Desdemona oil field fro, Texas, 1919 – Historic Photograph 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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Few images capture their era like this historic image of Desdemona oil field fro, Texas, 1919. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
Library of Congress record: Desdemona oil field from Terry Tract
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Desdemona oil field fro, Texas, 1919
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Desdemona, in Eastland County in north-central Texas, was in the middle of an oil boom in 1919. Wildcatters had struck oil there the previous year, and within months the countryside filled with derricks, storage tanks, and crews drawn from farms and older oil camps across the state. The town grew faster than its streets and water lines could handle, with tents, shacks, and hastily framed stores lining the roads around the wells. Eastland County had been ranch and farm country, and the sudden wealth and crowds changed daily life, bringing boarding houses, saloons, and long lines at the depots where oil and supplies moved out by rail. Residents would have known Desdemona as one of the newest and rowdiest Texas fields, a place where fortunes could be made in a season and lost just as quickly.
| Created / published | 1919 |
|---|---|
| Creator | almeron newman photographic co. |
| Notes | Panoramic photograph. |
| Subjects | Panoramic photographs--Texas |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Photographs |
| Original scan | 5,334 × 1,208 px · prints to 18 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Desdemona oil field from Terry Tract |
| Reference | TX 1919 Desdemona oil field fro |
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