Wichita County Burkburnett oil field, Texas, 1919 – Antique Photo Print
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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This historic image of Wichita County Burkburnett oil field, Texas, 1919 brings a moment of history to your wall. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
Library of Congress record: West end, Burkburnett oil field
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Wichita County Burkburnett oil field, Texas, 1919
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Burkburnett, in Wichita County in north Texas, was a boom town in 1919, the year after oil was struck in the surrounding fields in 1918. Wildcatters, drillers, and laborers poured in from across the state and beyond, and the town could not house them, so many lived in tents and shacks on the edge of the leases. Wichita Falls, a few miles away, supplied the equipment, supplies, and railroad service that kept the wells running, and the local economy shifted almost overnight from cattle and farming toward petroleum. Derricks crowding the open prairie were the clearest sign of that change, and residents already measured the community by its drilling activity and the next well coming in.
| Created / published | 1919 |
|---|---|
| Creator | huddleston photo co. |
| Notes | Panoramic photograph. |
| Subjects | Panoramic photographs--Texas |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Photographs |
| Original scan | 5,400 × 883 px · prints to 18 × 3 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | West end, Burkburnett oil field |
| Reference | TX 1919 Wichita County Burkburnett oil field |
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