W. L. Stewart, Roy Westbrook Jr., Jackie Reid, Stanley A. Thompson and John Thompson shown at oil well near Boyd in Wise County

Creator

Preview

Identifier

20136115

Description

Baseball to Oil - Jackie Reid, former pitcher with the Fort Worth Cats, has turned to oil, assembling a block near Boyd, his home in Wise County, for Westbrook Oil Corporation, Fort Worth. Shown at the test, left to right, are W. L. Stewart, Roy Westbrook Jr., Jackie Reid, Stanley A. Thompson and John Thompson. All are of Fort Worth, except Reid. The wildcat is the No.1 Pace, J. Jordan survey, A-457.

Archival Date

1953-04-13

Collection Name

Fort Worth Star-Telegram Collection

Collection Number

AR406-6-826

Original Format

Negatives, Black & White

File Format

JPG

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Subjects

Baseball; Petroleum industry; Oil wells