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The Fabulous Story of Oil kit, 1957

 Item — Box: 1
Identifier: 2013.052.1.1

Scope and Contents

Learn-by-Doing Kit, produced in collaboration with a major oil company. Kit contains materials (wood, pressed board, and paper pieces, metal screws and washers) handbooks and instructions to create a 17" drilling derrick, drilling table and pipe, draw works, power house, truck, oil workers, christmas tree, crude oil tanks, pipe lines, etc.

Kit also includes 63 experiments and acitivites relating to petroleum and geology; and handbooks illustrating the "how" and "why" of exploration, drilling, production and storage of oil.

Dates

  • Creation: 1957

Access

This material is open for research use by any registered reader.

Extent

1 box

Language of Materials

English

Physical Description

HO gauge scale model kit in original yellow/black printed cardboard box.

Dimensions

Original kit box, closed: 23.5 x 41 x 6 cm

Repository Details

Part of the The University of Tulsa, McFarlin Library, Department of Special Collections & University Archives Repository

Contact:
McFarlin Library
University of Tulsa
2933 E. 6th St
Tulsa 74104-3123 USA
(918) 631-2496