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These two sepia colored photographs show the operations of oil well #6 for the Skelly Oil Company in Augusta, Kansas. The first image shows oil pouring from a pipe on to the ground as two men look on. The second image shows the same two men standing in front of the derrick.
Date: 1916
Item Number: 304013
Call Number: FK2.B5 Au.3 Pe.Ske *1-2
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 304013
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 - Augusta
Places - Counties - Butler
Type of Material - Photographs
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