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Burning Oil Tank

Date: 1920
Description: An oil tank burns in Tulsa, a city that had earned the title "Oil Capital of the World" and whose population grew to 72,000 by 1920. The Texas Company was ...
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Oil Fields with Smoke

Date: 1920
Description: Elevated view of smoke rising from the oil fields in the distance, resulting from an electrical storm.
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Oil Tank on Fire

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Description: A 55,000 pound oil tank burns in Tulsa.

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