[Burkburnett Oil Boom Panorama] Metadata

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Title

  • Main Title [Burkburnett Oil Boom Panorama]

Contributor

  • Owner: Jim Cheatheam
    Contributor Type: Personal

Date

  • Creation: 1919-11-04

Language

  • English

Description

  • Content Description: Panoramic view of Burkburnett, Texas during the oil boom. The writing on the fifth photograph reads, "A. Faberberg, 805 Bluff, Wichita Falls, Texas, Nov. 4, '19 (209).
  • Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.5 x 53 in.

Subject

  • Library of Congress Subject Headings: Burkburnett (Tex.) -- Photographs
  • Library of Congress Subject Headings: Oil industry workers
  • Library of Congress Subject Headings: Oil well drilling
  • University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: Business, Economics and Finance - Oil and Gas
  • University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: Business, Economics and Finance - Oil and Gas - Oil Wells
  • University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: Business, Economics and Finance - Oil and Gas - Oil Fields
  • University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: Architecture
  • University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: Business, Economics and Finance - Transportation - Automobiles

Primary Source

  • Item is a Primary Source

Coverage

  • Place Name: United States - Texas - Wichita County - Burkburnett
  • Time Period: oil-gas

Collection

  • Name: Texas History Collection
    Code: THC

Institution

  • Name: Midwestern State University
    Code: MWSU

Resource Type

  • Photograph

Format

  • Image

Identifier

  • Accession or Local Control No: Cheatheam-Jim-01-001_poss-stitch
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metapth1385497

Note

  • Display Note: Digitized as part of a History Harvest project. The photograph was donated by Jim Cheatheam.
  • Display Note: Five photographs are attached with staples and tape to form a panorama.
  • Display Note: The back of the photograph reads, "Bill Bean gave to Kit Gray to Jim Cheatheam 10/5/13."
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