1901 2008-05-06 nol Photograph of the Lucas gusher in 1901. The Lucas gusher is a spindletop that is gushing oil out of the top of it. On the ground surrounding the spindletop are several workers, two holding a large hose. One photographic image, b&w: 11.25 in. X 14.0 in. Gushers Business, Economics and Finance - Oil and Gas - Oil Fields Business, Economics and Finance - Oil and Gas - Oil Fields - Spindletop Business, Economics and Finance - Oil and Gas - Oil wells Oil Gushers Oil Workers Hoses Oil Field Workers 1 United States - Texas - Tarrant County - Fort Worth new-sou FWHT UTA image_photo image AR406-5-20-8_01 Attached to the back of the photograph is a newspaper article from the Fort Worth Star-Telegram on Sunday, September 28, 1941. The headline reads, "Birthday Party for Spindletop... World's Most Famous Oil Field". The article reads, "Spindletop, the world's most famous oil field, is having a birthday party next month. Discovered 40 years ago when the Lucas gusher roared in on a low hill south of Beaumont to open America's first great oil field, Spindletop was the beginning of the modern petroleum industry and started a new industrial era for Texas. The Texas Mid-Continent Oil and Gas Association is holding a three-day anniversary celebration at Beaumont in connection with its annual convention. On Oct. 9, a monument will be dedicated to the Spindeltop pioneers, and on Oct. 10 a reunion of oldtimers will be held. In these pictures you see the big oil field in its early days." digitalObjectCreator: Hope Dickens digitalObjectCreatorEmail: hed0005@unt.edu creationAppName: Adobe Photoshop creationAppVersion: 7 creationHardware: BetterLight Super8K ark:/67531/metapth41398 meta-pth-41398 meta-pcc-60a61f50-b28e-11dd-bd20-0019d166e084 66640592 2008-11-14, 20:54:06 mphillips PTH /data/AMON2007/UTA/photos/box_20