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SUMMARY:HGS General Dinner Meeting - The "Challenges of an
  Oil Historian in the 21st Century" NEW LOCATION!!
 !
DESCRIPTION:HGS General Social Meeting for May 2025\n \n Date:
  May 12\, 2025\n \n NEW LOCATION AND PRICES!\n \n 
 Place: Spanish Flowers\, 4701 N Main St.\, Houston
 \, TX 77009\n \n Time: 5:30 pm to 8:00 pm&nbsp\;\n
  \n Price includes drinks and appetizers.&nbsp\;&n
 bsp\;\n \n Presentation: The Challenges of an Oil 
 Historian in the 21st Century\n \n Speaker: Jeff S
 pencer\n \n \n \n Industry practices of the late 1
 9th and early 20th centuries were very different f
 rom the practices of today. &nbsp\;Photographs of 
 early oil gushers\, earthen storage tanks\, and oi
 l field fires are abundant and cannot be ignored w
 hen presenting petroleum industry history\, but th
 ey need to be placed in their historical context. 
 &nbsp\; The &ldquo\;shooting of a well&rdquo\; was
  successful if it resulted in an oil gushing over 
 the top of a derrick. &nbsp\;Early tourists would 
 take weekend train excursions to picnic in view of
  a lit &ldquo\;gasser.&rdquo\; &nbsp\; Early petro
 leum-related photographs were sold as stereoviews 
 and cabinet cards. &nbsp\;These were replaced with
  postcards. &nbsp\;The early 1900s saw a craze in 
 sending and collecting postcards. Postcard views o
 f these early oil gushers\, gassers\, and fires we
 re purchased and mailed throughout the world.
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DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20250512T173000
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20250512T173000
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20250512T200000
LOCATION:Spanish Flowers\n 4701 N Main St.\n Houston\, TX 7
 7009\n United States\n 
URL:https://www.hgs.org/civicrm/event/info?reset=1&id=2580
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