Oil Field Workers

Oil field workers following the discovery of the Richardson No. 1 well at the Smackover Pool in Union County; July 1922.

Men in hats covered in oil with a spewing oil derrick

Courtesy of the Southwest Arkansas Regional Archives

Media

Time Period

Early Twentieth Century (1901 - 1940)

Category

Environment / Environmental Issues and Controversies / Land and Resources

Type

Group

Race & Ethnicity

White

Gender

Male

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