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A depiction of a muddy Main Street at the East Texas Oil Museum, in Kilgore, Texas

A depiction of a muddy Main Street at the East Texas Oil Museum, in Ki...

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The scene depicts "Boomtown U.S.A.," an amalgam view of Texas during the oil boom of the 1930s, when the largest oil field in U.S. hi... More

Exhibits from T.A. Lamb & Son, printers' shop at the Spindletop-Gladys City Boomtown park, a re-creation of portions of the oil boomtown of Gladys City, Texas. Beaumont, Texas

Exhibits from T.A. Lamb & Son, printers' shop at the Spindletop-Gladys...

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Founded by geologist and businessman Pattillo Higgins as an "industrial utopia" at the Spindletop drilling site outside the settlemen... More

Exhibits from T.A. Lamb & Son, printers' shop at the Spindletop-Gladys City Boomtown park, a re-creation of portions of the oil boomtown of Gladys City, Texas. Beaumont, Texas

Exhibits from T.A. Lamb & Son, printers' shop at the Spindletop-Gladys...

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Founded by geologist and businessman Pattillo Higgins as an "industrial utopia" at the Spindletop drilling site outside the settlemen... More

A jukebox inside the period soda fountain at the East Texas Oil Museum, in Kilgore, Texas

A jukebox inside the period soda fountain at the East Texas Oil Museum...

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The exhibit, just off the depiction of a crowded and muddy Main Street, describes "Boomtown U.S.A.," an amalgam view of Texas during ... More

Old stove at the general store that is part of the Spindletop-Gladys City Boomtown park, a re-creation of portions of the oil boomtown of Gladys City, Texas. Beaumont, Texas

Old stove at the general store that is part of the Spindletop-Gladys C...

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Founded by geologist and businessman Pattillo Higgins as an "industrial utopia" at the Spindletop drilling site outside the settlemen... More

A depiction of a muddy Main Street at the East Texas Oil Museum, in Kilgore, Texas

A depiction of a muddy Main Street at the East Texas Oil Museum, in Ki...

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The scene depicts "Boomtown U.S.A.," an amalgam view of Texas during the oil boom of the 1930s, when the largest oil field in U.S. hi... More

Canning jars at the general store that is part of the Spindletop-Gladys City Boomtown park, a re-creation of portions of the oil boomtown of Gladys City, Texas. Beaumont, Texas

Canning jars at the general store that is part of the Spindletop-Glady...

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Founded by geologist and businessman Pattillo Higgins as an "industrial utopia" at the Spindletop drilling site outside the settlemen... More

Clothing displayed at A.L. Gibson's Dry Goods Store at the Spindletop-Gladys City Boomtown park, a re-creation of portions of the oil boomtown of Gladys City, Texas. Beaumont, Texas

Clothing displayed at A.L. Gibson's Dry Goods Store at the Spindletop-...

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Founded by geologist and businessman Pattillo Higgins as an "industrial utopia" at the Spindletop drilling site outside the settlemen... More

Cafes on main street of Saint Louis, Oklahoma. This is a onetime oil boomtown

Cafes on main street of Saint Louis, Oklahoma. This is a onetime oil b...

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 depiction of a muddy Main Street at the East Texas Oil Museum, in Kilgore, Texas

A depiction of a muddy Main Street at the East Texas Oil Museum, in Ki...

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The scene depicts "Boomtown U.S.A.," an amalgam view of Texas during the oil boom of the 1930s, when the largest oil field in U.S. hi... More

Scale at the general store that is part of the Spindletop-Gladys City Boomtown park, a re-creation of portions of the oil boomtown of Gladys City, Texas. Beaumont, Texas

Scale at the general store that is part of the Spindletop-Gladys City ...

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Founded by geologist and businessman Pattillo Higgins as an "industrial utopia" at the Spindletop drilling site outside the settlemen... More

Oil derrick outside Spindletop Park, a re-creation of portions of the oil boomtown of Gladys City, Beaumont, Texas

Oil derrick outside Spindletop Park, a re-creation of portions of the ...

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Founded by geologist and businessman Pattillo Higgins as an "industrial utopia" at the Spindletop drilling site outside the settlemen... More

Canned goods and canning jars at the general store that is part of the Spindletop-Gladys City Boomtown park, a re-creation of portions of the oil boomtown of Gladys City, Texas. Beaumont, Texas

Canned goods and canning jars at the general store that is part of the...

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Founded by geologist and businessman Pattillo Higgins as an "industrial utopia" at the Spindletop drilling site outside the settlemen... More

Assorted bottles at the general store that is part of the Spindletop-Gladys City Boomtown park, a re-creation of portions of the oil boomtown of Gladys City, Texas. Beaumont, Texas

Assorted bottles at the general store that is part of the Spindletop-G...

