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#1: Composite image of early photo of Frank McWilliams and still frame from Pryor Center video interview
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![Frank McWilliams in grammar school, which is at the current location of South Arkansas Community College; El Dorado, Arkansas © Pryor Center for Arkansas Oral and Visual History, University of Arkansas](makeThumbcustom.php?width=550&height=310&img=projects/Arkansas Memories/MCWILLIAMS-Frank/slideshow//001-McWILLIAMS-Frank-GrammarSchool.jpg)
#2: Frank McWilliams in grammar school, which is at the current location of South Arkansas Community College; El Dorado, Arkansas
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![Frank McWilliams (pictured at top) on his family's tin-topped Studebaker; El Dorado, Arkansas © Pryor Center for Arkansas Oral and Visual History, University of Arkansas](makeThumbcustom.php?width=550&height=310&img=projects/Arkansas Memories/MCWILLIAMS-Frank/slideshow//002-McWILLIAMS-Frank-Studebaker.jpg)
#3: Frank McWilliams (pictured at top) on his family's tin-topped Studebaker; El Dorado, Arkansas
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![Frank McWilliams in Delta Sigma, an El Dorado High School fraternity; Dizzy Dean pictured top, center © Pryor Center for Arkansas Oral and Visual History, University of Arkansas](makeThumbcustom.php?width=550&height=310&img=projects/Arkansas Memories/MCWILLIAMS-Frank/slideshow//003-McWILLIAMS-Frank-Delta Sigma.jpg)
#4: Frank McWilliams in Delta Sigma, an El Dorado High School fraternity; Dizzy Dean pictured top, center
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![Frank McWilliams and Boyd Alderson at their high school reunion; El Dorado, Arkansas © Pryor Center for Arkansas Oral and Visual History, University of Arkansas](makeThumbcustom.php?width=550&height=310&img=projects/Arkansas Memories/MCWILLIAMS-Frank/slideshow//004-McWILLIAMS-Frank-High SchoolReunion.jpg)
#5: Frank McWilliams and Boyd Alderson at their high school reunion; El Dorado, Arkansas
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![Kathleen Frazier, a former principal of El Dorado High School, who was fired in 1935 for being too lenient on high school fraternities © Pryor Center for Arkansas Oral and Visual History, University of Arkansas](makeThumbcustom.php?width=550&height=310&img=projects/Arkansas Memories/MCWILLIAMS-Frank/slideshow//005-McWILLIAMS-Frank-KathleenFrazier.jpg)
#6: Kathleen Frazier, a former principal of El Dorado High School, who was fired in 1935 for being too lenient on high school fraternities
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![Loading oil field supplies to cross Smackover Creek, Smackover, Arkansas, oil field; photo provided by Frank McWilliams © Pryor Center for Arkansas Oral and Visual History, University of Arkansas](makeThumbcustom.php?width=550&height=310&img=projects/Arkansas Memories/MCWILLIAMS-Frank/slideshow//006-McWILLIAMS-Frank-LoadingSupplies.jpg)
#7: Loading oil field supplies to cross Smackover Creek, Smackover, Arkansas, oil field; photo provided by Frank McWilliams
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![Burning well by night; Oil Operators Trust; Murphy No. 1 Sec. 8-16-15; photo provided by Frank McWilliams © Pryor Center for Arkansas Oral and Visual History, University of Arkansas](makeThumbcustom.php?width=550&height=310&img=projects/Arkansas Memories/MCWILLIAMS-Frank/slideshow//007-McWILLIAMS-Frank-BurningWell.jpg)
#8: Burning well by night; Oil Operators Trust; Murphy No. 1 Sec. 8-16-15; photo provided by Frank McWilliams
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![Arkansas Pipe Line and Navigation Company; photo provided by Frank McWilliams © Pryor Center for Arkansas Oral and Visual History, University of Arkansas](makeThumbcustom.php?width=550&height=310&img=projects/Arkansas Memories/MCWILLIAMS-Frank/slideshow//008-McWILLIAMS-Frank-Pipe Line.jpg)
#9: Arkansas Pipe Line and Navigation Company; photo provided by Frank McWilliams
