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International LD-400 Series Truck and Trailer

Date: 1951
Description: Color photograph of an International LD-400 series tanker truck owned by Eastern Washington Transports, Inc., on a road near the Port of Seattle.
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Panoramic View of Oil Wells

Date: 1922
Description: Panoramic view of oil wells. Each of the 196 wells are numbered, and refer to a key identifying the well by the company that owns it.
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T.C. Power Motor Car Company Truck

Date: 10 07 1925
Description: An International truck used by the T.C. Power Motor Company parked along the side of the road near the sidewalk outside the company office. There is a gaso...
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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 Well Pumps

Date: 
Description: View of the Salt Creek Oil Field. In the 1920's, one-fifth of all petroleum produced in the United States came from one oil field.
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Union Petroleum Company Oil Refinery

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Description: An oil refinery field of the Union Petroleum Company. Caption reads: "Union Petroleum Co's. Oil Refinery at Wellsville, N.Y."
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Gas Line

Date: 06 1988
Description: "Gas line near Theresa."
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Pipeline on the Larry Luhn Farm

Date: 06 1988
Description: "This photo of the pipeline looks north on the Larry Luhn farm. The opposite looks south from the same point on the farm."
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Gas Line on Luhn Farm

Date: 06 1988
Description: "Shirley Widmer stands near a gas line on Luhn farm."
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A-8 Truck Laying Iraq Pipe Line

Date: 1932
Description: An International Model A-8 truck drives through the desert while laying the Iraq pipe line.
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Shera Coal & Oil Co.

Date: 06 13 1925
Description: View looking down at a man standing under a hopper near the side of a truck for the Shera Coal & Oil Co. A man is sitting in the driver's seat of the truck...
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Ore Dock

Date: 08 1971
Description: Aerial view of an ore dock next to Hog Island. The town is in the distance. In the far background are the white storage buildings of the oil refinery.
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North Main Street Looking South

Date: 03 28 1939
Description: Street view of buildings in the center of a small town. Sidewalks run along both sides of the street. Automobiles are parked diagonally on the right and al...

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