Footnotes: Oil stories
June 2, 2010
Random Footnotes
Oil stories
In the United States, oil has long been the source of profit and problems.
This image (a government photo) was introduced as evidence in a Texas court case in 1929. It shows an oil rig that was constructed to deceive land purchasers.
Oil, it seems, is the stuff of dreams and deception.
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Image source: National Archives
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