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Workers Service Oil Field Equipment

Date: 1956
Description: Color photograph of two men servicing oil field equipment. An International model RDF-192 truck owned by "Dowell" is parked in the foreground.
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Oil Wells

Date: 05 12 1894
Description: Oil wells in front of a tree-covered landscape, with a man working.
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Truck with Power Unit and Winch

Date: 06 27 1938
Description: Men stand on a platform behind an International C-40 truck outfitted with an A-4 power unit and a Wilson winch. The truck and equipment were owned by Joe L...
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Rajo Oil Corporation

Date: 1938
Description: D.W. Norred (left), International Shreveport branch, Roy Foster, switchman of the Rajo Oil Corporation, and Jack Anderson of Jack Anderson Company, an Inte...
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Rajo Oil Corporation Pump

Date: 07 05 1938
Description: An International P-20 power unit powers an oil pump owned by the Rajo Oil Corporation. A building is in the background.
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Overton Refining Company Well

Date: 1938
Description: An International P-20 power unit is used to power an oil well owned by the Overton Refining Company.
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Power Units on Drilling Rig

Date: 1937
Description: Two men wearing white hats stand near a drilling rig on which two International PA-50 power units are compounded. The machine on the right has a sign readi...
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The First Oil Well

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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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Monument at Drake Memorial Park

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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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Burning Oil Tank

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Description: A crowd is gathered a safe distance from a burning oil tank.
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Oil Well

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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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Oil Well

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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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Clay City Petroleum Well

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Description: A petroleum well located in Clay City, where oil was discovered in 1936.
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Glenn Oil Field

Date: 1920
Description: View of oil rigs. Oil was discovered at Glenn Pool Oil Field on November 22, 1905 by Robert Galbreath and Frank Chesley, and since then the Glenn Pool has ...
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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

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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: 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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