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Elmer Womack, derrick man from Fairfax, Oklahoma overhauling mud hog where oil well is being drilled in Goodrich field of Continental oil company. Valley Center oil field near Wichita, Kanasas. He had been working in Kansas fields about six years, used to be a pumper and workerd in oil fields since he was seventeen years old

Elmer Womack, derrick man from Fairfax, Oklahoma overhauling mud hog w...

Public domain photograph - historical image of Kansas, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Oil workers pulling up old pipe to change bit on drilling pipe at bottom of oil well in C.C. Graber pool of Continental oil company. Moundridge area near McPherson, Kansas

Oil workers pulling up old pipe to change bit on drilling pipe at bott...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Elmer Womack, derrick man from Fairfax, Oklahoma, overhauling mud hog where oil well is being drilled in Goodrich field of Continental oil company. Valley Center oil field near Witchita, Kansas. He has been working in Kansas fields about six years, used to be a pumper and worked in oil fields since he was seventeen years old

Elmer Womack, derrick man from Fairfax, Oklahoma, overhauling mud hog ...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of workers, war production, aircraft, airfield, the 1930s -1940s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A black and white photo of a man in overalls. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a man in overalls. Office of War Informatio...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Floyd Swick, welder from Newton, Kansas worked in oil fields about ten years; cutting tool joints off a drill pipe in Goodrich field of Continental oil company. Valley Center oil field near Wichita, Kansas

Floyd Swick, welder from Newton, Kansas worked in oil fields about ten...

Picryl description: Public domain image of workers, labor, 1940s, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Oil workers pulling up old pipe to change bit on drilling pipe at bottom of oil well in C.C. Graber pool of Continental oil company. Moundridge area near McPherson, Kansas

Oil workers pulling up old pipe to change bit on drilling pipe at bott...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a worker, labor, factory, plant, manufacture, industrial facility, 1930s, mid-20th-century industrial photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Oil well derrick in farmer's backyard. Goodrich field of Continental oil company. Valley Center Oil field near Wichita, Kansas

Oil well derrick in farmer's backyard. Goodrich field of Continental o...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

J.E. Schenermann, driller from Oklahoma, but worked in the Kansas oil fields about ten years; on pile of drill pipes near oil well in Goodrich field of Continental oil company. Valley Center oil field near Wichita, Kansas

J.E. Schenermann, driller from Oklahoma, but worked in the Kansas oil ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of workers, labor, 1940s, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Jim Eckles, water pumper, "backup man" from Kansas. Been in oil field four years, was formerly a farmer and still raises chickens near Moundridge, pulling up old pipe in oil well in C.C. Graber Pool. Continental oil company, Moundridge area near McPherson, Kansas

Jim Eckles, water pumper, "backup man" from Kansas. Been in oil field ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a worker, labor, factory, plant, manufacture, industrial facility, 1930s, mid-20th-century industrial photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

"Making a trip," pulling up old pipe to change bit on drilling pipe on the bottom of oil well at C.C. Graber pool. Continental oil company. Moundridge area near McPherson, Kansas

"Making a trip," pulling up old pipe to change bit on drilling pipe on...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a construction site, industrial or commercial building, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Oil workers pulling up old pipe to change bit on drilling pipe at bottom of oil well in C.C. Graber pool of Continental oil company. Moundridge area near McPherson, Kansas

Oil workers pulling up old pipe to change bit on drilling pipe at bott...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a worker, labor, factory, plant, manufacture, industrial facility, 1930s, mid-20th-century industrial photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

C.L. Saxton, driller; J.G. Betz, Cathead man; and L.C. Westerman, eating lunch around oil well in C.C. Graber pool of Continental oil company. Moundridge area near McPherson, Kansas

C.L. Saxton, driller; J.G. Betz, Cathead man; and L.C. Westerman, eati...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

C.L. Saxton, driller; J.G. Betz, Cathead man; and L.C. Westerman, eating lunch around oil well in C.C. Graber pool of Continental oil company. Moundridge area near McPherson, Kansas

C.L. Saxton, driller; J.G. Betz, Cathead man; and L.C. Westerman, eati...

