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DOI: 10.25549/chs-m16605
title: View of the north end of Mission San Juan Bautista, California, ca.1903

description: Photograph of the north end of Mission San Juan Bautista, California, ca.1903. Part of an arched entryway is at right. Stucco has fallen off much of the wall exposing the brick structure underneath. A large tree grows beside a wooden fence at left.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m12218
title: Logging carts for the McGaffey Company, ca.1900

description: Photograph of logging carts for the McGaffey Company, ca.1900. Two large wheels attached to a wheel barrow like object stand on the ground to the left of center while a bundle of thick logs rest below the spokes of the wheels. A large pole extends out of the wheels and to the right while a chain can be seen lying over the edge of the trunks. A portion of a trunk can be seen in the left foreground while an identical wheel barrow-like object is visible in the left background. Tall trees can be seen in the background.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m12215
title: Logging scene in Oregon, ac.1920

description: Photograph of a logging scene in Oregon, ac.1920. Thick logs run through uneven terrain from the right foreground to the center background. The logs are stacked onto a shoot that is composed of leading logs in the ground and upper logs running along the line. Six men stand in the center foreground wearing hats and suspenders. A portable steam winch (aka "the donkey engine") sits to the left of the logs while two spools of cable rest in front with the cables extending to the left and off the image. The hilly ground surrounding the logs is covered in tall trees and branches.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m12214
title: Exterior view of the Spaulding Saw Mill, ca.1920

description: Photograph of the Spaulding Saw Mill, ca.1920. Moist dirt land in the foreground lines a railroad track that runs horizontally through the image. Thick wooden planks are piled behind the barren dirt land while a Union Pacific freight car can be seen to the left of center along with a water tower and a building with four smokestacks. To the right, a large building labeled with a circular sign reads, "Spaulding Logging Co.". What seems to be smoke fumes out from behind the buildings while trees are visible in the background.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m12217
title: Workers in the Oregon Lumber Company, ca.1900

description: Photograph of workers in the Oregon Lumber Company, ca.1900. A thick and long log sits on a platform in the center while four men stand behind the log and two men stand on lower ground to the left of the log. Diamond shaped windows can be seen on the wooden wall behind the men while support beams can be seen above. The image has been painted over with white and gray to outline beams that should be in the ceiling.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m2770
title: Ore in sacks at White's landing awaiting shipment from Catalina Island to Smelter at Shelby, ca.1890-1920

description: Photograph of ore in sacks at White's landing awaiting shipment from Catalina Island to Smelter at Shelby, ca.1890-1920. The long, wooden dock stands on wooden beams from the foreground on the left to a small tower in the water on the right. At center five men in hats empty sacks from a truck on to the piles that line both sides of the dock. Two large rocks sit in the water to the left of the men while many more men work at the end of the dock with a small boat in the water on the right. "Photo says Whitis Landing; probably is White's Landing".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m12339
title: Kettleman Hills Oil Field, featuring a prominent derrick, ca.1931

description: Photograph of the Kettleman Hills Oil Field, featuring a prominent derrick, ca.1931. The oilrig stands right of center, with a series of pipes and funnels at its base alongside a tall shiny tank and a series of pumps inside a house-like structure. To its right sits a stack of poles atop the dusty ground. The soil slopes down at left toward an area full of digging equipment, and a plume of smoke sprouts from a pipe in the midst of this. In the leftmost background stand five smoke stacks, while a tank-like structure sits at center. In the distance is a series of dunes. The background is otherwise neutral.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m12340
title: Kettleman Hills Oil Field, ca.1931

description: Photograph of the Kettleman Hills Oil Field, ca.1931. Down a dusty road that curves left stands the oil refinery, with a single vessel standing tall right of center. Behind it stand several smaller vessels, while beneath it sit a maze of pipes and funnels beside a small house-like structure. Right of the vessels is a structure with six smoke stacks poking out of its roof. Left of center stand three layered structures connected to the vessels by way of piping. The soil in the foreground is muddied and trod upon, while the background is neutral.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m12341
title: Derrick at the Kettleman Hills Oil Field, ca.1930

