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Adding a length of drilling pipe at oil well in Seminole oil field, Oklahoma. Lower end of traveling block is attached to pipe in rat hole by means of rope operated off winch

Adding a length of drilling pipe at oil well in Seminole oil field, Oklahoma. Lower end of traveling block is attached to pipe in rat hole by means of rope operated off winch

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01/01/1939

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Lee, Russell, 1903-1986, photographer

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Seminole, 35.22452, -96.67057

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Adding a length of drilling pipe at oil well in Seminole oil field, Oklahoma. Lower end of traveling block is attached to pipe in rat hole by means of rope operated off winch

Adding a length of drilling pipe at oil well in Seminole oil field, Oklahoma. Lower end of traveling block is attached to pipe in rat hole by means of rope operated off winch

Activity at oil well showing one length of pipe resting on the kelly joint into the rat hole with operations for removing other lengths of pipe from the hole. Oil well, Kilgore, Texas

Activity at oil well showing one length of pipe resting on the kelly joint into the rat hole with operations for removing other lengths of pipe from the hole. Oil well, Kilgore, Texas

Adding a length of drilling pipe at oil well in the Seminole oil field, Oklahoma. Clamps are put in place; wrench applied to loosen pipe; mud spurting out as the sections of pipe are loosened; freed is moved over to rat hole; lower end of traveling block is attached to pipe in rat hole by means of rope operated off winch. This entire operation takes from twenty to thirty seconds

Adding a length of drilling pipe at oil well in the Seminole oil field, Oklahoma. Clamps are put in place; wrench applied to loosen pipe; mud spurting out as the sections of pipe are loosened; freed is moved over to rat hole; lower end of traveling block is attached to pipe in rat hole by means of rope operated off winch. This entire operation takes from twenty to thirty seconds

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Pushing length of pipe into the rat hole, oil well, Kilgore, Texas

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Adding a length of drilling pipe at oil well in Seminole oil field, Oklahoma. Lower end of traveling block is attached to pipe in rat hole by means of rope operated off winch

Adding a length of drilling pipe at oil well in Seminole oil field, Oklahoma. Lower end of traveling block is attached to pipe in rat hole by means of rope operated off winch

Roustabout in the ditch-digging crew. Notice the sweated shirt. Seminole oil field, Oklahoma

Roustabout in the ditch-digging crew. Notice the sweated shirt. Seminole oil field, Oklahoma

The photographs in the Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information Photograph

The photographs in the Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information Photograph

The photographs in the Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information Photograph

The photographs in the Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information Photograph

The photographs in the Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information Photograph

The photographs in the Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information Photograph

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 safety belts. Painters say that safety devices slow them down too much

Adding a length of drilling pipe at oil well in Seminole oil field, Oklahoma. Wrench applied to loosen pipe

Adding a length of drilling pipe at oil well in Seminole oil field, Oklahoma. Wrench applied to loosen pipe

Adding a length of drilling pipe at oil well in Seminole oil field, Oklahoma. Mud spurting out as section of pipes are loosened

Adding a length of drilling pipe at oil well in Seminole oil field, Oklahoma. Mud spurting out as section of pipes are loosened

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Adding a length of drilling pipe at oil well in Seminole oil field, Oklahoma. Lower end of traveling block is attached to pipe in rat hole by means of rope operated off winch

Adding a length of drilling pipe at oil well in Seminole oil field, Oklahoma. Lower end of traveling block is attached to pipe in rat hole by means of rope operated off winch

Roustabout in the ditch-digging crew. Notice the sweated shirt. Seminole oil field

Roustabout in the ditch-digging crew. Notice the sweated shirt. Seminole oil field

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

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

Interior of diesel engine motor plant at oil refinery, Seminole, Oklahoma

Interior of diesel engine motor plant at oil refinery, Seminole, Oklahoma

Fractionating tower. Oil refinery, Seminole, Oklahoma

Fractionating tower. Oil refinery, Seminole, Oklahoma

Roustabout in the ditch-digging crew. Notice the sweated shirt. Seminole oil field, Oklahoma

Roustabout in the ditch-digging crew. Notice the sweated shirt. Seminole oil field, Oklahoma

Recording thermometer repairman at oil refinery. Seminole, Oklahoma

Recording thermometer repairman at oil refinery. Seminole, Oklahoma

Capitol of Oklahoma with surrounding derricks. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Capitol of Oklahoma with surrounding derricks. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

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