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| Date: | 1920 |
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| 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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| 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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| 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... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| 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." |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of Tulsa, and its vast oil fields. Caption reads: "Oil Fields Near Tulsa, Okla." |
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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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| 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... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | An oil derrick and a steel tank are reflected in a pool in Tulsa. |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| 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... |
| 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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| 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 ... |
| 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: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Subject: "UD-9A — Oil Field Pumping." Where Taken: "SW." Information with photograph reads: "International UD-9 engine owned by Overton Refining Co., Kilgo... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Subject: "UD-9A — Oil Field Pumping." Where Taken: "SW." Information with photograph reads: "International UD-9 engine owned by Overton Refining Co., Kilgo... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Subject: "U-4 — Oil Field Preparation." Where Taken: "SW." Information with photograph reads: "Owned by the Danciger Drilling & Refining Co., Baton Rouge, ... |
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