description: Photograph of a derrick at the Kettleman Hills Oil Field, ca.1930. An oil derrick stands tall at center, with a few house-like structures around its base. One of these acts as a shelter for an automobile covered with a sheet in the leftmost corner. In the center of these structures, a small stair leads up to a wooden platform where a man stands in shadow, poised to climb the derrick. In the left background stands another derrick with more construction materials at its base. In the background run a line of utility poles.; Photoprint reads: "Ketterman Hills oil wells, Standard Oil Co., ca. 1931. S.O. Co. No. 21-33 Z. Standard Oil Co. U.S. L. 21 Sec 33 T205 R17E".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m12342
title: Close-up of Pacific Western Oil co. boilers at the Kettleman Hills Oil Field, ca.1931

description: Photograph of a close-up of Pacific Western Oil co. boilers at the Kettleman Hills Oil Field, ca.1931. Seven large boilers sit facing the right, with tall vessels poking out of their metal studded backsides. A series of pipes connects one boiler to the other, and the seven sit on short brick platforms atop the dusty ground. The background is neutral.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m16606
title: Interior showing the main altar at Mission San Juan Bautista, ca.1903

description: Photograph of the interior showing the main altar at Mission San Juan Bautista, ca.1903. Five alcoves above the altar hold sculpted figures. The Virgin Mary appears in a tilma at top. A cross and a line of tall candlesticks stand on the altar. A few pictures are visible hanging on the side walls.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m12331
title: Kettleman Hills oil field, the Los Nietos Gas Plant, in the oil woods of Bakersfield, ca.1930

description: Photograph of a Kettleman Hills oil field, the Los Nietos Gas Plant, in the oil woods of Bakersfield, ca.1930. A darkly-colored derrick stands on the right with electrical poles standing across the desert-like terrain behind it. Several small, wooden structures spot the field of dust at center while derricks crowd the background.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m12276
title: Oil well owned by the Standard Oil and Construction Company, Garden Grove, February, 1922

description: Photograph of an oil well owned by the Standard Oil and Construction Company, Garden Grove, February, 1922. The tall, wooden derrick stands at center with a wooden structure at its base below. A small, brick structure stands in front of the derrick and to the left with machinery on its roof and two tall, darkly-colored pipes against its right wall. A small, house-like building stands behind the brick structure on the left with trees obstructing the view of its front walls. A tall cylinder balances on a thick, wooden support frame on the right while a field of trimmed grass lies in the foreground.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m12278
title: Men next to two automobiles in front of an oil well, ca.1930

description: Photograph of men next to two automobiles in front of an oil well, ca.1930. Two automobiles stand on at center with four men crowded around the back of the right automobile's trunk. A small table protrudes from the trunk and presents scientific equipment on its surface. A man in a suit sits on a short stool in front of the table while the other three men lean over it from behind him. A third automobile next to a tall oil derrick in the background on the left while a tall dirt wall stands above the men on the right. Photoprint reads "Doder traveling [...] of the well &B[anvid] Sales Corp".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m12283
title: Oil rig including derrick and pump house, ca.1930

description: Photograph of an oil rig, ca.1930. The tall, metal derrick of the oil rig stands on the left with a flimsy, wooden structure protruding from the base to center. The paneled roof of the structure is spotted with dust while the lightly-colored walls are stained with oil. Barrels lie in a row to the right of the structure while a pipe on the near wall secretes a stream of thick smoke. Men sit on machinery on the right with a large, lightly-colored structure and four tall, dark pipes standing in the background behind them. A cylinder stands on the left amongst a group of thin trees with a second derrick behind it.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m12279
title: Oil wells, showing derricks in an oil field, ca.1930

