PC-002-433A

The gasoline plant, Santa Maria, California, 1921

 

1921

 

 

The image on this white-border card is of oil rigs and supporting buildings below and on a mound, the whole on the slope of a hill. There were several oil companies drilling in the Santa Maria oil fields in the early part of the 20th century, but this site may be the one still occupied in 2014 by the Conoco Phillips Santa Maria Refinery just outside Arroyo Grande, north of Santa Maria. There is an "X" marked in black ink on the higher of two buildings on the side of the dome. This is, according to the back, "where Bob works." The Teich number at the top of the dividing line on the back is A-85889, used to derive the date. There are ink stains from post office markings in about the center, trailing toward the left, and the top left corner is missing.

Refineries; Oil wells; Oil rigs; Oilfields; San Luis Obispo County; Petroleum companies; Curt Teich; Oil derricks

2555 Willow Road

California - Arroyo Grande

 

 

MS-0008

 

Curt Teich and Company, Incorporated, Chicago, Illinois

Postcard

3.5 inches X 5.5 inches

Yes

PC-002-433B

 

 

Image

TIFF

21.44 MB