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| 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: | 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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| 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... |
| 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. |
| Date: | 1938 |
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| Description: | International Truck advertisement featuring a color illustration of several International trucks, and the International Triple Diamond logo. Includes the t... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Cover of an advertising brochure for International trucks, tractors and power units equipped for work in oil fields. Includes illustrations of an Internati... |
| 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... |
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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: | 1947 |
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| Description: | Three-quarter view from front left of a KB-3 truck with specially built body to carry 300 quarts of nitroglycerine. The truck is being loaded at the dump, ... |
| Date: | 1947 |
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| Description: | Three-quarter view from front of driver's side of KB-2 Pickup Truck owned by the Golden Bear Oil Company. |
| Date: | 1947 |
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| Description: | Three-quarter view from front of driver's side of KB-2 Pickup Truck owned by the Golden Bear Oil Company. |
| 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... |
| 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: | 07 24 1929 |
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| Description: | View across dirt road towards a man in the driver's seat of a delivery truck. The truck is hauling a large section of pipe chained to rear wheels and resti... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Subject: "Oil Drilling — TD-9." Where Taken: "NE." Information with photograph reads: "TD-9 owned by South Bend Oil Co., Bradford, Pa. Producing company of... |
| 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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