Print, Photographic

Name/Title

Print, Photographic

Entry/Object ID

1999.011.0024

Description

B/W aerial photo of early construction of the Humble Oil Refinery (later Exxon and Valero) looking north, upper section: Lake Herman (left), grove of trees and possibly a gravel pit (right) and empty hills; center: wider scale view of partially completed storage tanks, other buildings and equipment, access roads, 680 freeway and marshes (right); lower area: Highlands housing area (left), St. Dominic's cemetery and National Guard Armory along with an empty area where the Casa Grande subdivision was later built; other roads and buildings (center).

Collection

Benicia Industrial Collection

Made/Created

Date made

Jul 9, 1967