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Manuscripts by Subject - Family / Local History - #10958 - Box 34A

Box 34A

Oil Field Characters
1 Mr. & Mrs. Clarence Iverson (1 copy negative)
2 Man sitting in outdoor privy (1 negative)
3 Amerada in the field, 6/1955, Pic Rig & Cattle, Pic Tower Man (20 negatives)
4 Amerada in office, 1955 (20 negatives)
5 Herb Kane oil field consultant, 12/15/1961 (5 negatives)
6 CW Williams Well, Tioga Field, 12/15/1955; Personnel Drive Crew, CW, Johnny Autin (17 negatives)
7 CW Williams, 1952 – C.W. Williams & O.D. Clark Halvor Davidson #1 C-SE/4 SW/4 Sec 3 – T155N-R96W, Williams County, N.D. oil well (12 negatives)
8 Bill Essex, Amerada Geologist (1 negative)
9 Dick Rambo Drilled Bakken (2 negatives)
10 Bill Carpenter & Well Head of Pioneer Oil & Gas Well (2 negatives)
11 Dick Coughin Jr. (2 negatives)
12 Roger Bryan at desk – Williston Refinery (1 negative)
13 Gregg Kildow & Roger Bryon, 4/26/1954 (2 negatives)
14 Jack & Clair O’Neill on Boat, about 1960? (3 negatives)
15 Texaco Office, Williston, 5/22/1954 (2 negatives)
16 Selmer Johnson, man working (2 negatives)
17 Adelaid Jacobs, Sec to LE Ed Minor, Pres of Oil Field Service (1 negative)
18 Bakkens, Tioga, 6/1951; portrait of Harry, Mary and Henry Bakken (1 negative)
19 Oil Personnel mostly close-up, Man with aeroplane, Regent Drug (14 negatives)
20 Misc. Oil Field Personnel, Drilling Crews etc. (24 negatives)
21 Bill Roth Amerada Geologist, 1/1957 (3 negatives)
22 1954, Blackie Davidson Buck Garrett at H.O. Bakken, Oil Pioneers (3 negatives) (Print 74-7-21 matches negative 34-22-3)
23 Blackie Davidson portrait, 1 screened paper print about 1955
24 Blackie Davidson Amerada Asst. Prod. Supt. 1954 (1 copy negative)
25 Roy Fuller, Burrell Harrell, Gov. Brunsdale, 3 men looking at machinery (1 neg)
26 Gov. Burnsdale and Roy Fuller 1951 or 1952, also with Burrell Harrell (2 negs)
27 Roy Fuller at desk – Amerada Building (2 negatives)
28 Bill (Wm D) Walters – Imperial Oil of ND (2 negatives)
Dickinson – Mandan – Wolf Point Refineries
29 Dickinson Refinery, 4/16/1955, also Refinery officials (5 negatives)
30 Dickinson Refinery, 4/11/1954, Also plant officials (7 negatives)
31 Dickinson Refinery, 1954 – Aerial views (6 negatives)
32 Queen City Refinery, Dickinson, 5/7/1954 (2 negatives)
33 Dickinson Refinery, 8/17/1954 (3 negatives)
34 Mandan Refinery, 4/11/1954, Dedication shots, good flare shot (42 negatives)
35 Mandan Refinery and Power Plant nearby, about 1955 (16 negatives)
36 Wolf Pt Refinery, Wolf Point, 8/26/1961 (2 negatives)
Fires – Blow-Outs & Other Mishaps
37 Car & Truck wrecks, Pittman Trausp. Co (8 negatives)
38 Fire at Peterson Hunt Well N. of Tioga, N.D. 12/14/1953 (10 negatives)
39 Collapsed Oil Derrick, 2/1953; also in 1952 Wind blew down ? (6 negatives)
40 Blow-out, Beaver Lodge Field (8 negatives)
41 Tower man slides down life line, about 1954 (1 negative)
42 Texas Co. oil well field in McKenzie County, 1955 (14 negatives)
43 Blowing well Nitrogen Blowout in McKenzie County (44 negatives)
44 Teea Dorough (?) Oil well Fire, 1954 (21 negatives)
45 Fire at Tioga, 12/9/1961 - R.A. Prath Shop (3 negatives)
46 Burned Rig, Sharp Drilling Company, 10/1958 (10 negatives)
Hunt – TXL – Gas Plants
47 River Crossing, 20 mi South of Bismarck, 6/1982, Pentzien Inc contractor, N. Border Pipeline taken for Fiat Allies, also at Buford (2 negatives)
48 T & C Refinery at Legrita (?), Beginning of ____, 8/19/1961 (4 negatives)
