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Title	Bailing Oil at Well No. 15.
Creator	Weatherington Brothers
Date	1887
Decade	1880-1889
Part Of	Lawrence T. Jones III Texas photography collection
Series	Series 4: Texas Locations and People
Place	Oil Springs, Nacogdoches County, Texas
Description	A clipping or article featuring this photograph from The (Dallas)Times Herald titled, "A mighty Industry Has Sprung From This Humble Beginning", Sunday, January 27, 1935 accompanies this image. The caption reads: "An interesting shot of the Petroleum Prospecting company's well and "plant" on Oil Spring branch in Nacogdoches county, taken in 1887." Note with article clipping reads: "Excerpt from article by Tex Willis in The Times Herald, Dallas, Texas.
Notes	Recto: [inscribed] Bailing Oil At Well No. 15., Photo by Weatherington Bros., Dallas, Texas.; Verso: [written in ink] Inus Mathews Clem's father, Jack Matthews, [Harlan J. Matthews], Bailing oil out of well, at Oil Springs, Texas, near Nacogdoches ---in Nacogdoches County, Texas. From "Tex" Willis family collection. ''photo ca. 1887'' (Note: Other photographs related to Clem family are in collection (Series 4)
Related Resources	MARC record: http://libcat.smu.edu/vwebv/holdingsInfo?bibId=2777978 Finding aid: http://www.lib.utexas.edu/taro/smu/00085/smu-00085.html
Keywords	men; oil barrels; oil wells; George Weatherington; John Weatherington; Texas; Southwest; U.S. West
Physical Description	1 photographic print: albumen; 23.9 x 29.4 cm. on 24.8 x 29.9 cm. mount
Form/Genre	Photographs Photographic prints Albumen prints
Type	Image
Digitization Date	Digitized: 2011
Digital Format	Displayed as .jp2; uploaded as .jpg
Archival File Resolution	Archival scan: 3631 w x 3002 h pixels, 48-bit RGB
Digitization Process	Digitization process: Scanned using an Epson 750, 300 ppi, 48-bit, RGB, .tif; derivative resampled to 3000 pixels on long side, 24-bit .jpg
Physical Location	Series 4; Box 9
Call Number	Ag2008.0005
Upload File Name	ag2008_0005_4_9_28a_r_oilsprings_opt.jpg
Archival File Name(s)	ag2008_0005_4_9_28a_r_oilsprings.tif; ag2008_0005_4_9_28a_v_oilsprings.tif
Archival File Path	ARCHIVE\DeGolyer\reproductions\Ag2008-0005\Series4
Digital Collection	Lawrence T. Jones III Texas Photographs
Library	DeGolyer Library
Publisher	Central University Libraries, Southern Methodist University
Rights	Please cite Southern Methodist University, Central University Libraries, DeGolyer Library when using this image file. A high-quality version of this file may be obtained for a fee by contacting degolyer@smu.edu.

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