description: Photograph of oil wells, showing derricks in an oil field, ca.1930. A dull body of water lies in the foreground with fallen sticks and leaves floating through its reflection of the tall derricks which blanket the field on the far bank. Two metal, cylindrical containers stand at the water's edge on the right and appear to secrete smoke from a short pipe at their tops. A row of similar cylinders behind the first pair, closer to the derricks. The far bank appears to be a small mound of discarded earth while tall grass lies in the bank in the foreground.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m12280
title: Exterior view of a gasoline (oil) refinery, ca.1920

description: Photograph of an exterior view of a gasoline refinery, ca.1920. Seven men stand in work clothes along the front wall of the refinery on the left. The refinery is a short, long, lightly-colored building which extends back to several other small, wooden structures at center. The right wall is lined with thin pipes which emerge through the roof and secrete clouds of smoke. The building stands at the top of a dirt hill and a large wooden platform supporting a short, wooden frame extends out of the building's right side. What appears to be an incomplete wooden structure stands at ground level on the right with a metal, cylindrical container in front of it. On the left, behind the refinery, stands a wooden derrick bordered by a tall, wooden fence. A grassy hill lies across the background.; Photoprint reads: "This plant manufactures 4,000 gals of gasoline a day by the process of compressing natural gas.  It was the first plant of its kind in California. The famous Buck Gulches #6 is seen in the background".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m12284
title: Heavy duty, steam-driven rotary drilling oil rig, ca.1930

description: Photograph of a heavy duty, steam-driven rotary drilling rig, ca.1930. The steel derrick (136' x 30') is capable of drilling up to fourteen thousand feet and stands above a large, wooden base at center. What appear to be barrels lie in the dirt in front of the base while automobiles stand on the right of it. Several small, wooden structures stand in front of a cylinder on the right which appears to be secreting smoke over the machines to the left of it. Another cylinder stands on the left behind another automobile while four tall pipes stand in a row next to it. A cluster of trees can be seen behind the cylinder on the left while a field of grass lies in front of a short, wire fence in the foreground.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m12289
title: Oil wells, broken trees on a beach, ca.1930

description: Photograph oil wells, broken trees on a beach, ca.1930. Piles of what appears to be palm tree debris sit along the smooth beach at center with a small avenue of water washing in from the left. Rocks lie in the sand to the left of a pile of debris in the foreground on the left with short grass growing in front of them. A short, rocky hill lies across the far edge of the sand with a tall derrick standing in the field at the top to the left of a short, dark building at center. A short forest stands behind the building and extends to the jagged mountains in the background.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m16607
title: Side view of the church at Mission San Juan Bautista, ca.1903

description: Photograph of the side view of the church at Mission San Juan Bautista, ca.1903. Stucco has fallen from part of the wall revealing the brick structure underneath. Butresses flank an entryway at center. A window is at left. The ground is covered with wild vegetation.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m12290
title: Pump house for oil and small oil derrick along a dirt road, ca.1930

description: Photograph of an oil well with a pump house in the foreground, ca.1930. A dirt road extends from the foreground until it bends out of view to the left just before it reaches an oil well under a short, wooden derrick at center. The derrick stands in a yard of tall grass with small, wooden structures surrounded by tall trees on the far right. A dilapidated, wooden structure stands on the left with large panels of the ceiling and walls missing. The structure stands at the top of a short hill on the left with a ladder leaning against the slope.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m12291
title: Oil field, showing construction on a pipeline, ca.1930

description: Photograph of oil wells, showing construction on a pipeline, ca.1930. Two men in coveralls and hats work on top of a concrete-protected pipeline which extends from the foreground on the left to the background on the right. The pipeline lies at the bottom of a large crevasse and the discarded earth stand in a long pile across the left edge of the ground above. A small, wooden structure stands in at center in the background with a crane just in front reaching over the large trucks and workers on the right. A row of derricks begins just beyond the hill of dirt on the left and continues into the distance on the right.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m12292
title: Oil industry construction, showing two men look over a large crevasse, ca.1930

