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Filter: COLLECTION_NAME of Albertype Company photographs, circa 1880s-circa 1950
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| Description: | Elevated view of an oil field. In the foreground is a railroad train, and numerous shacks. |
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| Description: | Drake Well, named for Edwin Drake, is credited as the first oil well and was constructed in 1859. |
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| Description: | This view of the monument at Drake Memorial Park shows the old Drake well-casing and commemorates the first oil well that was constructed in 1859. |
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| Description: | An oil field in Titusville, Pennsylvania, where Edwin Drake constructed the first oil well in 1859. |
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| Description: | This view of an oil field, possibly in Titusville, Pennsylvania, shows a "good pumping well." Caption reads: "Tank House. A Good Pumping Well." |
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| Description: | A crowd is gathered a safe distance from a burning oil tank. |
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| Description: | An oil tank burns in an oil field, probably in Titusville, Pennsylvania, where the first oil well was constructed in 1859. In total, 35,000 barrels burned... |
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| Description: | An oil field called Triumph Hill held the highest density of wells in the Oil Regions. Caption reads: "Triumph Hill, Bradford, PA." |
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| Description: | A top flow and a side flow of an oil well are shown in Bradford, the home town of American Refining Group oil refinery, the oldest continuously operating r... |
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| Description: | A side flow of an oil well shown in Bradford, the home town of American Refining Group oil refinery, the oldest continuously operating refinery in the Unit... |
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| Description: | An oil field along the Allegheny River. Caption reads: "Oil Wells on Allegheny River." |
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| Description: | Next to a billboard, a road cuts through a field of petroleum derricks. |
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| Description: | A petroleum well located in Clay City, where oil was discovered in 1936. |
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| Description: | Bystanders look on at the oil gusher in Ocean, New York. |
| Date: | 1901 |
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| Description: | A view of oil wells in Louisiana. On October 7, 1901, oil gushed to a height of seventy-five or eighty feet, continuing for seven hours. Caption reads: "Gu... |
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| Description: | On October 7, 1901 in Jennings Oil Field, oil gushed to a height of seventy-five or eighty feet, continuing for seven hours. Caption reads: "Gusher, Jennin... |
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| Description: | A section of the Jennings oil field. Jennings was the location of the first oil well and oil field in the state of Louisiana. Caption reads: "A Section of ... |
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| Description: | An oil field in Wichita Falls, an area which was home to thirty refineries in the area, with thirteen of them in the city limits. |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | In 1907, Tulsa claimed the title of "Oil Capital of the World." A vast oil field displays how Oklahoma became the the largest oil-producer in the country... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | A vast oil field displays how Oklahoma became the the largest oil-producer in the country. Caption reads: "A View of Oklahoma Oil Fields, Tulsa, Okla." |
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