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Long Beach Street Scene

Date: 1936
Description: Businesses and cars parked along a dusty city street with oil derricks in the background. At right is the Stephens & Company, distributors of power units i...
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Chemical Process Company Truck

Date: 1949
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...
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Chemical Process Company Truck

Date: 1949
Description: A man drives an International LF-192 truck owned by the Chemical Process Company across a dirt field. What appears to be a storage structure is in the back...
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PD-80 Diesel Power Units on Oil Drill Rig

Date: 1939
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...
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Lee Petroleum Corporation Wells

Date: 06 21 1938
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.
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Cato Oil Company Well

Date: 06 21 1938
Description: Men set up a Wilson double-drum spudder made by Wilson Manufacturing Company, and an International PA-100 power unit at a well owned by Cato Oil Company, I...
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Rajo Oil Corporation

Date: 1938
Description: D.W. Norred (left), International Shreveport branch, Roy Foster, switchman of the Rajo Oil Corporation, and Jack Anderson of Jack Anderson Company, an Inte...
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Rajo Oil Corporation Pump

Date: 07 05 1938
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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Overton Refining Company Well

Date: 1938
Description: An International P-20 power unit is used to power an oil well owned by the Overton Refining Company.
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Robert Bowles Oil Company

Date: 11 15 1937
Description: A man stands near the opened door of the corrugated shed of the Robert Bowles Oil Company. The company used an International Model 300 power unit to power ...
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Shoeffer Specialty Oil Wells Drilling Rig

Date: 11 16 1937
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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Power Unit at Oil Well

Date: 11 10 1937
Description: Two men work at an oil well site powered by an International Model P-30 power unit mounted on a truck.
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Power Units on Drilling Rig

Date: 1937
Description: Two men wearing white hats stand near a drilling rig on which two International PA-50 power units are compounded. The machine on the right has a sign readi...
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Road Construction

Date: 1924
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.
Book or Pamphlet

International Oil Field Power Brochure

Date: 1938
Description: Cover of an advertising brochure for "International Oil Field Power." Features an illustration of oil derricks.
Print

International Trucks Advertisement

Date: 1938
Description: International Truck advertisement featuring a color illustration of several International trucks, and the International Triple Diamond logo. Includes the t...
Print

International in the Oil Fields Brochure

Date: 1940
Description: Cover of an advertising brochure for International trucks, tractors and power units equipped for work in oil fields. Includes illustrations of an Internati...
Photograph

KB-2 Pickup Truck at Oil Well

Date: 1947
Description: Three-quarter view from front of driver's side of KB-2 Pickup Truck owned by the Golden Bear Oil Company.
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KB-2 Pickup Truck at Oil Well

Date: 1947
Description: Three-quarter view from front of driver's side of KB-2 Pickup Truck owned by the Golden Bear Oil Company.
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Delivery Truck

Date: 07 24 1929
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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