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This photograph shows Senator C. R. Ming standing beside the Skiles Oil Well no. 2, the oldest producing well in the Mid-continent Oil Field.
Date: 1942
Item Number: 440305
Call Number: FK2.W5 .3 Pe.Ski *1
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 440305
Built Environment - Function - Industry/Processing/Extraction
Business and Industry - Chemical, petroleum, and gas - Oil
Business and Industry - Occupations/Professions - Politicians
Collections - Photograph
Date - 1940s - 1942
Environment - Natural resources - Oil
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Photograph
People - Notable Kansans
Places - Counties - Wilson
Type of Material - Photographs
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