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Elevated View of Oil Field

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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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View of an Oil Field

Date: 1920
Description: A vast oil field displays how Oklahoma became the the largest oil-producer in the country. Caption reads: "Oil Fields near Tulsa, Okla."
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Glenn Oil Field

Date: 1920
Description: View of oil rigs. Oil was discovered at Glenn Pool Oil Field on November 22, 1905 by Robert Galbreath and Frank Chesley, and since then the Glenn Pool has ...

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