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A black and white photo of an oil tower, West Virginia. Farm Security Administration photograph.

A black and white photo of an oil tower, West Virginia. Farm Security ...

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

Activity at oil well; man on lengths of traveling block will be pulled up to the crown block at top of derrick, Kilgore, Texas

Activity at oil well; man on lengths of traveling block will be pulled...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an industrial structure, frame, ladder, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Andrews County, Texas. Shadow of oil derrick on sand hills country

Andrews County, Texas. Shadow of oil derrick on sand hills country

Public domain photograph of 1930s-1940s US industrial development, Second World War, US war production, indusry, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Looking up in an oil derrick. Roughneck inserting lengths of pipe into the elevator for pulling the casings. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Looking up in an oil derrick. Roughneck inserting lengths of pipe into...

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

Andrews County, Texas. Derrick man putting pulled drill pipe in place. He is 120 feet above the ground

Andrews County, Texas. Derrick man putting pulled drill pipe in place....

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

Decatur, Alabama. Ingalls Shipbuilding Company. Derrick lifting one of the sides of the stern of a barge into place for welding

Decatur, Alabama. Ingalls Shipbuilding Company. Derrick lifting one of...

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

Oil field worker at derrick, Kilgore, Texas

Oil field worker at derrick, Kilgore, Texas

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

Andrews County, Texas. Looking down from the top of a derrick during drilling operation

Andrews County, Texas. Looking down from the top of a derrick during d...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an aircraft, assembly line, industrial facility, 1930s aviation, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Derrick and pipes on the deck of the towboat Ernest T. Weir going down the Ohio River to Cincinnati

Derrick and pipes on the deck of the towboat Ernest T. Weir going down...

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

An oil derrick that has long marked the spot of an almost two-century-old ferry landing, now (in 2015) named for longtime ferry board president John Eckels, in Sistersville, West Virginia

An oil derrick that has long marked the spot of an almost two-century-...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Called "Little Sister," the derrick, built in 1911, drilled oil from the nearby sandy shores for the Quaker State Oil Refining Corp. C... 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 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.

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

Andrews County, Texas. Derrick being erected

Andrews County, Texas. Derrick being erected

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

Derrick for stacking hay. Oneida County, Idaho

Derrick for stacking hay. Oneida County, Idaho

Picryl description: Public domain image of field, irrigation, agriculture, water, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Painting a derrick, Seminole oil field, Oklahoma. Notice lack of safety belts. Painters say that safety devices slow them down too much

Painting a derrick, Seminole oil field, Oklahoma. Notice lack of safet...

Public domain image of a romantic landscape with windmill, Netherlands, 16th-17th century artwork, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Fort Loudon [i.e., Loudoun] Dam, Tennessee (Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)). Signal man on a derrick

Fort Loudon [i.e., Loudoun] Dam, Tennessee (Tennessee Valley Authority...

Public domain photograph of building construction site, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Columbia Steel Company at Geneva, Utah. Setting a pipe with a derrick during the construction of a new steel mill which will make important additions to the vast amount of steel needed for the war effort

Columbia Steel Company at Geneva, Utah. Setting a pipe with a derrick ...

Public domain photograph of construction site, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Operating a hay derrick near Goldendale, Washington

Operating a hay derrick near Goldendale, Washington

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

A black and white photo of a tall tower, Great Depression. FSA/OWI Photograph

A black and white photo of a tall tower, Great Depression. FSA/OWI Pho...

Public domain photograph of construction site, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Andrews County, Texas. Moving derrick foundations to new site

Andrews County, Texas. Moving derrick foundations to new site

Picryl description: Public domain image of an aircraft, assembly line, industrial facility, 1930s aviation, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Borger, Texas. Oil well with old wooden derrick

Borger, Texas. Oil well with old wooden derrick

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

Freeport Sulphur Company, Hoskins Mound, Texas. A derrick man climbing up a sulphur well derrick as a pipe is about to be pulled

Freeport Sulphur Company, Hoskins Mound, Texas. A derrick man climbing...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an aircraft, assembly line, industrial facility, 1930s aviation, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A black and white photo of an oil well, West Virginia. Farm Security Administration photograph.

A black and white photo of an oil well, West Virginia. Farm Security A...

