Oil well, Rossville, Kansas
Date: Between 1930 and 1940
A photograph of an oil well located about three miles north of Rossville, Kansas. This photograph is provided through a pilot project to host unique cultural heritage materials from local libraries on Kansas Memory and was accomplished by mutual agreement between the Northeast Kansas Library System, the Rossville Community Library, and the Kansas Historical Society.

Oil field, El Dorado, Kansas
Creator: Parkersburg Rig & Reel Company, West Virgina
Date: October 1921
This black and white photograph shows the oil field and derricks of the Trapshooter's lease in El Dorado, Kansas.

Globe Oil Company, Wichita, Kansas
Creator: Smith, Edgar B.
Date: Between 1930 and 1950
These three black and white photographs show the Globe Oil Company in Wichita, Kansas.

Cities Service Petroleum Corporation, Augusta, Kansas
Date: June 1916
This black and white photograph shows a group of people standing in the oil field, discovered by the Cities Service Petroleum Corporation, in Augusta, Kansas. According to the back of the photograph, the well was flowing 1,800 barrels of oil daily.

Cities Service Petroleum Corporation, El Dorado, Kansas
Date: Between 1914 and 1916
This black and white photograph shows a team of horses and mules inside the pipe yard of the Cities Service Petroleum Corporation at El Dorado, Kansas. These horse drawn wagons were responsible for transporting the heavy equipment to the oil fields.

Oil field, El Dorado, Kansas
Creator: Geological Survey of Kansas
Date: 1917
This black and white photograph shows the oil field and derricks of the Trapshooter's lease in El Dorado, Kansas.

Globe Oil Refinery, McPherson, Kansas
Date: Between 1933 and 1939
This black and white photograph shows a view of the Globe Oil & Refining Company in McPherson, Kansas. The facility located southwest of McPherson was built in five months at a cost of one million dollars. The National Cooperative Refinery Association acquired the company in 1943.

Standard Oil Company, Neodesha, Kansas
Date: Between 1897 and 1907
This black and white photograph shows the Standard Oil Company in Neodesha, Kansas. The refinery built in 1897, produced 500 barrels of crude oil per day and was the first to process Mid-Continent Field crude.

Derby Oil Company, Wichita, Kansas
Date: Between 1940 and 1949
This black and white photograph shows the exterior view of the Derby Oil Company in Wichita, Kansas.

Derby Refinery, Wichita, Kansas
Date: Between 1950 and 1959
These four black and white photographs show the Derby Petroleum Refinery in Wichita, Kansas.

Russell Refining Company, Russell, Kansas
Date: 1936
These four black and white photographs show the Russell Refining Company in Russell, Kansas. The plant was located approximately five miles west of the town of Russell, Kansas along U.S. Highway No.40 and the Union Pacific Railroad.

National Refining Company, Coffeyville, Kansas
Date: Between 1923 and 1925
An album with photographs and information on the National Refining Company, Coffeyville, Kansas. The refinery was built on seventy-five acres in northeast Coffeyville. At the time of construction, the National Refining Company was the second largest oil company in the nation with Standard Oil being first. The Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railroad laid tracks to the refinery's site and construction began in 1904. Oil from Coffeyville and the north territory was piped to the refinery. Capacity was 2,500 barrels per day, and by the 1920s it was one of the largest independent refineries in the country. Included in the album are photographs of Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railroad locomotives pulling tank cars, buildings, chemical laboratories and equipment, employees, and equipment at the refinery. Page 5 contains a typed description of the processes for refining and filtering petroleum.

Peru, Kansas
Date: February 25, 1905
This photo shows the southeast corner of North Peru, Kansas, with several oil derricks in view.

Unidentified men at an oil well, Peru, Kansas
Date: 1905
This photo shows several unidentified men and two horses at an oil well in Peru, Kansas.

Oil derrick, Peru, Kansas
Date: 1905
Photo of unidentified men near an oil derrick, Peru, Kansas.

Unidentified men in an oil field, Peru, Kansas
Date: 1905
This photo shows several unidentified men in an oil field in Peru, Kansas. An inscription on the photograph may read "Lemmon's [or Lemmou's] tank house." Two horse and cart teams are also visible.

Oil well erupting, Peru, Kansas
Date: 1905
This photo shows an oil well erupting near Peru, Kansas. Two unidentified men and a team of horses are visible in the foreground.

Haskins Petroleum Company town
Date: 1920
Haskins Petroleum Company town in Butler County, Kansas, 1920. Oil boom town that was created when the petroleum field was discovered and then quickly became extinct once the mineral deposit had been exhausted.

Oil derricks, Peru, Kansas
Date: 1905
Photo of two oil derricks in Peru, Kansas.

Horses pulling a rig at an oil well, Peru, Kansas
Date: 1905
This photo shows several horses pulling a rig at an oil well in Peru, Kansas.

Peru, Kansas
Date: January 25, 1904
This photo shows an a view of Peru, Kansas, with an unidentified man and several oil derricks.

Peru, Kansas
Date: 1905
Photo of Peru, Kansas, showing several oil derricks.

Independent Oil Company delivery trucks, Alma, Kansas
Date: Between 1910 and 1920
A photograph showing two Independent Oil Company delivery trucks in Alma, Kansas. Visible in the background are railroad stock cars and livestock pens.

Lost Springs, Kansas
Creator: Banks, E. S.
Date: Between 1920 and 1929
Panoramic view of Lost Springs, Kansas, showing numerous oil derricks. The town is named after a noted camping place on the Santa Fe trail in Marion County.

Norman No. 1 oil well, Neodesha, Wilson County, Kansas
Date: October 1893
A photograph of the Norman No. 1 oil well, part of the Mid-Continent Oil Field, located in Neodesha, Kansas.