Postcard: Building More Oil Tanks, El Dorado Oil Field, El Dorado, Kansas

Authors

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Identifier

FLSC_TJPC_01272018_1048

Description

This black and white photographic postcard depicts the construction of an oil tank. Scaffolding surrounds the tank and men stand at the top of the scaffolding. A group of men on the left are attaching a lip to the tank. The men on the right are riveting the metal pieces together. One man stands at the bottom right of the tank. Pipeline is on the ground in the foreground. Written text is at the bottom of the card.

Physical Description

4"x 5" photographic postcard

Subject

El Dorado (Kan.), Butler County (Kan.), Petroleum industry, Oil wells, Laborers, Construction

Rights

This material may be protected by copyright law (Title 17 U.S.Code)

Publisher

Digitized by Forsyth Digital Collections

Collection

Tim Johnson Postcard Collection

Repository

Forsyth Library Special Collections

Comments

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Recommended Citation

"Postcard: Building More Oil Tanks, El Dorado Oil Field, El Dorado, Kansas" (2021). Tim Johnson Postcard Collection. 952.
https://scholars.fhsu.edu/tj_postcards/952

Language

eng

Transcription

Building More Oil Tanks, El Dorado Oil Field, El Dorado Kans