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[Oil Flowing from Humble Well]

Description: Photographic postcard picturing oil flowing out of a well. Written on the card, "Giant Humble well yields 428,000 bbls [barrels] oil in 42 days. Humble Well, Orange, Texas 3=788=731212" The oil flows from a pipe into a trough.
Date: 1920
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Hydraulic Swivel

Description: Patent for a hydraulic swivel made to control back pressure and designed to be resistant to wear. Illustrations included.
Date: December 10, 1907
Creator: Johnston, Horace G. & Norris, Joseph B.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Oil-Burner.

Description: Patent for oil-burner that is used by being connected to a steam-boiler. It is simply constructed to produce a very high degree of heat with a comparatively small amount of hydrocarbon oil.
Date: December 16, 1902
Creator: Jenkins, Wellington S.
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Sample-Taking Device.

Description: Patent for a device that helps with sample collection at oil drilling sites. The tool is cylindrical and can be placed in the ground to help with sample collection. This patent includes examples of how the tool can be used and tool specifications.
Date: April 15, 1919
Creator: Church, Walter Lee
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Well Drilling Machine.

Description: Patent for a driving mechanism to reduce the numbers of shafts and other parts needed for well drilling. The invention allows for one main driving shaft to be used as the primary source for well drilling.
Date: February 5, 1918
Creator: Herdman, Adam H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Gasoline and Oil Renovator

Description: Patent for a device that can take the impurities from gasoline and oil, thus making them reusable. Development and use are within text; includes illustrations to demonstrate the object of the patent.
Date: December 4, 1917
Creator: Caen, George
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Oil Well

Description: Copy negative of two images. The image on the right shows an oil spindletop. Printed in the bottom margin is, "Oil Well. Tampico, Mexico." The image on the left shows an oil well erupting. Printed in the bottom margin is, "Naranjas No. 4 Oil Well. Tampico, Mexico."
Date: unknown
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

View of Oil Field

Description: Copy negative of two pictures of an oil field with many wells, tree stumps, equipment, and a few small buildings. The bottom picture shows a road going through the field.
Date: unknown
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Manufacture of Gasolene.

Description: Patent for the manufacture of gasoline. The product is used as a fuel for internal combustion engines.
Date: March 9, 1915
Creator: Bacon, Raymond F.; Brooks, Benjamin T. & Clark, Clinton W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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[News Clip: Oil Economy]

Description: Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: October 4, 1988, 6:00 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 57 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
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Explosion-Hatch for Oil-Tanks.

Description: Patent for useful and new improvements in explosion hatches for oil tanks. This product specifically provides a hatch on the oil tank which will permit the escape of combustion gasses through the hatchway. It does so without damage to the hatch, case, or the tank. This provides additional safety and security for the operator.
Date: November 8, 1921
Creator: Hull, Burton E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Appliance for Protecting Oil-Wells from Fires.

Description: Patent for an appliance for protecting oil-wells from fires. As stated within the patent, "this invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in appliances for protecting oil-wells from fires; and to this end it consists of the novel combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter more specifically described in the accompanying drawings, and particularly pointed out in the claims herein appended" (Lines 9-16).
Date: March 11, 1902
Creator: Cochran, James M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Casing Point or Strainer.

Description: Patent for casing point or strainer "particularly adapted for use in oil and Artesian wells... which will permit free circulation of the liquid around the lower portion of the casing and free and easy entrance of the same into the casing, and yet will prevent entrance of sand and gravel into the casing" (Lines 12-22).
Date: May 13, 1902
Creator: Carlson, Andrew Edward
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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