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

Oil field workers standing on drill pipe with boilers and oil derrick in background, Kilgore, Texas

Oil field workers standing on drill pipe with boilers and oil derrick ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an industrial building, factory, workshop, workers, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A black and white photo of a tall tower, Great Depression. FSA/OWI Photograph

A black and white photo of a tall tower, Great Depression. FSA/OWI Pho...

Public domain photograph of construction site, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Fort Loudon [i.e., Loudoun] Dam, Tennessee (Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)). Signalman on a derrick

Fort Loudon [i.e., Loudoun] Dam, Tennessee (Tennessee Valley Authority...

Public domain photograph of construction site, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Andrews County, Texas. Derrick builders at lunch

Andrews County, Texas. Derrick builders at lunch

Picryl description: Public domain image of food, dinner, grocery store, eating, 1930s, mid-20th-century United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Roadside stand "The Derrick." Oklahoma City oil field, Oklahoma

Roadside stand "The Derrick." Oklahoma City oil field, Oklahoma

Public domain photograph of life in the United States in the 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Traveling block and derrick against the sky, Seminole, Oklahoma

Traveling block and derrick against the sky, Seminole, Oklahoma

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

Part of a derrick at the Wells-Lemson quarry

Part of a derrick at the Wells-Lemson quarry

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

Andrews County, Texas. Derrick man moving pipe into position as it is brought up out of the hole for changing the bit

Andrews County, Texas. Derrick man moving pipe into position as it is ...

Public domain photograph of indoor, interior activity, America in the 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Derrick, characteristic sight in cane field. Used to transfer cane from wagons to trucks for transportation to mills. Louisana

Derrick, characteristic sight in cane field. Used to transfer cane fro...

Public domain photograph of electric wires, power line, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Oil derrick, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Workers are pulling out pipe

Oil derrick, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Workers are pulling out pipe

Picryl description: Public domain image of a tower, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Andrews County, Texas. Member of a derrick building crew coming down for lunch

Andrews County, Texas. Member of a derrick building crew coming down f...

Public domain photograph of indoor, interior activity, America in the 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Roustabouts during a lull in painting of derrick. Seminole oil field, Oklahoma

Roustabouts during a lull in painting of derrick. Seminole oil field, ...

Public domain photograph of a ship, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Andrews County, Texas. Derrick builders at lunch

Andrews County, Texas. Derrick builders at lunch

Public domain photograph of construction site, excavation works, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Moore County, Texas. Driller and two roughnecks on portable rotary drilling outfit. A mast is moved from location to location on these jobs, no derrick being erected

Moore County, Texas. Driller and two roughnecks on portable rotary dri...

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

Andrews County, Texas. Building a derrick

Andrews County, Texas. Building a derrick

Picryl description: Public domain image of a tower, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Andrews County, Texas. Derrick man putting pulled drill pipe in place. He is 120 feet above the ground

Andrews County, Texas. Derrick man putting pulled drill pipe in place....

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

A derrick moving a chassis as the men work ankle deep in water at an American truck assembly plant somewhere in Iran

A derrick moving a chassis as the men work ankle deep in water at an A...

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

Burk-northwest extension, panographed from the Texas Co.'s derrick top on block 82 opposite Golden Cycle well featuring blocks 74-75-76-73-82-83-84, etc.

Burk-northwest extension, panographed from the Texas Co.'s derrick top...

J236929 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Almeron Newman Photographic Co.; September 20, 1919. On front: "[Copyright] Sept. 1919, all rights reserved, The Almeron Newman Photographic Company, 115 N. Gold... More

Farmers during Great Depression: A black and white photo of a man holding a pole.

Farmers during Great Depression: A black and white photo of a man hold...

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

A black and white photo of a tower, Great Depression. FSA/OWI Photograph

A black and white photo of a tower, Great Depression. FSA/OWI Photogra...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a tower, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

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

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.

Ship launching in Portland, Maine. The men behind the launchings. High in the cab of a whirley crane, these workers operate the derrick which raises the iron gates and releases water into the dock where ships were built. Eight vessels were put into service in a mass launching on August 16, 1942, in this New England shipyard

Ship launching in Portland, Maine. The men behind the launchings. High...

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

Andrews County, Texas. Improvised pulley used in derrick building operations

Andrews County, Texas. Improvised pulley used in derrick building oper...