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Founded by geologist and businessman Pattillo Higgins as an "industrial utopia" at the Spindletop drilling site outside the settlemen... More

Accountant's office at the Spindletop-Gladys City Boomtown park, a re-creation of portions of the oil boomtown of Gladys City, Texas. Beaumont, Texas

Accountant's office at the Spindletop-Gladys City Boomtown park, a re-...

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Founded by geologist and businessman Pattillo Higgins as an "industrial utopia" at the Spindletop drilling site outside the settlemen... More

One section of the general store that is part of the Spindletop-Gladys City Boomtown park, a re-creation of portions of the oil boomtown of Gladys City, Texas. Beaumont, Texas

One section of the general store that is part of the Spindletop-Gladys...

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Founded by geologist and businessman Pattillo Higgins as an "industrial utopia" at the Spindletop drilling site outside the settlemen... More

Miscellaneous pots and pans at the general store that is part of the Spindletop-Gladys City Boomtown park, a re-creation of portions of the oil boomtown of Gladys City, Texas. Beaumont, Texas

Miscellaneous pots and pans at the general store that is part of the S...

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Founded by geologist and businessman Pattillo Higgins as an "industrial utopia" at the Spindletop drilling site outside the settlemen... More

An unusual small bank vault at the East Texas Oil Museum, in Kilgore, Texas

An unusual small bank vault at the East Texas Oil Museum, in Kilgore, ...

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The exhibit, off the depiction of a crowded and muddy Main Street, describes "Boomtown U.S.A.," an amalgam view of Texas during the o... More

Original bar from R.C. Grinnell's Log Cabin Saloon at the Spindletop-Gladys City Boomtown park, a re-creation of portions of the oil boomtown of Gladys City, Texas. Beaumont, Texas

Original bar from R.C. Grinnell's Log Cabin Saloon at the Spindletop-G...

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Founded by geologist and businessman Pattillo Higgins as an "industrial utopia" at the Spindletop drilling site outside the settlemen... More

A talking electric-company lineman figure above a muddy Main Street at the East Texas Oil Museum, in Kilgore, Texas

A talking electric-company lineman figure above a muddy Main Street at...

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The scene depicts "Boomtown U.S.A.," an amalgam view of Texas during the oil boom of the 1930s, when the largest oil field in U.S. hi... More

Exhibits from T.A. Lamb & Son, printers' shop at the Spindletop-Gladys City Boomtown park, a re-creation of portions of the oil boomtown of Gladys City, Texas. Beaumont, Texas

Exhibits from T.A. Lamb & Son, printers' shop at the Spindletop-Gladys...

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Founded by geologist and businessman Pattillo Higgins as an "industrial utopia" at the Spindletop drilling site outside the settlemen... More

Canned goods and canning jars at the general store that is part of the Spindletop-Gladys City Boomtown park, a re-creation of portions of the oil boomtown of Gladys City, Texas. Beaumont, Texas

Canned goods and canning jars at the general store that is part of the...

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Founded by geologist and businessman Pattillo Higgins as an "industrial utopia" at the Spindletop drilling site outside the settlemen... More

Assorted tongs at the general store that is part of the Spindletop-Gladys City Boomtown park, a re-creation of portions of the oil boomtown of Gladys City, Texas. Beaumont, Texas

Assorted tongs at the general store that is part of the Spindletop-Gla...

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Founded by geologist and businessman Pattillo Higgins as an "industrial utopia" at the Spindletop drilling site outside the settlemen... More

A statue of legendary Texas oilman H.L. Hunt at the East Texas Oil Museum, in Kilgore, Texas

A statue of legendary Texas oilman H.L. Hunt at the East Texas Oil Mus...

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

A cluttered alley off Main Street at the East Texas Oil Museum, in Kilgore, Texas

A cluttered alley off Main Street at the East Texas Oil Museum, in Kil...

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The street depicts "Boomtown U.S.A.," an amalgam view of Texas during the oil boom of the 1930s, when the largest oil field in U.S. h... More

A vintage Ford, owned by Pattillo Higgins, displayed at the Spindletop-Gladys City Boomtown park, a re-creation of portions of the oil boomtown of Gladys City, Texas. Beaumont, Texas

A vintage Ford, owned by Pattillo Higgins, displayed at the Spindletop...

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Founded by geologist and businessman Pattillo Higgins as an "industrial utopia" at the Spindletop drilling site outside the settlemen... More

An talking banker figure inside a period bank office at the East Texas Oil Museum, in Kilgore, Texas

An talking banker figure inside a period bank office at the East Texas...

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The exhibit, just off the depiction of a crowded and muddy Main Street, describes "Boomtown U.S.A.," an amalgam view of Texas during ... More

A depiction of a muddy Main Street at the East Texas Oil Museum, in Kilgore, Texas

A depiction of a muddy Main Street at the East Texas Oil Museum, in Ki...

Title, date, and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The scene depicts "Boomtown U.S.A.," an amalgam view of Texas during the oil boom of the 1930s, when the largest oil field in U.S. hi... More