Public domain photograph of the United States military and military-industrial complex before World War Two, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Floyd Swick, welder from Newton, Kansas worked in oil fields about ten years; cutting tool joints off a drill pipe in Goodrich field of Continental oil company. Valley Center oil field near Wichita, Kansas

Floyd Swick, welder from Newton, Kansas worked in oil fields about ten...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a worker, construction, carpenter, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

C.L. Saxton, driller; J.G. Betz, Cathead man; and L.C. Westerman, eating lunch around oil well in C.C. Graber pool of Continental oil company. Moundridge area near McPherson, Kansas

C.L. Saxton, driller; J.G. Betz, Cathead man; and L.C. Westerman, eati...

Public domain photograph of industrial architecture, factory building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

"Making a trip," pulling up old pipe to change bit on drilling pipe on the bottom of oil well at C.C. Graber pool of Continental oil company. Moundridge area near McPherson, Kansas

"Making a trip," pulling up old pipe to change bit on drilling pipe on...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Jim Eckles, water pumper, "backup man," with drill bits used in oil well in C.C. Graber pool, Continental oil company. Moundridge area near McPherson, Kansas

Jim Eckles, water pumper, "backup man," with drill bits used in oil we...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a farmer, 1930s, 20th-century dust bowl era, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Preparing to drill an oil well in Goodrich field of Continental oil company. Valley Center oil field near Wichita, Kansas

Preparing to drill an oil well in Goodrich field of Continental oil co...

Public domain photograph of 1930s America, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Floyd Swick, welder from Newton, Kansas worked in oil fields about ten years; cutting tool joints off a drill pipe in Goodrich field of Continental oil company. Valley Center oil field near Wichita, Kansas

Floyd Swick, welder from Newton, Kansas worked in oil fields about ten...

Picryl description: Public domain image of workers, labor, 1940s, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Floyd Swick, welder from Newton, Kansas, worked in oil fields about ten years cutting tool joints off a drill pipe. In Goodrich field of Continental oil company. Valley Center oil field near Wichita, Kansas

Floyd Swick, welder from Newton, Kansas, worked in oil fields about te...

Public domain photograph of 1930s America, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

J.E. Schenermann, driller from Oklahoma, but worked in the Kansas oil fields about ten years; on pile of drill pipes near oil well in Goodrich field of Continental oil company. Valley Center oil field near Wichita, Kansas

J.E. Schenermann, driller from Oklahoma, but worked in the Kansas oil ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of workers, labor, 1940s, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

C.L. Saxton, driller; J.G. Betz, Cathead man; and L.C. Westerman, eating lunch around oil well in C.C. Graber pool of Continental oil company. Moundridge area near McPherson, Kansas

C.L. Saxton, driller; J.G. Betz, Cathead man; and L.C. Westerman, eati...

Public domain photograph of America during the Great Depression, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Oil man by new well being drilled in Goodrich field of Continental oil company. Valley Center oil field near Wichita, Kansas

Oil man by new well being drilled in Goodrich field of Continental oil...

Public domain photograph - historical image of Kansas, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Jess Richmond, pipe wrecker from Blackwell, Oklahoma by oil well being drilled in Goodrich field of the Continental oil company. Valley Center oil field near Wichita, Kansas

Jess Richmond, pipe wrecker from Blackwell, Oklahoma by oil well being...

Picryl description: Public domain image of workers, labor, 1940s, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Floyd Swick, welder from Newton, Kansas worked in oil fields about ten years; cutting tool joints off a drill pipe in Goodrich field of Continental oil company. Valley Center oil field near Wichita, Kansas

Floyd Swick, welder from Newton, Kansas worked in oil fields about ten...

