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- Spouting Wells, Tarr Farm, Oil Creek, Pennsylvania, 1862 - America's first oil boom was in Pennsylvania. This is the Phillips well operation in Oil Creek, 1862.
- July 18, 1862
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Spouting Wells, Tarr Farm, Oil Creek, Pennsylvania, 1862
America's first oil boom was in Pennsylvania. This is the Phillips well operation in Oil Creek, 1862.
- "Drill Baby Drill! Support Energy Independence" Bumper Sticker, 2011 - Critics of America's dependence on foreign oil suggested we drive less, develop alternative fuels, or drill in protected domestic wilderness areas, as this bumper sticker suggests.
- 2011
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"Drill Baby Drill! Support Energy Independence" Bumper Sticker, 2011
Critics of America's dependence on foreign oil suggested we drive less, develop alternative fuels, or drill in protected domestic wilderness areas, as this bumper sticker suggests.
- A Forest of Oil Derricks on Goose Creek, Texas, 1903-1919 -
- 1903-1919
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A Forest of Oil Derricks on Goose Creek, Texas, 1903-1919
- Rotary Oil Well Drilling Site in East Texas, 1935 -
- April 15, 1935
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Rotary Oil Well Drilling Site in East Texas, 1935
- Black Gold: A Thrilling Epic of the Oil Fields, 1928 - In the early 20th century, some independent film studios produced motion pictures for the African American market. Films made by these studios featured all-Black casts and provided actors with positive, non-stereotypical roles. Norman Studios, a white-owned company in Jacksonville, Florida, made several such films during the 1920s. This lobby card advertises its 1928 production of the film <em>Black Gold</em>.
- 1928
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Black Gold: A Thrilling Epic of the Oil Fields, 1928
In the early 20th century, some independent film studios produced motion pictures for the African American market. Films made by these studios featured all-Black casts and provided actors with positive, non-stereotypical roles. Norman Studios, a white-owned company in Jacksonville, Florida, made several such films during the 1920s. This lobby card advertises its 1928 production of the film Black Gold.
- Striking Oil, 1935 -
- April 15, 1935
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Striking Oil, 1935