Burkburnett, Texas oil field, 1919 – Vintage Wall Art
(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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Step back in time with Burkburnett, Texas oil field, 1919, a historic image rich in period detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
Library of Congress record: Burkburnett, Texas oil field
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Burkburnett, Texas oil field, 1919
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Burkburnett, in North Texas near the Red River and the Oklahoma line, was in 1919 one of the most talked-about places in the country because of its oil. The Burkburnett field had been struck in 1918, and within months the town swelled with wildcatters, roughnecks, and merchants chasing leases, so that wooden derricks crowded the land around the old farm settlement. Housing ran short, tents and shacks spread across the prairie, and the boom brought saloons, gambling halls, and a rough street life that outsiders read about in newspapers. Wichita Falls, a few miles south and already a railroad town, served as the supply and shipping center for the field, which made the district a sharp symbol of how quickly Texas was becoming an oil state.
| Created / published | 1919 |
|---|---|
| Creator | buchanan, r. (rufus), that man stone co |
| Notes | Panoramic photograph. |
| Subjects | Panoramic photographs--Texas |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Photographs |
| Original scan | 5,339 × 750 px · prints to 18 × 2 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Burkburnett, Texas oil field |
| Reference | TX 1919 Burkburnett, Texas oil field |
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