Picryl description: Public domain image of workers, labor, 1940s, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Oil worker eating lunch, works for Continental oil company. Moundridge area near McPherson, Kansas

Oil worker eating lunch, works for Continental oil company. Moundridge...

Public domain photograph of the United States military and military-industrial complex before World War Two, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Elmer Womack, derrick man from Fairfax, Oklahoma overhauling mud hog where oil well is being drilled in Goodrich field of Continental oil company. Valley Center oil field near Wichita, Kansas. He has been working in Kansas fields about six years, used to be a pumper and worked in oil fields since he was seventeen years old

Elmer Womack, derrick man from Fairfax, Oklahoma overhauling mud hog w...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a farmer, 1930s, 20th-century great depression era, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

"Making a trip," pulling up old pipe to change bit on drilling pipe on the bottom of oil well at C.C. Graber pool of Continental oil company. Moundridge area near McPherson, Kansas

"Making a trip," pulling up old pipe to change bit on drilling pipe on...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a construction site, industrial or commercial building, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Driller C.L. Saxton, riding on traveling block to the top of oil well derrick. He was originally from Oklahoma, but has been in Kansas for last six years. Oil well in C.C. Graber pool of Continental oil company. Moundridge area near McPherson, Kansas

Driller C.L. Saxton, riding on traveling block to the top of oil well ...

Public domain photograph of sport activity, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

"Making a trip," pulling up old pipe to change bit on drilling pipe on the bottom of oil well at C.C. Graber pool of Continental oil company. Moundridge area near McPherson, Kansas

"Making a trip," pulling up old pipe to change bit on drilling pipe on...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

L.N. McCullough, from Arkansas, breaking out gas line, by oil well being drilled in Goodrich field of Continental oil company near Wichita, Kansas

L.N. McCullough, from Arkansas, breaking out gas line, by oil well bei...

Picryl description: Public domain image of workers, labor, 1940s, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A black and white photo of a man sitting on a pipe. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a man sitting on a pipe. Office of War Info...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

C.L. Saxton, driller; J.G. Betz, Cathead man; and L.C. Westerman, eating lunch around oil well in C.C. Graber pool of Continental oil company. Moundridge area near McPherson, Kansas

C.L. Saxton, driller; J.G. Betz, Cathead man; and L.C. Westerman, eati...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

"Making a trip," pulling up old pipe to change bit on drilling pipe on the bottom of oil well at C.C. Graber pool of Continental oil company. Moundridge area near McPherson, Kansas

"Making a trip," pulling up old pipe to change bit on drilling pipe on...

Public domain photograph of the United States military and military-industrial complex before World War Two, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Jim Eckles, water pumper, "backup man," with drill bits used in oil well in C.C. Graber pool, Continental oil company. Moundridge area near McPherson, Kansas

Jim Eckles, water pumper, "backup man," with drill bits used in oil we...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Oil worker eating lunch, works for Continental oil company. Moundridge area near McPherson, Kansas

Oil worker eating lunch, works for Continental oil company. Moundridge...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

A black and white photo of a man sitting on a pile of pipes. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a man sitting on a pile of pipes. Office of...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Oil workers pulling up old pipe to change bit on drilling pipe at bottom of oil well in C.C. Graber pool of Continental oil company. Moundridge area near McPherson, Kansas

Oil workers pulling up old pipe to change bit on drilling pipe at bott...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Oil workers pulling up old pipe to change bit on drilling pipe at bottom of oil well in C.C. Graber pool of Continental oil company. Moundridge area near McPherson, Kansas

Oil workers pulling up old pipe to change bit on drilling pipe at bott...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a worker, labor, factory, plant, manufacture, industrial facility, 1930s, mid-20th-century industrial photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A black and white photo of a man standing next to a train. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a man standing next to a train. Office of W...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Oil man by new well being drilled in Goodrich field of Continental oil company. Valley Center oil field near Wichita, Kansas

Oil man by new well being drilled in Goodrich field of Continental oil...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a farmer, 1930s, 20th-century great depression era, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Preparing to drill an oil well in Goodrich field of Continental oil company. Valley Center oil field near Wichita, Kansas

Preparing to drill an oil well in Goodrich field of Continental oil co...

