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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. |
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Description: | A top flow and a side flow of an oil well are shown in Bradford, the home town of American Refining Group oil refinery, the oldest continuously operating r... |
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Description: | A side flow of an oil well shown in Bradford, the home town of American Refining Group oil refinery, the oldest continuously operating refinery in the Unit... |
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Description: | A petroleum well located in Clay City, where oil was discovered in 1936. |
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 ... |
Date: | 1920 |
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Description: | A lake of oil is shown at the Glenn Pool where oil was first discovered on November 22, 1905 by Robert Galbreath and Frank Chesley. The Glenn Pool has prod... |
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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... |
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Description: | Elevated view of the oil rigs. Oil was first discovered at Glen Pool oil on November 22, 1905 by Robert Galbreath and Frank Chesley. The Glenn Pool has pro... |
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: | An early oil gusher in Tulsa, a city that had earned the title "Oil Capital of the World." Caption reads: "Oil Gusher, Tulsa, Okla." |
Date: | 1920 |
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Description: | Elevated view of Tulsa, and its vast oil fields. Caption reads: "Oil Fields Near Tulsa, Okla." |
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Description: | A view of oil rigs on the Cimarron River, 100 miles from Tulsa, a city that had earned the title "Oil Capital of the World" and whose population grew to 7... |
Date: | 1920 |
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Description: | Elevated view of smoke rising from the oil fields in the distance, resulting from an electrical storm. |
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