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Burkburnett, Texas:An Inventory of Its Photographs, 1900-1936, at the Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library
Biographical SketchThis is an artificial collection of photographs of Burkburnett, Texas. It is located in northeastern Wichita County, Burkburnett, Texas, was founded in 1867. Originally known as Nesterville, then Gilbert, the town was finally named for rancher Samuel Burk Burnett in 1907. The first oil well began production in 1912. By 1918, the town was a major oil producer and became one of the boomtowns of the 1920s. Return to the Table of Contents Scope and ContentsThis collection consists of photographs of Burkburnett, Texas. Bulks with photographs of the oil industry (1919-1936). It also contains a panoramic scene of Burkburnett (ca. 1920). The negatives and prints are housed in separate envelopes. Images from this collection have been digitized and can viewed at http://hdl.handle.net/10605/1897 Return to the Table of Contents RestrictionsAccess RestrictionsOpen for research Return to the Table of Contents
Return to the Table of Contents Administrative InformationPreferred CitationBurkburnett, Texas, Photograph Collection, 1900-1936, Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas AcquisitionGift, undated Digitized byMaria Vallejo, 2011 Return to the Table of Contents Collection Inventory
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