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[Derrick at Spindletop Oil Field]

Photograph of a wooden derrick at the Spindletop oil field in Beaumont, Texas. The derrick is located behind a chain-link fence with barbed wire and is surrounded by various equipment. Several support tethers are attached to the tower.

Date: unknown

Creator: Lewis, David P.

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Lamar University

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Aerial Video Footage of Spindletop Wellhead Site

Aerial view of the swamplands covering the site of Spindletop in Beaumont, TX as seen from above Spindletop Park located off of West Port Arthur Road/Spur 93. Video footage is silent.

Date: July 6, 2022

Duration: 37 seconds

Creator: Hicks, William

Item Type: Video

Location: 30.012974 -94.076173

Partner: UNT Libraries

Pump Jack and Storage Container Display: Spindletop Park

Photograph of a a pump jack and oil storage containers on display in Spindletop Park in Beaumont, TX.

Date: July 6, 2022

Creator: Hicks, William

Item Type: Photograph

Location: 30.012333 -94.076620

Partner: UNT Libraries

Panoramic Aerial Photograph of Spindletop Wellhead Site

Aerial view of the swamplands covering the site of Spindletop in Beaumont, TX as seen from above Spindletop Park located off of West Port Arthur Road/Spur 93.

Date: July 6, 2022

Creator: Hicks, William

Item Type: Photograph

Location: 30.012974 -94.076173

Partner: UNT Libraries

Aerial Photograph of Spindletop Wellhead Site

Aerial view of the swamplands covering the site of Spindletop in Beaumont, TX as seen from above Spindletop Park located off of West Port Arthur Road/Spur 93.

Date: July 6, 2022

Creator: Hicks, William

Item Type: Photograph

Location: 30.012974 -94.076173

Partner: UNT Libraries

The Texas Gulf Historical and Biographical Record, Volume 38, November 2002

Annual journal of the Texas Gulf Historical Society publishing papers about the history of people, events, and development in the Texas Gulf region.

Date: November 2002

Creator: Texas Gulf Historical Society

Item Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter

Partner: Texas Gulf Historical Society

The Texas Gulf Historical and Biographical Record, Volume 36, November 2000

Annual journal of the Texas Gulf Historical Society publishing papers about the history of people, events, and development in the Texas Gulf region.

Date: November 2000

Creator: Texas Gulf Historical Society

Item Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter

Partner: Texas Gulf Historical Society

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[News Clip: "The Oil Game Series"]

Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas.

Date: May 28, 1979

Duration: 45 minutes 18 seconds

Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)

Item Type: Video

Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

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[News Clip: The Texas Experience]

Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas.

Date: unknown

Duration: 59 minutes 43 seconds

Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)

Item Type: Video

Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

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[News Clip: Texas Experience]

Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas.

Date: unknown

Duration: 55 minutes 41 seconds

Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)

Item Type: Video

Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

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[News Clip: The Texas Experience]

Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas.

Date: unknown

Duration: 18 minutes 44 seconds

Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)

Item Type: Video

Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

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[News Clip: Texas '71 " A Crisis In Energy"]

Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas.

Date: March 31, 1971

Duration: 30 minutes 43 seconds

Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)

Item Type: Video

Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

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[News Clip: The Oil Game series]

Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas.

Date: June 23, 1979

Duration: 24 minutes 27 seconds

Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)

Item Type: Video

Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Clipping: Early East Texas Oil Developer Dies]

Newspaper clipping reporting on the death of George W. Hardy.

Date: October 22, 1947

Item Type: Clipping

Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[Photograph of Mamie McFaddin Ward at Spindletop Museum]

Photograph of Mamie McFaddin Ward wearing a pink patterned dress and looking at an exhibit of metal machinery at the Spindletop Museum, with a large photo of the Spindletop gusher on the wall behind her.

Date: [1960..1982]

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: McFaddin-Ward House Museum

[Photograph of Abandoned Oil Field Equipment]

Photograph of abandoned oil field equipment at the Lucas Gusher site, with oil derricks in the distance.

Date: 1940~

Creator: Fisher, Larry Jene

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Lamar University

[Photograph of Man at Lucas Gusher Site]

Photograph of a man standing in a field at Lucas Gusher site with many oil derricks across the skyline behind him.

Date: November 1939

Creator: Fisher, Larry Jene

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Lamar University

[Photograph of Daily Enterprise Newspaper Page]

Photograph of a page from the Daily Enterprise newspaper, highlighting an article entitled "A Geyser of Oil," which announces the spouting of oil from Spindletop oil well. Other ads are also visible on the page.

Date: January 10, 1901

Creator: Fisher, Larry Jene

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Lamar University

[Photograph of Sheep at Lucas Gusher Site]

Photograph of sheep in a field at the Lucas Gusher site, with oil derricks in the background.

Date: November 1939

Creator: Fisher, Larry Jene

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Lamar University

[Photograph of Newspaper Article, "A Geyser of Oil"]

Photograph of a page from the Daily Enterprise newspaper, highlighting an article entitled "A Geyser of Oil," which announces the spouting of oil from Spindletop oil well.

Date: January 10, 1901

Creator: Fisher, Larry Jene

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Lamar University

[Photograph of Lucas Gusher Site]

Photograph of Lucas Gusher site, a field with an oil derrick in the distance.

Date: 1945~

Creator: Fisher, Larry Jene

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Lamar University

[Photograph of The Beaumont Journal Page]

Photograph of a page from The Beaumont Journal with an article about Spindletop entitled "An Oil Geyser."

Date: January 10, 1901

Creator: Fisher, Larry Jene

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Lamar University

[Photograph of an Oil Gusher]

Photograph of an oil gusher at Spindletop Oil Field in Beaumont, Texas. People stand on the ground around the gusher.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Fire Museum of Texas

[Postcard of a Beaumont Oil Gusher]

The image in front of the postcard shows grass in the background. There is an oil gusher in the middle ground. On the foreground to the left are several figures looking at the gusher. Near the middle of the foreground are two figures looking to the left towards the gusher and the crowd. On the lower left corner of the postcard is printed the following: "Beaumont Oil Gusher, Beaumont, Texas." The back of the postcard is blank.

Date: unknown

Creator: Commercial Chrome

Item Type: Postcard

Partner: McFaddin-Ward House Museum