Oil Field in Beaumont, Texas, 1901
| Description: | Photograph of very many derricks in an oil field. In the foreground are wooden shacks, stacks of wooden boards, smokestacks with smoke plumes rising out of them. In the bottom right-hand corner is the name, "Trost". |
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| Creator: | Trost Studio |
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| Creation Date: | 1901 |
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University of Texas at Arlington Libraries
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| Collection(s): |
Where the West Begins: Capturing Fort Worth's Historic Treasures
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| Original Creation Date: | 1901 | |
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| Description: | Photograph of very many derricks in an oil field. In the foreground are wooden shacks, stacks of wooden boards, smokestacks with smoke plumes rising out of them. In the bottom right-hand corner is the name, "Trost". |
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Attached to the back of the photograph is a newspaper clipping from the Ft. Worth Star-Telegram, Sunday, September 28, 1941. The clipping reads, "A forest of derricks soon sprang up on the mound south of Beaumont where oil was found. Some operators leased only enough land for their derricks and rented space for their boilers. On some of the properties derrick legs touched each other. Five hundred wells were drilled on 144 productive acres. (Photo, Trost Studio, Port Arthur)." |
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| Physical Description: |
One photographic image, b&w: 14.0 in. X 10.0 in. |
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| Language: | No Language | |
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| Keyword(s): | Gushers | Oil Gushers | Derricks | Barrels | Smoke Plumes | Wooden Boards | Wooden Beams | Spindletops | |
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University of Texas at Arlington Libraries
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Where the West Begins: Capturing Fort Worth's Historic Treasures
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| Resource Type: | Photograph | |
| Format: | Image | |
