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| Date: | 1922 |
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| Description: | Panoramic view of oil wells. Each of the 196 wells are numbered, and refer to a key identifying the well by the company that owns it. |
| Date: | 05 12 1894 |
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| Description: | Oil wells in front of a tree-covered landscape, with a man working. |
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| Description: | Elevated view of an oil field. In the foreground is a railroad train, and numerous shacks. |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | A vast oil field displays how Oklahoma became the the largest oil-producer in the country. Caption reads: "Oil Fields near Tulsa, Okla." |
| 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: | Elevated view of smoke rising from the oil fields in the distance, resulting from an electrical storm. |
| 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. |
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