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Red and yellow border, view of mountains from the valley floor in the background. Company name in foreground, white lettering with a red border.

Men with a team of horses operate a grain harvester in Tulare County, CA, in 1903.

In its most popular days, California Hot Spring in eastern Tulare County, CA, drew considerable crowds for its non-sulphurous hot mineral waters. This photo was taken in 1935. (Photo courtesy of Wayne White)

The California Living Museum located at 14000 Alfred Harrell Highway.

Entrance sign for the California Living Museum located at 14000 Alfred Harrell Highway.

California Oilfields Limited housing for married employees

California Oilfields Limited, also known as Oilfields Limited, started in 1901 by William M. Graham from Pennsylvania who had knowledge of the oil business when he gained the support of Balfour, Williamson, and Company, the San Franciso branch of…

The single men's white-collar employees quarters can be seen above the baseball field. California Oilfields Limited became part of Shell Oil Company in 1913.

This was in the complex for unmarried white-collar employees called "The Bungalow". The owners believed that it was good business to offer decent living quarters.

Pipeline was just completed from the oilfield to California Oilfields Limited's Ora.