Goose Creek, Texas oil field Baytwon, 1917 – 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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A window into the past: Goose Creek, Texas oil field Baytwon, 1917, preserved in this historic image. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
Library of Congress record: Goose Creek, Texas oil field
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Goose Creek, Texas oil field Baytwon, 1917
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Goose Creek, on the edge of Baytown in Harris County, Texas, was one of the most talked-about oil fields in the country in 1917. A major strike in 1916 brought derricks onto the flat, marshy ground near the Houston Ship Channel, which had opened to deep-draft shipping in 1914. Companies such as the Humble Oil and Refining Company, organized in 1917 to develop the field, drilled quickly as the United States entered the First World War in April, and the crude was in demand for fuel and industrial use. Residents knew the district as a rough boomtown of oil workers, pipelines and tank farms, where housing and services struggled to keep pace with the newcomers.
| Created / published | 1917 |
|---|---|
| Creator | schlueter, f. j. (frank j.) |
| Notes | Panoramic photograph. |
| Subjects | Panoramic photographs--Texas |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Photographs |
| Original scan | 5,400 × 798 px · prints to 18 × 3 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Goose Creek, Texas oil field |
| Reference | TX 1917 Goose Creek, Texas oil field Baytwon |
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