Texas Mid-Continent Oil and Gas Association convention

Creator

Preview

Identifier

20046950

Description

Wildcat test which Thursday "Spudded In" the twenty-first annual convention of the Texas Mid-Continent Oil and Gas Association here, was christened with oil from the discovery well drilled at Corsicana in October, 1895. The oil was in the bottle which J. P. Shannon of Fort Worth, vice president and general manager of Snowden & McSweeney, is shown breaking over the world's first rotary, rigged up at Fifth and Jones Streets. Shannon entered the oil business 25 years ago in Ohio. Shannon is dressed in a suit and hat with overalls over his suit. He is shown breaking a bottle over the oil rig. Convention attendees are shown looking on. Published in The Fort Worth Star-Telegram Evening Edition November 01, 1940.

Archival Date

1940-10-31

Collection Name

Fort Worth Star-Telegram Collection

Collection Number

AR406-6-1266

Original Format

Negatives, Black & White

File Format

JPG

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Subjects

Meetings; Petroleum industry; Spudded; Business people; Overalls