Burkburnett, Tex., April 24th, 1919, Texas, 1919 – Historic Photo 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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Burkburnett, Tex., April 24th, 1919, Texas, 1919 comes to life in this historic image, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
Library of Congress record: Burkburnett, Tex., April 24th, 1919
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Burkburnett, Tex., April 24th, 1919, Texas, 1919
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Burkburnett, Texas, in April 1919 was a small ranch town in Wichita County that had been transformed within the previous year by oil. Drillers struck productive wells in the area in 1918, and the boom drew crews, speculators, and job seekers from across the state and beyond. Housing could not keep pace, so tents, shacks, and crowded boarding houses spread across the countryside, while Wichita Falls, about a dozen miles away, served as the nearest rail and supply center. Residents of the time knew the town chiefly as an oil camp, a place where fortunes were made quickly and where the sudden arrival of population strained streets, water, and local law. A photograph taken on this spring day records that rapid, unsettled growth.
| Created / published | 1919 |
|---|---|
| Creator | raymond, w. h. |
| Notes | Panoramic photograph. |
| Subjects | Panoramic photographs--Texas |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Photographs |
| Original scan | 5,318 × 1,078 px · prints to 18 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Burkburnett, Tex., April 24th, 1919 |
| Reference | TX 1919 a Burkburnett, Tex., April 24th, 1919 |
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