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| Date: | 1949 |
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| Description: | A man opens the passenger door of an International truck owned by the Chemical Process Company to speak to the truck's driver. The automobile hauls a trai... |
| Date: | 1939 |
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| Description: | Four International PD-80 Diesel power units compounded on a drill rig owned by Taubert & McKee of Fort Worth, Texas, drilling a 4,500 foot hole two miles f... |
| Date: | 06 21 1938 |
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| Description: | A photographer in the foreground takes a picture of two oil wells powered by an International PA-50 power unit and owned by Lee Petroleum Corporation. |
| Date: | 11 16 1937 |
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| Description: | Men stand on an oil rig owned by Shoeffer Specialty Oil Wells Drilling. The operation was powered by two International PD-80 power units. |
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| Description: | Drake Well, named for Edwin Drake, is credited as the first oil well and was constructed in 1859. |
| 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. |
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