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Oil Derrick

Description: Copy negative of two pictures an oil derrick during the Ranger, Texas oil boom. The picture on the left is of the base of an oil well, men working, and equipment around it in a field. The picture on the right shows the whole tower of the well, the small building at its base, men working, and equipment.
Date: 1920~
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[Oil Flowing from Humble Well]

Description: Photographic postcard picturing oil flowing out of a well. Written on the card, "Giant Humble well yields 428,000 bbls [barrels] oil in 42 days. Humble Well, Orange, Texas 3=788=731212" The oil flows from a pipe into a trough.
Date: 1920
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Well-Drilling Rig.

Description: Patent, including illustrations, for "an improved well drilling rig or apparatus" which provides "a simple, efficient, and practical machine of this kind including revoluble means having a device operatively connected to a walking beam (from which a drilling tool is suspended), so that upon every complete revolution of the revoluble means, the drilling tool or bit will be given two direct drops, each alternating with the lifting movement of the drill bit" (page 1, lines 11-21).
Date: February 3, 1920
Creator: Bradford, Robert M.
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Well Cable-Pump

Description: Patent for an improved pump that can be used in connection with deep wells and provides improved construction that alleviates the necessity of having a long line of extra pipe and the troubling pump rod.
Date: July 27, 1920
Creator: Fender, Joe N.
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Well-Cleaner.

Description: Patent for improvements for cleaning oil, water, and gas wells that goes into the well and flushes out a clogged screen.
Date: August 6, 1920
Creator: Bashara, Samuel F.
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Pump.

Description: Patent for a pump specifically designed for oil wells to make drilling oil more efficient, lucrative, and easier to perform.
Date: April 13, 1920
Creator: Carden, David A.
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Method of Sampling.

Description: Patent for improving methods of boring wells by "raising the cuttings from an earth boring drill to the surface" (lines 70-71), including illustrations.
Date: July 20, 1920
Creator: Carmichael, Robert E.
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Swivel for Rotary Drills

Description: Patent for a swivel for rotary drills used for wells of oil, water, and gas. This swivel ensures no substances, such as sand, get into the parts of the drill that move.
Date: October 5, 1920
Creator: Humason, Granville A.
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Fire-Engine.

Description: Patent for "an apparatus for extinguishing the fire in oil wells and the principal object of the invention is the provide means for creating a suction at the mouth of the well for extinguishing the fire."
Date: August 31, 1920
Creator: Smith, Paul E.
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