3" Cannon

Photograph of a 3" Cannon used to shoot oil tanks when they caught fire. The oil drained into a dyke surrounding the tank and prevented the tank from boiling over.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

40,000 Ft. Gas Well

Photograph of a 40,000 Ft. Gas Well blowing natural gas.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Boilers

Photograph of a battery of boilers used to quench the gas fire.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Burning Oil Tanks

Photograph of burning oil tanks, Prairie Oil and Gas Company, Drumright, OK.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Burnt Buildings

Photograph of burnt buildings in Drumright, OK, after a fire.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Cimarron River

Photograph of the Cimarron River near Oilton, OK.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Cushing Oil Field

Photograph of a Rumley Oil Pull, an oil burning tractor used to haul oil field supplies from Cushing to the Drumright Oil Field, in the Cushing Oil Field, Cushing, OK.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Drumright

Photograph of main street, Drumright, OK.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Drumright, OK

Photograph of people "hunting for lost treasures the morning after," Drumright, OK.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Drumright State Bank

Photograph of Drumright State Bank, Drumright, OK.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Explosion

Photograph of a car wrecked by nitroglycerin after an explosion near Drumright, OK.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Flow Tanks

Photograph of flow tanks on the Cimarron River bed near Drumright, OK.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Gunsburg and Foreman, No. 4

Photograph of Gunsburg and Foreman, No. 4, one of the big rigs near Drumright, OK.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Gusher in Cushing Oil Field

Photograph of a gusher in the Cushing Oil Field, after it was shot with 100 to 200 quarts of nitroglycerin, Cushing, OK.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Gusher in Cushing Oil Field

Photograph of a gusher in the Cushing Oil Field, probably blowing after a nitroglycerin shot, Cushing, OK.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Horse Team

Photograph of a horse team hauling a piece of heavy oil field equipment in the Drumright Oil Field, Drumright, OK, with the caption, "This is the way all the equipment and supplies of all kinds were hauled from Cushing to the Drumright Oil Field until the Railway came in 1914." Photo by Oscar Drum, Bartlesville, OK.
Date: unknown
Creator: Drums, Oscar
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Mary Sudik Well Oil Well

Photograph of the Mary Sudik oil well in Oklahoma City.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Morrow Hotel Fire

Photograph of the Morrow Hotel Fire, Drumright, OK. Photo by Electric Studio, Drumright, OK.
Date: unknown
Creator: Electric Studio
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Oil Ice-berg

Photograph of a Christmas tree shaped ice-berg in the oil field, made from oily salt water frozen over a leaky well.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Oil Loading Rack

Photograph of an oil loading rack, Drumright, OK.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Oil Well Shooters' Buckboard Heavy Buggy

Photograph of a Oil Well Shooters' Buckboard Heavy Buggy with the caption, "High Explosives Dangerous."
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Oklahoma City Oil Field

Photograph of a post card of the Oklahoma City Oil Field drilling rigs, at night, Oklahoma City, OK. Printed by MacArthur Photo Finishers, Oklahoma City, OK.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Prairie Oil Company Pump Station

Photograph of the Prairie Oil Company Pump Station north of Drumright, OK, that pumped oil to the Chicago, IL, area.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Santa Fe Railroad at the Drumright Oil Field, Drumright, OK

Photograph of the Santa Fe Railroad at the Drumright Oil Field, Drumright, OK.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History