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| Date: | 1929 |
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| Description: | Spectators look at agricultural machinery on display at the International Petroleum Exposition, including a white McCormick-Deering 15-30 tractor. The sign... |
| Date: | 1929 |
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| Description: | A McCormick-Deering tractor, which appears to be powering an attached winch system, is sitting on display at the International Petroleum Exposition. Indust... |
| 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: "A View of Oklahoma Oil Fields, Tulsa, Okla." |
| 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: | 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: | View from hill 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: | 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: | Oil wells in Tulsa, a city that had earned the title "Oil Capital of the World" and whose population grew to 72,000 by 1920. Caption reads: "Oil Wells near... |
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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: | An oil derrick and a steel tank are reflected in a pool in Tulsa. |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | Shooting an oil well in Tulsa, a city that had earned the title "Oil Capital of the World" and whose population grew to 72,000 by 1920. Caption reads: "Sho... |
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| Description: | View of the Okmulgee Oil Refinery. Okmulgee county was known for its oil refineries, producing 45,000 barrels a day from October to December 1919. Caption ... |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | Thousands of bales of cotton with a water tower and a building with smokestacks in the background. Caption reads: "Ada Compress, 10,000 Bales Cotton In Sig... |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | Men standing around as a number of bales of cotton are being counted on the cotton compress. Caption reads: "Cotton Compress, Shawnee, Oklahoma." |
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