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Map of the Kern River oil district, Kern County, California

Description: Alt title from cover. Verso explains recent history of oil and gas discovery here. "Compliments of the Bank of Bakersfield." See also 301401 for a 1901 version of this map. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: no. Graphic Scale: Sections. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Lithography. Verso Text: MS note: 293385.
Type: Rare Books(Opens in new tab)
Date: September 1899
Call number: 293385
Creator: Bank of Bakersfield(Opens in new tab)
Dimensions: 35 x 49 cm folded to 19 cm
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Map of the Kern River oil field

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Shows various owners of blocks extending north to Bakersfield and into Oildale. MS notes: blue circles, two locations. Prime meridian: Gm. Relief: no. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Plane. Printing Process: Lithography. Verso Text: MS note: 252635.

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Map of Part of Kern County, California, Showing the Locations of Colonies, Irrigation Systems, etc. in the Kern Delta

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Showing lands of the Kern County Land Company for sale. Bakersfield is well developed, the Southern Pacific Railway is in place, including the Tehachapi Loop, but no highways north or south. Relief: shaded. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Lithography. Verso Text: MS note: B3/3 150198.

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Map of the Kern River oil field ; Kern County, California :Compiled from public records and private surveys by H. T. Austin successor to Hedges, Bisby and Austin

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Alt. title from cover. See also 293395 for an earlier version of this map. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: no. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Lithography.

301401

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[Map showing the good roads in Los Angeles and adjacent counties, California.]

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Old shelf number: Eph J2d. Compliments of "Home Builders" giving data for 1910. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: hachures. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Lithography. Verso Text: MS note: Eph ju2d.

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Map of the Rosedale Colony Kern County, California

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Old shelf number: eph J4-8(2). "From five to twelve miles west of Bakersfield, and is the property of the Kern County Land Co." Sold for orchards and vineyards, this area is now industrial for the most part. Dickman-Jones Co. operated in San Francisco between 1888 and 1901, based on directories from the time. MS note: Eph J4-8(2). Prime meridian: GM. Relief: no. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Plane. Printing Process: Lithography. Verso Text: See ephMPCALIFT0065a.

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Map of Newhall Oil District showing the property of Pacific - Union Oil Co. in Los Angeles County California

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Old shelf number Eph J2d. A copy of the Newhall map, ephMPCALIF0136 with the title changed and a few added notes. According to phone books of the time, Newhall Oil & Development was in business from approxiately 1900 to 1911. Housed with RB ephMPCALIF0135 and ephMPCALIF0136. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: no. Graphic Scale: Chains. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Lithography. Verso Text: MS note: Eph J2d. .

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Map of the Kern River oil district, Kern County, California

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