Print, Photographic

Name/Title

Print, Photographic

Entry/Object ID

1999.011.0230

Description

B/W aerial photo of early construction of the Humble Oil Refinery (later Exxon and Valero) looking north: at the top: empty rolling hills, Lake Herman; across center: East Second Street, empty fields, refining equipment being assembled, storage tanks under construction; railroad cars on sidings, warehouses; below center: empty fields; across bottom: residences on Hillcrest Avenue, National Guard Armory, rows of trees in a square shape, more buildings more storage tanks under construction, access roads, graded areas.

Collection

Benicia Industrial Collection

Made/Created

Date made

Oct 15, 1967