description: Photograph of oil industry construction, showing two men look over a large crevasse, ca.1930. Two men in suits and hats stand on the right looking straight below to the deep crevasse on the left. A man can be seen working at the bottom of the crevasse with a wheelbarrow in front of him and a thick pipe lying behind him. A rope manipulated by a pulley extends into the crevasse in the foreground from a crane which stands on the ground above. The crane stands behind sections of pipe which lie to the right of the men while a large machine stands behind the crane with what appears to be a ladder extending from its side down to the top of the pipe in the crevasse below. Large piles of dirt stand in the background on the right as well as at the ground's edge above the crevasse on the left.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m12293
title: Oil industry construction, showing a worker hanging on a cane, ca.1930

description: Photograph of oil industry construction, showing a worker hanging on a cane, ca.1930. A large crevasses lies in the ground at center with a tall crane reaching over it from the ground above on the left. Rope manipulated by a pulley hangs from the crane and supports a large hook with a section of thick pipe balancing on its edge. A man in coveralls and a hat stands on the top of the section of pipe while grasping the pulley and rope. Several men stand along the edge of the ground on the left with sections of pipe lying in the discarded earth to the left of them. A second crane stands to the left of trees on the far right with its arm reaching to the left. Electrical lines extend over the work site.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m12294
title: Oil seep interrupting pavement near buildings, ca.1930

description: Photograph of an oil seep interrupting pavement near buildings, ca.1930. A paved road can be seen from the foreground towards the center background. A crack can be seen in the pavement towards the bottom, while weeds and shrubs line the road. Utility poles and what appears to be the back side of a billboard are visible on the left side of the road, while three one-story buildings can be seen in a row at right. A second paved road runs perpendicular to the first. A sign reading, "Grocery Co. Paints" can be seen on a two-story building towards the background, while other buildings, trees, and hills are visible in the distance.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m12249
title: Exterior view of the Shell Oil Company, showing three connected cylinders, ca.1940

description: Photograph of an exterior view of the Shell Oil Company, showing three connected cylinders, ca.1940. Three tall, cylindrical towers stand in a row across center with grated, metal walkways connecting them. Thin lamps hang over the walkways while various pipes intersect in front and attach to two thick, intersecting pipes which extend from the walls of the cylinders.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m12250
title: Exterior view of the Shell Oil Company, showing spherical tanks, ca.1940

description: Photograph of an exterior view of the Shell Oil Company, showing spherical tanks, ca.1940. Massive, spherical tanks stand in a row which extends from the foreground on the left into the background on the right. Each tank is supported by thick metal beams which stand beneath it and staircases wind around each sphere to the machinery which sits on platforms at their tops. A man stands to the right of the center sphere along the fenced walkways which lie throughout the yard. A small, wooden structure can be seen beyond the spheres at center with a skeletal, metal structure to its left.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m12251
title: Exterior view of the Shell Oil Company, showing spherical tanks, ca.1940

description: Photograph of an exterior view of the Shell Oil Company, showing spherical tanks, ca.1940. An older man wearing a hat stands on a tall staircase which winds to the platform at the top of the massive spherical tank on the left. The tank is supported by thick metal beams which extend to a concrete platform below. Identical tanks fill the yard and are divided by the fenced walkways which lie between them. Lamps hang from tall, thin poles along the walkways and one on the right bears a sign which reads "No Smoking".
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m12252
title: Exterior view of the Shell Oil Company, showing three cylinders on a concrete platform, ca.1940

description: Photograph of an exterior view of the Shell Oil Company, showing three cylinders on a concrete platform, ca.1940. Three tall cylinders stand in a row at center with metal, grated walkways connecting them. They stand on a large, fenced, concrete platform with a staircase on the right that leads to the ground below. Small, rounded balconies protrude from the right side of the cylinders with machinery on the top of a building just next to them on the far right. What appears to be a walkway extends over the foreground on the left with lines of intersecting pipes overhead on the right
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m12253
title: Exterior view of the Shell Oil Company, showing a painter at work, ca.1940

