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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.
Date: Between 1914 and 1916
Item Number: 224049
Call Number: FK2.B5 E. 3 Pe.Cit *2
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 224049
Agriculture - Livestock - Horses
Agriculture - Livestock - Mules
Business and Industry - Chemical, petroleum, and gas - Oil
Collections - Photograph
Date - 1910s
Environment - Natural resources - Oil
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Photograph
Places - Cities and towns - El Dorado
Places - Counties - Butler
Transportation - Non-motorized - Freight wagons
Type of Material - Photographs
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