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Workers Service Oil Field Equipment

Date: 1956
Description: Color photograph of two men servicing oil field equipment. An International model RDF-192 truck owned by "Dowell" is parked in the foreground.
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Truck with Power Unit and Winch

Date: 06 27 1938
Description: Men stand on a platform behind an International C-40 truck outfitted with an A-4 power unit and a Wilson winch. The truck and equipment were owned by Joe L...
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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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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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The First Oil Well

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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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Burning Oil Tank

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Description: A crowd is gathered a safe distance from a burning oil tank.
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Oil Well

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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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Oil Drilling — TD-9

Date: 1949
Description: Three men are working outdoors. Subject: "Oil Drilling — TD-9." Where Taken: "NE." Information with photograph reads: "TD-9 owned by South Bend Oil Co., Br...

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