Articles and Photographs

A Look Into History

Photography resources for teachers and students: The American Oil & Gas Historical Society (AOGHS) has identified a number of digital sources suitable for the limited resolution requirements of our quarterly newsletter, the Petroleum Age. Most of the hard-copy photographic prints we use come from the collections of AOGHS' member museums around the country. These are rich sources of unpublished images, but the research, time, expense, and effort can be prohibitive. The historical society generally works with specific museums or AOGHS members to find the visual materials aimed at specific articles. -- Bruce Wells, Executive Director Here are some favorite sites for vintage oilfield photography. Many historic oil patch photographs can be found with basic keyword searches. Hard copies can frequently be purchased from these sites. http://lcweb2.loc.gov/detroit/dethome.html http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/ImageCatalog/ http://www.library.uni.edu/instruction/digitalhistory.shtml#photo <http://www.library.uni.edu/instruction/digitalhistory.shtml> http://history.sandiego.edu/gen/documents/clipsources.html http://marti.rootsweb.com/photogallery/snapshots/pcindex.htm http://www.archives.gov/research/alic/reference/photography.html#1800 <http://www.archives.gov/research/alic/reference/photography.html> http://www.davidrumsey.com/ http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpcoop/moahtml/snctitles.html http://www.uspto.gov/patft/index.html http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/awlhtml/awlhome.html http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/ http://cprr.org/Museum/Exhibits.html http://www.nypl.org/databases/index.cfm?act=2&res=9 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Public_domain_image_resources#Historical_images <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Public_domain_image_resources> http://www.wichitaphotos.org Help AOGHS expand its energy education network -- please join today!

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Join AOGHS and Preserve Oil Patch Photography 10/29/2004 Many AOGHS members maintain extensive collections of historic oilfield images. With financial support, these unique images could be better documented and made more available to the public. Use the AOGHS Museum Links at left to contact museum photography archivists. Pictured here: A roughneck re-enactor during the 2003 Butler County Day at the Kansas Oil Museum in El Dorado.  more... JPEG Image document, (size: 404 KB) Painting California In Oil 5/25/2004 10:42:24 AM Traveling the Historic Oil Trails of South and East Texas 5/21/2004 2:17:37 PM

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