File:Oil well fire (9241107836).jpg

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English: Title: [Oil well fire]

Alternative Title: Reed Roller Bit Co.
Creator: Robert Yarnall Richie
Date: June 1938
Part Of: Robert Yarnall Richie Photograph Collection
Place: Texas
Description: It is common practice to allow the first few barrels of oil to run into the mud pit. This is burned off, because it contains salt water, mud, & other impurities. After that the oil is diverted into separator tanks. Source: Negative sleeve 1839-4.
Physical Description: 1 negative: film, black and white; 10.1 x 13 cm.
File: ag1982_0234_1839_03_reedrollerbitco_sm_opt.jpg
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Robert Yarnall Richie  (1908–1984)  wikidata:Q17403696
 
Robert Yarnall Richie
Description American photographer
Date of birth/death 20 July 1908 Edit this at Wikidata 10 August 1984 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Dallas
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  • Robert Yarnall Richie Photographs
  • Texas Oil Photographs
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  • oil
  • petroleum
  • oilwells
  • drilling
  • rigs
  • derricks
  • equipment
  • fields
  • smoke
  • fires
  • automobiles
  • trucks
  • ReedRollerBitCompany
  • Texas

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