description: Photograph of an exterior view of the Shell Oil Company, showing a painter at work, ca.1940. The man in coveralls and a lightly-colored hat slips on a glove at center while facing the pipes on the right. The freshly-painted pipes are lightly-colored with a small portion to the right of the man which is still darkly-colored. The pipes extend around several tall, thick cylinders into a knot of intersecting pipes which continue into the background.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m16610
title: Five Dominican sisters in the garden at the convent at Mission San Jose de Guadalupe, ca.1906

description: Photograph of five Dominican sisters in the garden at the convent at Mission San Jose de Guadalupe, ca.1906. They all are wearing white habits. One in the foreground is surrounded by flowers. Others walk or sit along a dirt path. Trees and other plants dot the grounds around them.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m12254
title: Exterior view of the Shell Oil Company, showing three cylindrical towers, ca.1940

description: Photograph of an exterior view of the Shell Oil Company, showing three cylindrical towers, ca.1940. Two tall, lightly-colored cylindrical towers stand at center with a shorter, wider tower standing in front of them on the right. Ladders surrounded with rounded guard rails climb up the sides of the towers to the machinery which sits on the platforms on their tops. The towers stand above what appears to be a lightly-colored, metal walkway of a building which extends over the foreground on the left. Beams extend from the building on the left over the thick pipes over the foreground on the right.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m12255
title: Exterior view of the Shell Oil Company, showing four cylindrical towers, ca.1940

description: Photograph of an exterior view of the Shell Oil Company, showing four cylindrical towers, ca.1940. The four towers stand across center with the tallest on the far left. Ladders with rounded guard rails climb up the sides of three of the towers to the circular platforms t their tops. The second tower from the left, has no ladders, but two thin platforms which circle around the circumference at separate levels of the tower. The towers stand above the knot of intersecting pipes below.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m12256
title: Exterior view of the Shell Oil Company, showing a concrete building, ca.1940

description: Photograph of an exterior view of the Shell Oil Company, showing a concrete building, ca.1940. The building on the right has a concrete frame with no walls, exposing the machinery which sits in the shade of the interior. Several tall, thick, darkly-colored cylinders stand to the left of the building with ladders and rounded guard rails climbing up their fronts. The cylinders stand on a rectangular platform which stands above rows of intersecting pipes. Several tall, skeletal structures stand more yards of intersecting pipes in the background on the left.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m12257
title: Exterior view of the Shell Oil Company, showing a yard of tall cylinders, ca.1940

description: Photograph of an exterior view of the Shell Oil Company, showing a yard of tall cylinders, ca.1940. Many tall, dark cylinders extend from the floor of intersecting pipes below, machinery which sit at each of their tops. The platforms which support the machinery are connected by thin walkways which extend through the tops of all seven cylinders at center. Another set of similar cylinders stand in the background on the left while a long building stands on the right.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m12258
title: Exterior view of the Shell Oil Company, ca.1940

description: Photograph of an exterior view of the Shell Oil Company, ca.1940. A paved road lies across the foreground with the company just behind it and an intersecting road dividing the structures on the left. Two tall, skeletal buildings stand at center with many thick pipes extending from the interior to short, house-like structures below. Several shorter, cylindrical towers stand to the right with staircases climbing up their sides. Tall pipes stand along the right edge of the road on the left secreting smoke from their tops while small buildings stand with shorter pipes on the left of the road.
DOI: 10.25549/chs-m12259
title: Exterior view of the Shell Oil Company, ca.1940

description: Photograph of an exterior view of the Shell Oil Company, ca.1940. A man manipulates machinery underneath hick pipes which extend over the foreground between two opposing metal frames while a large, frame-like structure of the company stands at center behind them. Two thick cylinders with platforms at their tops stand along the front of the skeletal, concrete structure behind them with walled structures to either side. The machinery and staircases within the building are exposed and several employees can be seen in the interior. Behind the building on the right stands a taller cylinder with a platform at its top.