Smackover Oil Boom (copy shots) [Wagon stuck in mud at El Dorado Oil Field] [graphic] / Ernie Deane [photographer]. [196-?]

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Smackover Oil Boom (copy shots) [Wagon stuck in mud at El Dorado Oil Field] [graphic] / Ernie Deane [photographer]. [196-?]

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One of a group of copy negatives taken from books that had photographs of the oil boom, including workers, in Smackover, Union County, Arkansas, during the early 1900s. Caption reads, "Union County, Ark. Pike, El Dorado Oil Field." The rear wheels of a wagon tended by two African American men and loaded with lumber is sunk in mud. In the background is an oil derrick.

1 negative : b&w ; 3 x 4 cm. (1 x 1 in.)

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The Arkansas History Commission was created by the General Assembly in 1905. Inspired and guided during its early years by John Hugh Reynolds, the commission is the official archives of the state, responsible for collecting and preserving the source materials of the history of Arkansas. From the description of Arkansas History Commission records, 1905-1984 [microform]. (Arkansas History Commission). WorldCat record id: 244818119 ...