A large tower of smoke stretches from the low center of the photograph to the very top edge of the photograph. The photograph is taken in low mountains or hills. To the right of the smoke are small trees, and to the left are the small figures of three men. In front of the smoke is what looks to be a small drill. In the immediate foreground are numerous pipes.
Title
[Oil fire in Norphlet, Arkansas]
Identifier
e_enr_167
Topic
Petroleum industry
Dates
2015-10-15
Resource
Prints and photographs collection
Description
Postcard of oil fire in Arkansas field. E. M. Jones Cook No. 2. Scwilson X963 PC-270
Title
[Oil Fire: Mexican Gulf Coast Oil co.]
Identifier
e_enr_174
Topic
Petroleum industry
Dates
undated
Resource
Prints and photographs collection
Description
A somewhat faraway shot of an oil fire, towards the right side of the frame. The smoke is coming frm the ground and reaches to the top of the photograph. Mexican Gulf Oil Co. #4 Poteco
Title
[Oil Rig]
Identifier
e_enr_168
Topic
Petroleum industry
Dates
undated
Resource
Prints and photographs collection
Description
A very clear photograph of a large oil rig in the middle of a sparse and unidentifiable landscape.
Title
[Oil Tower in Field]
Identifier
e_enr_171
Contributor
B.B. Pumphrey Collection
Topic
Petroleum industry
Dates
undated
Resource
Prints and photographs collection
Description
A faraway photograph of a tower and rig in a flat field. To the left are a cluster of short trees. The very bottom center of the photograph is slightly over-exposed.
Title
[Oil well]
Identifier
e_enr_119
Contributor
Dr. J.A. Wilson Geology Department
Topic
Petroleum industry
Dates
1948-02-10
Resource
Prints and photographs collection
Description
Bottom of oil well
Title
[Oil well explosion]
Identifier
e_enr_118
Topic
Petroleum industry
Dates
undated
Resource
Prints and photographs collection
Description
Oil well exploding
Title
[Oil well with automobile]
Identifier
e_enr_165
Topic
Petroleum industry
Dates
undated
Resource
Prints and photographs collection
Description
Photo of unidentified workers with an oil well and automobile
Title
Phillips Petroleum Company's Kansas City, Kansas refinery
Identifier
e_enr_163
Topic
Petroleum industry
Dates
circa 1950-1959
Resource
Prints and photographs collection
Description
Catalytic cracking unit at Phillips Petroleum Compnay's Kansas City, Kansas refinery. Also located here is the company's modern lubricating oil plant, the home of Trop-Artic, Phillips all-season motor oil. #1149; 5-28-59
Title
Signal Hill Oil Fields
Identifier
e_enr_214
Topic
Petroleum industry
Dates
circa 1943
Resource
Prints and photographs collection
Description
Many oil wells at the Signal Hill oil fields
Title
Spudding machine, Tampico oil district
Identifier
e_enr_209
Topic
Petroleum industry
Dates
circa 1920-1930
Resource
Prints and photographs collection
Description
Four men surrounding a spudding machine in the Tampico oil district
Title
[Tower in Town]
Identifier
e_enr_172
Contributor
Dr. J.A. Wilson Geology Department
Topic
Petroleum industry
Dates
1948-02-10
Resource
Prints and photographs collection
Description
A square sepia-toned photograph of an oil tower surrounded by small houses. In the right foreground is the edge of a house raised slightly off the ground.