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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".
Date: 1901
Creator: Trost Studio
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

The Lucas Gusher, 1901

Description: 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.
Date: 1901
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

[Photograph of Oil Well Fire in Port Arthur, Texas, September 13, 1902]

Description: Photograph of an oil well fire, with smoke roiling into the sky as eighteen men look on. A tank to the left of the blaze is itself giving off smoke. Industrial materials litter the foreground, and two intact oil rigs can be seen in the background. On the reverse side, there is a handwritten passage stating "Kieths Ward Fire - Texas Gusher throwing 200 ft and Higgins 10000 barrel Pressure Tank."
Date: September 13, 1902
Partner: Museum of the Gulf Coast

[Photograph of Derrick Crew]

Description: Photograph of a group of men standing inside of an oil derrick, with one man wearing a magnolia corsage.
Date: 1905~
Creator: Fisher, Larry Jene
Partner: Lamar University

[Photograph of Daily Enterprise Newspaper Page]

Description: 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
Partner: Lamar University

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

Description: 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
Partner: Lamar University

[Photograph of The Beaumont Journal Page]

Description: 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
Partner: Lamar University
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