North, east and south on block 818 Oil, Texas – Vintage Wall Art
(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 North, east and south on block 818 Oil, Texas. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
Library of Congress record: Looking north, east and south on block 818
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North, east and south on block 818 Oil, Texas
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In 1919, the oil camp at Oil, Texas, sat within the fast-growing North Texas oil country, where wells, derricks, and leases had multiplied since the strikes of 1917 and 1918 around Ranger and Burkburnett. Lease blocks like Block 818 were laid out in a grid of survey numbers, and each parcel was worth a fortune to a small operator who could bring in a producing well. Crews, teamsters, and drillers arrived faster than housing and roads could follow, so tents, shacks, and boardinghouses crowded beside the rigs. Local residents knew the region for its sudden wealth, rough saloons, and the scramble to lease and drill land before neighbors did. The view of the derricks laid out in each direction shows how completely the oil industry had taken over the landscape in those years.
| Created / published | 1919 |
|---|---|
| Creator | harden, homer t. |
| Notes | Panoramic photograph. |
| Subjects | Panoramic photographs--Texas |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Photographs |
| Original scan | 5,400 × 936 px · prints to 18 × 3 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Looking north, east and south on block 818 |
| Reference | TX North, east and south on block 818 Oil |
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