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Engineer's Report on Sherman Gas and Electric Company, Cleburne Gas and Electric Company, Waxahachie Gas and Electric Company, Hillsboro Gas and Electric Company, Bonham Gas and Electric Company, Dublin Gas and Electric Company: Volume 2, Statistics and Photographs

Description: Book discussing statistics for the finances and infrastructure of Sherman, Cleburne, Waxahachie, Hillsboro, Bonham, and Dublin Texas. There are photographs of the discussed cities and surrounding areas. The statistics include city taxes, crop reports, public buildings, and local industries.
Date: unknown
Creator: Jones, Fred A.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: Interurban Railway Museum

Wild Well Control

Description: Patent for a device to help get oil or gas wells back under control from a distance if they have developed excessive gas pressure which may cause fluid to blow out of the well or fires.
Date: July 11, 1933
Creator: Whitwam, Wallace W.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Patent
Partner: Private Collection of Mike Cochran

[Correspondence Between Tex Bradford and Elbert Jackson - August 1943-April 1944]

Description: Letter from Tex Bradford to Elbert Jackson (publisher of "The Spotlight" Authentic Oil Report) explaining that he has been abroad for military service in the American Army and the British Army in different countries, and also people that he met who work with oil. It includes a reply from Elbert describing various events that have prevented him from replying and answering questions about various mutual acquaintances.
Date: 1943-08-29/1944-04-15
Creator: Bradford, Alex & Jackson, C. Elbert
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: Private Collection of Mike Cochran

[Clipping: Second Well at Oklahoma City Controlled By Special Die Nipple]

Description: Journal page with portions of several articles, primarily describing the explosive oil well near the Northwest corner of Oklahoma City and the construction of a special metal collar that was used to safely control the oil well. Most of the article is centered around the construction of this metal collar and its effectiveness compared to an earlier oil well disaster.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Clipping
Partner: Private Collection of Mike Cochran

[Clipping: First Committee and the No More Foreign Wars Committee]

Description: Newspaper clipping describing three members of the First committee. These members include General Robert E. Wood, General Hugh Johnson, and Verne Marshall. Special emphasis has been placed on the oil financier William Rhodes Davis. A section of the newspaper clipping has been underlined in red colored pencil. The underlined passage describes a plan to purchase £2,000,000 of British and American oil and sell it to Germany and Italy. On the back of this clipping is speculation that Nazi Germany w… more
Date: January 9, 1941
Item Type: Refine your search to only Clipping
Partner: Private Collection of Mike Cochran

[Press Release: Educational Motion Picture Film Tells Story of Petroleum]

Description: Press release from the U.S. Bureau of Mines describing their newly-released film, “The Evolution of the Oil Industry," which attempts to tell the story of oil starting with biblical referencing, transitioning throughout the eras of modern oil well management. It also provides information about how groups can get copies of the film.
Date: unknown
Creator: United States. Bureau of Mines.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: Private Collection of Mike Cochran
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