Desdemona field – Antique 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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Desdemona field
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Desdemona, a boom field in Eastland County, Texas, drew crowds of drillers and speculators after oil came in there in 1918. This panoramic print, roughly eight by sixty-four inches, was made by Fort Worth photographer Homer T. Harden around 1919 and shows a long line of oil wells across the field. Harden registered the picture for copyright that November, which helps date it and makes it a useful document of how densely the wells were packed during the boom. The wide format suits the subject, since a standard print could not easily show how many rigs crowded the land.
| Created / published | c1919. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print : gelatin silver ; 8 x 64.5 in. |
| Genre | Gelatin silver prints.Panoramic photographs. |
| Notes | J237897 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Homer T. Harden; November 17, 1919. Photographer's address: 602 1/2 Houston St., Ft. Worth, Texas. No. 194. |
| Subjects | Petroleum industry. Oil wells.United States--Texas--Desdemona. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,096 × 3,304 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-202670 |
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