract 86."
Unknown
Bard Collection
Museum of Ventura County
1929-12-17
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8 x 7.5 cm
Black and white photograph
English
Image
2402
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Loading Oil on Railroad Tank Cars
Petroleum industry and trade
Petroleum--Transportation
Trains
Closeup view of tank cars being loaded with oil.
Library records indicate this is part of "The Petroleum Industry - transportation & refining. Marguerite Brown Study Prints."
Brown, Marguerite
Instructional Productions Co. (2527 Honolulu Ave., Montrose, Calif.)
Union Oil Company, 1987
Museum of Ventura County
No date
Union Oil Company of California
13788 OS - 13804 OS
27.3 x 30.5 cm
Black and white photograph
English
Image
13802 OS
California
Union Oil Tramway to Wharf
Union Oil Company of California
Petroleum refineries--California--Ventura County
Union Oil Company panorama view of tramway to wharf in Ventura. Photo has a crease along the center as if it had been folded in half.
Unknown
Museum of Ventura County
1900
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Black and white photograph
Panorama
35.5 x 14 cm
English
Image
1017
California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ventura (Calif.)