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| Date: | 07 05 1938 |
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| 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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| Description: | Elevated view of an oil field. In the foreground is a railroad train, and numerous shacks. |
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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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| 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. |
| Date: | 1944 |
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| Description: | International highway truck operated by Mistletoe Express Service, Inc. Original caption reads: "The truck shown was traveling on a busy highway leading ou... |
| 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... |
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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: | 06 18 1926 |
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| Description: | Trucks driving up dirt highway. There are oil wells on hills in the background. |
| 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... |
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