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Explosion

Description: Photograph of a controlled explosion, called a "land shot", in the Texas/Louisiana Gulf Coast region during the late 1920s. A large cloud of smoke and dust rises into the air.
Date: 1928~
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Partner: Permian Basin Petroleum Museum, Library and Hall of Fame

Water Shot

Description: Photograph of a controlled explosion in a body of water, called a "water shot", in the Louisiana Gulf Coast region during the late 1920's. A large cloud of smoke and dust rises into the air.
Date: 192?
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Permian Basin Petroleum Museum, Library and Hall of Fame

Water Shot

Description: Photograph of a controlled explosion in a body of water, called a "water shot", in the Louisiana Gulf Coast region during the late 1920's. A large cloud of smoke and dust rises into the air.
Date: 192?
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Partner: Permian Basin Petroleum Museum, Library and Hall of Fame

Truck in Field

Description: Photograph of a truck with a covered shelter on the back. The shelter houses the seismograph used by the team from Shell Oil in West Texas.
Date: unknown
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Partner: Permian Basin Petroleum Museum, Library and Hall of Fame

Shell Oil Team Drilling

Description: Photograph of two men operating a drill. The men are members of the seismograph team from Shell Oil. An unnamed man is standing on the drill, while Earle Johnson is standing on the ground
Date: unknown
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Partner: Permian Basin Petroleum Museum, Library and Hall of Fame

Shell Oil Drillers by Truck

Description: Photograph of two men (drillers) from the seismograph team from Shell Oil. The two drillers are in muddy coveralls, posing next to a truck. The back of the truck is loaded with barrels.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Permian Basin Petroleum Museum, Library and Hall of Fame

Man Drilling

Description: Photograph of a man, from the seismograph team from Shell Oil, in a hat and muddy overalls working on a drilling rig.
Date: unknown
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Partner: Permian Basin Petroleum Museum, Library and Hall of Fame

Group of Men

Description: Photograph of a group of men posing in front of the porch of a brick building in West Texas. The group is a seismograph crew from the Shell Oil Company.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Permian Basin Petroleum Museum, Library and Hall of Fame

Man by Car

Description: Photograph of a man posing for a picture in West Texas. He is leaning on the back of a car in front of a house's porch. He is an unidentified member of the seismograph crew from the Shell Oil Company.
Date: unknown
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Partner: Permian Basin Petroleum Museum, Library and Hall of Fame

Man on Dynamite

Description: Photograph of a man, Earl Burford, seated atop a pile of dynamite. He was party chief of the Shell Oil Company's seismograph team in West Texas.
Date: unknown
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Partner: Permian Basin Petroleum Museum, Library and Hall of Fame

Men Around Car

Description: Photograph of three men, Harry Goode, Mr. Thornburgh and Lionel Buckley, around a vehicle operating the shot point radio in West Texas. They were all members of a seismograph team for the Shell Oil Company.
Date: unknown
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Partner: Permian Basin Petroleum Museum, Library and Hall of Fame
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