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

Abandoned oil well derrick near Charleston, West Virginia

Abandoned oil well derrick near Charleston, West Virginia

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

Andrews County, Texas. Looking down from top of derrick on oil well being drilled

Andrews County, Texas. Looking down from top of derrick on oil well be...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a damaged, burned, or destroyed building, natural disaster, war destruction, ruins, 19th-century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Oil derrick with waste oil in stream. Oklahoma City oil field, Oklahoma

Oil derrick with waste oil in stream. Oklahoma City oil field, Oklahom...

Public domain photograph of United States countryside, nature, during 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Top of derrick showing gin pole, crow's nest, crown block, traveling block, elevator and cat line. Oil well, Kilgore, Texas

Top of derrick showing gin pole, crow's nest, crown block, traveling b...

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

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

Andrews County, Texas. Derrick builders at lunch

Andrews County, Texas. Derrick builders at lunch

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

Columbia Steel Company at Geneva, Utah. Setting a pipe with a derrick during the construction of a new steel mill which will make important additions to the vast amount of steel needed for the war effort

Columbia Steel Company at Geneva, Utah. Setting a pipe with a derrick ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a construction site, wooden frame, timber, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Texas photographs - Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information Photograph.

Texas photographs - Farm Security Administration / Office of War Infor...

Public domain photograph related to Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Construction of the Library of Congress, from S.E. derrick, Washington, D.C., July 18, 1892

Construction of the Library of Congress, from S.E. derrick, Washington...

No. 56. Source unknown. Public domain photograph of historic place in Washington DC, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A black and white photo of a tall tower, Great Depression. FSA/OWI Photograph

A black and white photo of a tall tower, Great Depression. FSA/OWI Pho...

Public domain photograph of construction site, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A couple of men sitting on top of a wooden structure, Great Depression. FSA/OWI Photograph

A couple of men sitting on top of a wooden structure, Great Depression...

Public domain photograph - United States during the 1930s and 1940s, Farm Security Administration, New Deal, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Newport News, Virginia. A C-3 passenger and cargo boat. The two tall posts in the middle are called "Samson posts" and are used to support derrick arms, cranes, etc, in loading and unloading the ship. They also serve as ventilators, as can be seen from the holes near their tops. The boat being built on the ways here, is of all steel construction, and is about forty percent completed. "C-3" refers to the type of design

Newport News, Virginia. A C-3 passenger and cargo boat. The two tall p...

Public domain image of an industrial building, factory, structure, works, 19th-20th century industrial revolution, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

A derrick moving a chassis as the men work ankle deep in water at an American truck assembly plant somewhere in Iran

A derrick moving a chassis as the men work ankle deep in water at an A...

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

Clovis, New Mexico. A wrecker on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad. Note derrick and cars loaded with wheels, trucks, ties and spare parts

Clovis, New Mexico. A wrecker on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Rai...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a locomotive, train tracks, rail transportation, railroad, railway, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Type of hay derrick characteristic of Oregon landscape. Irrigon, Morrow County, Oregon

Type of hay derrick characteristic of Oregon landscape. Irrigon, Morro...

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

Decatur, Alabama. Ingalls Shipbuilding Company. Signaling the derrick man to "hold it"

Decatur, Alabama. Ingalls Shipbuilding Company. Signaling the derrick ...

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

Only bespectacled bust at Capitol. Washington, D.C., March 24. A bust with spectacles is probably not unique but at the U.S. Capitol one is practically a curiosity. It is that of former Vice President Thomas E. Sherman, and, is the only one of a person wearing spectacles of the many standing in the historic structure. Duane Derrick is viewing the bust, 3/24/38

Only bespectacled bust at Capitol. Washington, D.C., March 24. A bust ...

A man standing next to a bust of a man. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Freeport Sulphur Company, Hoskins Mound, Texas. A derrick man climbing up a sulphur well derrick as a pipe is about to be pulled

Freeport Sulphur Company, Hoskins Mound, Texas. A derrick man climbing...

Title and other information from print in lot. 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 an old oil well, West Virginia. Farm Security Administration photograph.

A black and white photo of an old oil well, West Virginia. Farm Securi...

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

Chicago, Illinois. A workman at the roundhouse who operates a small derrick used for lifting heavy parts for locomotive repair at a Chicago and Northwestern Railroad yard

Chicago, Illinois. A workman at the roundhouse who operates a small de...

Public domain photograph of 1930s industry, war production in the United States free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Andrews County, Texas. Derrick will be erected on this site where cellar has been dug for a new well

Andrews County, Texas. Derrick will be erected on this site where cell...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a quarry, mine, excavation, or mining site, free to use, no copyright restrictions.