49 T & C Gas Plant construction, 10/10/1961 (16 negatives)
50 Hunt Gas Plant, 12/9/1961 (3 negatives)
51 Hunt Gas Plant, McGregor, 11/3/1961 - Raising Tower (12 negatives)
52 Oil shots, 12/1962 – Refining at Williston Salt Plant, Tioga, McGregor, Legrits (?) – Oil Looking back at Grenora – Wells in Wat & McGregor (12 negatives)
53 T & C Gas Plant, 98% complete, 12/9/1961 (2 negatives)
54 Hunt Gas Plant, 10/10/1961 - Early construction (12 negatives)
Pipeline – River Crossing
55 Preparing to begin River pipeline crossing South of Tioga, 8/20/1961 (14 negs)
56 River crossing Signal Oil 16” Line Garmin R____ (8 negatives)
57 Pipeline Construction, 1955 – Good cover shot in here (12 negatives)
58 Butte Pipeline near Poplar, Montana, 8/1955 (2 negatives)
59 Dredge for Butte Pipeline across Missouri near Poplar, 8/25/1955; also Engineers (16 negatives)
60 Service Pipeline Checker, 10/1956 (2 negatives)
61 Service Pipeline discussion group, 8/24/1954 (2 negatives)
62 Williston Basin Pipeline, McGregor, 10/10/1961 (1 negative)
63 Pipeline treating C-P Bartley, Tioga, N.D. 5/1956 (10 negatives)
64 finish of pipeline near Keene, 12/8/1961 – Cold Weather panes (?) (7 negatives)
65 Pipeline construction to Minot? – Installing Valve – also road crossing (28 negs)
66 Glendive to Billings Pipeline construction, 8/18/1954 (3 negatives)
67 Signal River Crossing, 8/31/1961 (30 negatives)
Service Firms – Loading Docks – Misc.
68 Harrell & Harrell Building on Million Dollar Way (2 negatives)
69 Volney & Wayte, 1st oil service firm, 1950 (1 negative)
70 Denicle Drive In, Food (2 negatives)
71 National Tank Company, exterior of building (1 negative)
72 Tioga, 1953 – loading rocks, aerial view (1 negative)
73 Air Views, Tioga Area – Beside farm – Oil well, Beaver Lodge, Highway Corner, 11/3/1953 (2 negatives)
74 Loading Rocks at Tioga, 1953 (2 negatives)
75 R J Allison Company 1953, Tioga Facilities and trucks (2 negatives)
76 Tony’s 2 way communicator car, 12/11/1961 (2 negatives)
77 North Star Service Station grand opening, Also pic North Star Service on Million Dollar Way (31 negatives)
78 Filling Stations 7/1957 (12 negatives)
79 Oil Field Service & Supply, 10/1956; Modern mach whs, clowsen weld, Vano Supply, Oil Field Rental (4 negatives)
80 Build Equip, E. of Williston, Geo. Conber (?) 8/1957 (10 negatives)
81 Natul Tank Air photos about 1954-1956 (4 negatives)
82 Rental Service Trucks (?) 9/1961 (1 negative)
83 National Supply Company about 1955 (1 negative)
84 General Diesel and Equipment, 5/1955 (1 negative)
85 Wireline Truck (1 negative)
86 R J Allison Trucks, Oscar Westberg well (4 negatives)
87 R J. Allison Truck, 10/1953, also dog (3 negatives)
88 Unim tank about 1953 or 1954 (3 negatives)
89 Modern Machine works Lathe, Jeffry, 10/21/1961 (1 negative)
90 Westland truck stop, 1953 (1 negative)
91 Harrell & Harrell, Headquarters Building with Rig beside (3 negatives)
92 Westland Truck Stop 1953 – Also Wesco Gas at Wright Airport location – also Christmas Party (9 negatives)
93 Mid Continent Supply Company exterior of building (3 negatives)
94 Misc. Oil Field Service Co’s – Williston (12 negatives)
95 Oil Service Firms North of Williston about 1952 – MidContinent Supply Company with derrick neon sign (18 negatives)
96 Dowell Trucks about 1955 (2 negatives)
97 Dowell Chemical Corp. (5 negatives)
98 Oil installations in Williston, 10/1956 (113 negatives and 18 prints)

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