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Unidentified oil rigs with shrubbery
Unidentified oil rigs with shrubbery
TitleUnidentified oil rigs with shrubbery
DescriptionAn unidentified oil field near Houston. A number of drilling derricks are scattered among the trees and shrubs. A work building on the left side of the site is painted with the name "Texas Company." The Texas Company was chartered in Texas on April 7, 1902.
InscriptionCECIL THOMSON STUDIOS
Date1910s
Genreblack-and-white photographs
copy prints
Subject.Topical (AAT)oil wells
oil fields
oil rigs
Subject (Geographic)Houston, Texas
Original CollectionGeorge Fuermann "Texas and Houston" Collection, 1836-2001 http://archon.lib.uh.edu/index.php?p=collections/controlcard&id=356
RepositorySpecial Collections, University of Houston Libraries
Original Item LocationID 1970-001, Box 13, Folder 351
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