Print, Photographic

Name/Title

Print, Photographic

Entry/Object ID

1999.011.0212

Description

B/W aerial photo of early construction of the Humble Oil Refinery (later Exxon and Valero) looking northwest: at top: empty rolling hills; across center: refinery equipment being assembled, storage tanks under construction, railroad cars on sidings, warehouses and other storage buildings, hiway 680, railroad tracks and trestle, more buildings, and empty lots; across the bottom: residential buildings, National Guard Armory w/military vehicles parked to the north side of the building, rows of trees, more tanks under construction and the tip of an airplane wing at the lower right corner.

Collection

Benicia Industrial Collection

Made/Created

Date made

Oct 8, 1967