[Spindle Top oil field, Beaumont, Texas] – Antique Print
![[Spindle Top oil field, Beaumont, Texas], [between 1900 and 1950] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/a9/a998fea7ee78-L.webp)
(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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[Spindle Top oil field, Beaumont, Texas] comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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[Spindle Top oil field, Beaumont, Texas]
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Spindle Top, a salt dome rising from the flat coastal plain near Beaumont, is the place this print shows, and its 1901 discovery set off one of the first great oil booms in the United States. The gusher that came in that January sent oil high into the air and drew wildcatters, drillers, and major companies to the region almost overnight. Derricks crowded the surrounding land within months, and Beaumont grew from a small lumber town into an oil city. The record dates the print only to between 1900 and 1950, so it likely captures the field during the decades when its wells and rigs defined the area.
| Created / published | [between 1900 and 1950] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Genre | Photographic prints 1900-1950. |
| Notes | No. 1888. |
| Subjects | Petroleum industry--Texas--Beaumont--1900-1950. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 877 px · prints to 5 × 3 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-169828 |
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