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Oil fields, McKittrick, California, circa 1910

Subject
Oil
Card type
Lithograph
Date
c. 1915 (White Border)
Front of Oil fields, McKittrick, California, circa 1910, c. 1915 lithograph postcard
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Back of Oil fields, McKittrick, California, circa 1910, c. 1915 lithograph postcard
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About this postcard

The picture shows a dense cluster of tall wooden oil derricks standing on a bare, brush-dotted hillside, with a dirt road and a single small figure in the foreground, captioned "Oil Fields, McKittrick, California." McKittrick, in Kern County, was one of California's early major petroleum districts, its fields developed in the first years of the twentieth century and worked with just this kind of timber derrick. The card records the industrial landscape of that boom period, with small wooden buildings and steam haze among the rigs.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pen

From Sister Annie to Brother Jess we are all well we can see these wells from our kitchen door Annie.

PublisherCardinell-Vincent Co.
Oil Fields, McKittrick, California --- POST CARD THIS SPACE MAY BE USED FOR CORRESPONDENCE ONLY THE ADDRESS MAY BE WRITTEN HERE POSTAGE: United States and Possessions, 1c; Canada, Mexico, Foreign, 2c No. 2529 Published by Cardinell-Vincent Co., (made in Germany), San Francisco. 193965
Addressed to
Jess Cooper

811 Park Ave, Kenton, OH

FromAnnie

Postcard record

ConditionGood
Place addressedJess Cooper, 811 Park Ave, Kenton, OH
Place depictedMcKittrick, CA
PublisherCardinell-Vincent Co., San Francisco, CA
NotesColored lithographic view with stippled sky; light stain at upper right, minor corner and edge wear; no white border. No postmark. Divided-back card with 'made in Germany' imprint of Cardinell-Vincent Co., San Francisco (No. 2529), c. 1907-1915. Pencil dealer marks '50¢ $4' at top right. Bottom-left corner torn/loss, foxing and edge wear.

Cite this card

Oil fields, McKittrick, California, circa 1910, postcard, c. 1915. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/oil-fields-mckittrick-california-circa-1910. Accessed October 22, 2026.