Trapshooter's #2 / C.O. Boston. – Historic Reproduction
(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 Trapshooter's #2 / C.O. Boston., a historic photograph rich in period detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Trapshooter's #2 / C.O. Boston.
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Its title, "Trapshooter's #2," points to a single oil well, the kind of derrick and lease that dotted the El Dorado, Kansas, field during its boom. Oil was discovered in the Butler County area in 1915, and within a few years the town drew wildcatters, drillers, and supply firms, turning farmland into a crowded patchwork of rigs and storage tanks. The photograph was made around 1917 by C.O. Boston and registered for copyright, which is why a record of it survives. Pictures like this one document the rough, fast-moving industry that reshaped the region in the years before the First World War ended.
| Created / published | c1917. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Genre | Photographic prints 1910-1920. |
| Notes | J224115 U.S. Copyright Office. |
| Subjects | Petroleum industry--Kansas--El Dorado--1910-1920. Oil wells--Kansas--El Dorado--1910-1920. |
| 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-189171 |
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