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Glenn Oil Field

Date: 1920
Description: A lake of oil is shown at the Glenn Pool where oil was first discovered on November 22, 1905 by Robert Galbreath and Frank Chesley. The Glenn Pool has prod...
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Glenn Oil Field

Date: 1920
Description: At Glenn Pool Oil Field, oil was first discovered on November 22, 1905 by Robert Galbreath and Frank Chesley. The Glenn Pool has produced 340 million barre...
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Glenn Oil Field

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Description: Oil was first discovered at Glenn Pool, which can be seen here from Sapulpa, on November 22, 1905 by Robert Galbreath and Frank Chesley. The Glenn Pool has...
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Glen Oil Field

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Description: Elevated view of the oil rigs. Oil was first discovered at Glen Pool oil on November 22, 1905 by Robert Galbreath and Frank Chesley. The Glenn Pool has pro...
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Glenn Oil Field

Date: 1920
Description: View from hill of oil derricks and steel tanks at Glenn Pool Oil Field where oil was first discovered on November 22, 1905 by Robert Galbreath and Frank Ch...
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Glenn Oil Field

Date: 1920
Description: A view of rows of oil derricks and steel tanks at Glenn Pool Oil Field where oil was first discovered on November 22, 1905 by Robert Galbreath and Frank Ch...
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Glenn Oil Field

Date: 1920
Description: A view of rows of oil derricks and steel tanks at Glenn Pool Oil Field where oil was first discovered on November 22, 1905 by Robert Galbreath and Frank Ch...
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Oil Gusher

Date: 1920
Description: An early oil gusher in Tulsa, a city that had earned the title "Oil Capital of the World." Caption reads: "Oil Gusher, Tulsa, Okla."
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Oil Fields

Date: 1920
Description: Elevated view of Tulsa, and its vast oil fields. Caption reads: "Oil Fields Near Tulsa, Okla."
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Oil Wells

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Description: Oil wells in Tulsa, a city that had earned the title "Oil Capital of the World" and whose population grew to 72,000 by 1920. Caption reads: "Oil Wells near...
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Oil Scene

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Description: A view of oil rigs on the Cimarron River, 100 miles from Tulsa, a city that had earned the title "Oil Capital of the World" and whose population grew to 7...
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Oil Derrick and Steel Tank

Date: 1920
Description: An oil derrick and a steel tank are reflected in a pool in Tulsa.
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Oil Scene on the Cimarron River

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Description: An oil scene on the Cimarron River, 100 miles from Tulsa, a city that had earned the title "Oil Capital of the World" and whose population grew to 72,000 b...
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Flatrock Pool

Date: 1925
Description: Three men load a shell with nitro-glycerine in preparation of shooting an oil well at Flatrock Pool, between the cities of Tulsa and Skiatook. Caption read...
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Flatrock Pool

Date: 1925
Description: Three men load a shell with nitro-glycerine in preparation of shooting an oil well at Flatrock Pool, between the cities of Tulsa and Skiatook. Caption read...
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Shooting an Oil Well

Date: 1915
Description: Shooting an oil well in Tulsa, a city that had earned the title "Oil Capital of the World" and whose population grew to 72,000 by 1920. Caption reads: "Sho...
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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

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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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Superior Refinery

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Description: View over parked cars towards the Superior Refinery, which did business as Murphy Oil Corporation at another time. The oil refinery was located at Stinson ...

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