Print, Photographic

Name/Title

Print, Photographic

Entry/Object ID

1999.011.0233

Description

B/W aerial photo of early construction of the Humble Oil Refinery (later Exxon and Valero) looking northwest: across top: large area of hazy sky above empty rolling hills; across center: refinery equipment under construction/being assembled, storage tanks under construction, railroad cars on sidings, warehouses; across bottom: residences on Hillcrest Avenue, various sized buildings, rows of trees around an empty square, storage tanks under construction, concrete pads, graded areas and curve of hiway 680 and railroad tracks w/trestle.

Collection

Benicia Industrial Collection

Made/Created

Date made

Oct 22, 1967