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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: | 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: | Bystanders look on at the oil gusher in Ocean, New York. |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1924 |
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| Description: | Two men use a 15-30(?) tractor and a grader on a dirt road. In the background are numerous oil derricks and industrial buildings. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | View down hill towards a man using a horse-drawn binder. The horses are wearing fly-nets. In the background are shocks of grain dotting a field, and oil we... |
| Date: | 1947 |
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| Description: | Three-quarter view from front left of a KB-3 truck with specially built body to carry 300 quarts of nitroglycerine. The truck is being loaded at the dump, ... |
| Date: | 1947 |
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| Description: | Two men are standing on the platform of an oil well. |
| Date: | 1947 |
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| Description: | Three-quarter view from front of driver's side of KB-2 Pickup Truck owned by the Golden Bear Oil Company. |
| Date: | 1947 |
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| Description: | Three-quarter view from front of driver's side of KB-2 Pickup Truck owned by the Golden Bear Oil Company. |
| Date: | 06 18 1926 |
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| Description: | View of a driver sitting in the driver's seat of a truck on a highway in the western U.S. The open truck bed is loaded with large parts. Oil wells are in t... |
| Date: | 06 18 1926 |
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| Description: | View of a driver sitting in the driver's seat of a truck on a highway in the western U.S. The open truck bed is loaded with large parts. Oil wells are in t... |
| Date: | 11 11 1927 |
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| Description: | Two men are standing on either side of a Shaffers Bear Cat Hoist and a McCormick tractor. The base of an oil rig is in the background. |
| Date: | 07 24 1929 |
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| Description: | A man is sitting in the driver's seat of a delivery truck with an exposed truck bed. In the background are industrial buildings and oil wells. |
| Date: | 07 24 1929 |
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| Description: | View across dirt road towards a man in the driver's seat of a delivery truck. The truck is hauling a large section of pipe chained to rear wheels and resti... |
| Date: | 1949 |
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| Description: | Three men are working outdoors. Subject: "Oil Drilling — TD-9." Where Taken: "NE." Information with photograph reads: "TD-9 owned by South Bend Oil Co., Br... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Subject: "TD-9 — Oil Field Pumping." Where Taken: "NE." Information with photograph reads: "Owned by Minard Run Oil Co., Custer City, Pa. The tractor in th... |
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