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Title	Commemorative plaque on an oil refinery in Newhall, [s.d.]
Description	Photograph of a commemorative plaque on an oil refinery in Newhall, [s.d.]. The large plaque is mounted onto a brick section of the refinery below a sign that reads "Still No.3 Capacity 100 BBLs" and above a sign that says "Fuel Line".; The plaque itself reads "California's First Oil Refinery Operated on a Commercial Scale Erected 1876 Restored by the Standard Oil Company of California in 1930 as a memorial to D. G. Scofield and his associates of the California Star Oil Works Company, a predecessor to the Standard Oil Company of California. In 1875-1876 Mr. Scofield and his associates obtained California's first commercial production of crude petroleum in Pico Canyon six miles from this point and built this refinery for the manufacture of petroleum products".
Subject	Refineries
Subject (adlf)	reference locations
Subject (file heading)	Industry -- Oil -- Los Angeles County -- Newhall
Subject (lcsh)	Petroleum industry and trade
Geographic subject (city or populated place)	Newhall
Geographic subject (county)	Los Angeles
Geographic subject (state)	California
Geographic subject (country)	USA
Coverage era	[s.d.]
Publisher (of the digital version)	University of Southern California. Libraries
Type	images
Format (aacr2)	2 photographs : transparency, photoprint, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm., 16 x 21 cm.
Format (aat)	transparencies photographic prints photographs
Accession number	11476.1
Call number	CHS-11476.1
Microfiche number	1-115-40
Legacy record ID	chs-m7985; USC-0-1-1-8117; USC-1-1-1-12548
Part of collection	California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Part of subcollection	Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960
Project	USC
Rights	California Historical Society
Access conditions	Send requests to address or e-mail given. Phone (213) 821-2366; fax (213) 740-2343.
Repository name	USC Libraries Special Collections
Repository address	Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
Repository email	specol@usc.edu
Filename	CHS-11476.1
Full text	CALIFORNIA'S FIRST OIL REFINERY RATED ON A COMMERCIAL SCALE > ERECTED 1876 <rv© D. G. SCOFIELD HIS PIONEER ASSOCIATES •ORNIA STAR OIL WORKS COMPANY \RD OIL COMPANY OF CALIFORNIA :0 CANYON SIX MILES NERY FOR THE J. I "M*.:■•.■■- )&$&■' ii^ W •
Archival file	chs_Volume61/CHS-11476.1.tiff

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