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A black and white photo of men working on a boat, Texas, during Great Depression

A black and white photo of men working on a boat, Texas, during Great ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of industrial or agricultural worker, 1930s, 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions. show less

A couple of men sitting on top of a boat, Texas, during Great Depression

A couple of men sitting on top of a boat, Texas, during Great Depressi...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an industrial building, factory, workshop, workers, 20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Oil drillers talking with bits in front of them and drilling equipment in background, Kilgore, Texas

Oil drillers talking with bits in front of them and drilling equipment...

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Oil drillers preparing to take a core to determine nature of sand in the basin of the port of Houston, Texas

Oil drillers preparing to take a core to determine nature of sand in t...

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Oil drillers preparing to take a core to determine nature of sand in the basin of the port of Houston, Texas

Oil drillers preparing to take a core to determine nature of sand in t...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Oil drillers talking with bits in front of them and drilling equipment in background, Kilgore, Texas

Oil drillers talking with bits in front of them and drilling equipment...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

America's petroleum industries pour out fuel and lubricants for the United Nations. At an oil well in the U.S. Southwest state of Oklahoma, oil drillers are using tools called "tongs" which are clamped on the drill stem to screw on a new section of stem or to unscrew the stem, section by section, after the drilling far below the earth's surface is finished. This procedure is common in modern rotary drilling for oil . The well pictured here is being drilled by a "wildcat" organization of drillers, which means they are formed in a group independent of any of the great oil companies. The well, if successful, will contribute to the vast quantity of oil being poured overseas to the U.S. armed forces and the United Nations for the successful waging of the war. The predictable total of U.S. oil production in 1944, according to a U.S. oil company official, is 1,601,2500,000 barrels produced by thousands of wells such as this one. Some U.S. oilwells today are drilled to a depth of three miles (4.8 kilometers) underground

America's petroleum industries pour out fuel and lubricants for the Un...

Public domain photograph - United States during World War Two, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

America's petroleum industries pour out fuel and lubricants for the United Nations. At an oil well in the U.S. Southwest state of Oklahoma, oil drillers are using tools called "tongs" which are clamped on the drill stem to screw on a new section of stem or to unscrew the stem, section by section, after the drilling far below the earth's surface is finished. This procedure is common in modern rotary drilling for oil . The well pictured here is being drilled by a "wildcat" organization of drillers, which means they are formed in a group independent of any of the great oil companies. The well, if successful, will contribute to the vast quantity of oil being poured overseas to the U.S. armed forces and the United Nations for the successful waging of the war. The predictable total of U.S. oil production in 1944, according to a U.S. oil company official, is 1,601,2500,000 barrels produced by thousands of wells such as this one. Some U.S. oilwells today are drilled to a depth of three miles (4.8 kilometers) underground

America's petroleum industries pour out fuel and lubricants for the Un...

Additional information from caption on print in lot: Approved by appropriate U.S. authority. Portrait of America series; no. 83. Title and other information from print in lot and lot catalog card. Transfer; Uni... More

Oil drillers talking with bits in front of them and drilling equipment in background, Kilgore, Texas

Oil drillers talking with bits in front of them and drilling equipment...

Public domain photograph of Texas during the Great Depression era, artistic, art photography, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Oil drillers talking with bits in front of them and drilling equipment in background, Kilgore, Texas

Oil drillers talking with bits in front of them and drilling equipment...

Public domain photograph of Great Depression era, artistic, art photography, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description