Public domain photo of a monument, historic place, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Oil workers pulling up old pipe to change bit on drilling pipe at bottom of oil well in C.C. Graber pool of Continental oil company. Moundridge area near McPherson, Kansas

Oil workers pulling up old pipe to change bit on drilling pipe at bott...

Actual size of negative is D (approximately 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inches). Annotation on original negative jacket. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Over... More

A black and white photo of a man on a skateboard. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a man on a skateboard. Office of War Inform...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Jim Eckles, water pumper, "backup man" from Kansas. Been in oil field four years, was formerly a farmer and still raises chickens near Moundridge, pulling up old pipe in oil well in C.C. Graber Pool. Continental oil company, Moundridge area near McPherson, Kansas

Jim Eckles, water pumper, "backup man" from Kansas. Been in oil field ...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

A black and white photo of a man working on pipes. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a man working on pipes. Office of War Infor...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Driller C.L. Saxton, riding on traveling block to the top of oil well derrick. He was originally from Oklahoma, but has been in Kansas for last six years. Oil well in C.C. Graber pool of Continental oil company. Moundridge area near McPherson, Kansas

Driller C.L. Saxton, riding on traveling block to the top of oil well ...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Preparing to drill an oil well in Goodrich field of Continental oil company. Valley Center oil field near Wichita, Kansas

Preparing to drill an oil well in Goodrich field of Continental oil co...

Public domain photograph of United States agriculture in the 1930s, country, farmer, farm, great depression, migration, dust bowl refugees, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A black and white photo of a man working on a machine. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a man working on a machine. Office of War I...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

A black and white photo of a man in overalls. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a man in overalls. Office of War Informatio...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

"Making a trip," pulling up old pipe to change bit on drilling pipe on the bottom of oil well at C.C. Graber pool. Continental oil company. Moundridge area near McPherson, Kansas

"Making a trip," pulling up old pipe to change bit on drilling pipe on...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

"Making a trip," pulling up old pipe to change bit on drilling pipe on the bottom of oil well at C.C. Graber pool of Continental oil company. Moundridge area near McPherson, Kansas

"Making a trip," pulling up old pipe to change bit on drilling pipe on...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

A black and white photo of a man in overalls. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a man in overalls. Office of War Informatio...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

"Making a trip," pulling up old pipe to change bit on drilling pipe on the bottom of oil well at C.C. Graber pool of Continental oil company. Moundridge area near McPherson, Kansas

"Making a trip," pulling up old pipe to change bit on drilling pipe on...

Public domain photograph of industrial architecture, factory building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A black and white photo of a man working on pipes. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a man working on pipes. Office of War Infor...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Oil well derrick in farmer's backyard. Goodrich field of Continental oil company. Valley Center Oil field near Wichita, Kansas

Oil well derrick in farmer's backyard. Goodrich field of Continental o...

Public domain photograph of 1930s America, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Preparing to drill an oil well in Goodrich field of Continental oil company. Valley Center oil field near Wichita, Kansas

Preparing to drill an oil well in Goodrich field of Continental oil co...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Floyd Swick, welder from Newton, Kansas, worked in oil fields about ten years cutting tool joints off a drill pipe. In Goodrich field of Continental oil company. Valley Center oil field near Wichita, Kansas

Floyd Swick, welder from Newton, Kansas, worked in oil fields about te...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

A black and white photo of a man wearing a hard hat. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a man wearing a hard hat. Office of War Inf...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Preparing to drill an oil well in Goodrich field of Continental oil company. Valley Center oil field near Wichita, Kansas

Preparing to drill an oil well in Goodrich field of Continental oil co...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

A black and white photo of a man in a hard hat. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a man in a hard hat. Office of War Informat...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More