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![Noe Oil and Gas Company, Workman No. 1, James A. Noe Trustee; Estimated 35,000 BBLS; photo provided by Frank McWilliams © Pryor Center for Arkansas Oral and Visual History, University of Arkansas](makeThumbcustom.php?width=550&height=310&img=projects/Arkansas Memories/MCWILLIAMS-Frank/slideshow//009-McWILLIAMS-Frank-Noe Oil.jpg)
#10: Noe Oil and Gas Company, Workman No. 1, James A. Noe Trustee; Estimated 35,000 BBLS; photo provided by Frank McWilliams
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![Bar with tree trunks for bar stools, Union County, Arkansas; photo provided by Frank McWilliams © Pryor Center for Arkansas Oral and Visual History, University of Arkansas](makeThumbcustom.php?width=550&height=310&img=projects/Arkansas Memories/MCWILLIAMS-Frank/slideshow//010-McWILLIAMS-Frank-Bar.jpg)
#11: Bar with tree trunks for bar stools, Union County, Arkansas; photo provided by Frank McWilliams
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![Bad road conditions, Union County, Arkansas; photo provided by Frank McWilliams © Pryor Center for Arkansas Oral and Visual History, University of Arkansas](makeThumbcustom.php?width=550&height=310&img=projects/Arkansas Memories/MCWILLIAMS-Frank/slideshow//011-McWILLIAMS-Frank-Road Conditions.jpg)
#12: Bad road conditions, Union County, Arkansas; photo provided by Frank McWilliams
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![Hauling timber by the railroad; photo provided by Frank McWilliams © Pryor Center for Arkansas Oral and Visual History, University of Arkansas](makeThumbcustom.php?width=550&height=310&img=projects/Arkansas Memories/MCWILLIAMS-Frank/slideshow//012-McWILLIAMS-Frank-Timber.jpg)
#13: Hauling timber by the railroad; photo provided by Frank McWilliams
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![Oil field workers; photo provided by Frank McWilliams © Pryor Center for Arkansas Oral and Visual History, University of Arkansas](makeThumbcustom.php?width=550&height=310&img=projects/Arkansas Memories/MCWILLIAMS-Frank/slideshow//013-McWILLIAMS-Frank-Men.jpg)
#14: Oil field workers; photo provided by Frank McWilliams
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![Burton Well, Sec. 28-15-16; Smackover, Arkansas; photo provided by Frank McWilliams © Pryor Center for Arkansas Oral and Visual History, University of Arkansas](makeThumbcustom.php?width=550&height=310&img=projects/Arkansas Memories/MCWILLIAMS-Frank/slideshow//014-McWILLIAMS-Frank-BurtonWell.jpg)
#15: Burton Well, Sec. 28-15-16; Smackover, Arkansas; photo provided by Frank McWilliams
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![Crater made in an oil field (top), eight-wheel ox cart (bottom); Smackover, Arkansas; photo provided by Frank McWilliams © Pryor Center for Arkansas Oral and Visual History, University of Arkansas](makeThumbcustom.php?width=550&height=310&img=projects/Arkansas Memories/MCWILLIAMS-Frank/slideshow//015-McWILLIAMS-Frank-Crater.jpg)
#16: Crater made in an oil field (top), eight-wheel ox cart (bottom); Smackover, Arkansas; photo provided by Frank McWilliams
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![Union County Baby Show; YWCA, El Dorado, Arkansas; Wednesday, October 4, 1923; photo provided by Frank McWilliams © Pryor Center for Arkansas Oral and Visual History, University of Arkansas](makeThumbcustom.php?width=550&height=310&img=projects/Arkansas Memories/MCWILLIAMS-Frank/slideshow//016-McWILLIAMS-Frank-Baby Show.jpg)
#17: Union County Baby Show; YWCA, El Dorado, Arkansas; Wednesday, October 4, 1923; photo provided by Frank McWilliams
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![Smackover's Reception Committee for Hi-Jackers; photo provided by Frank McWilliams © Pryor Center for Arkansas Oral and Visual History, University of Arkansas](makeThumbcustom.php?width=550&height=310&img=projects/Arkansas Memories/MCWILLIAMS-Frank/slideshow//017-McWILLIAMS-Frank-Reception Committee.jpg)
#18: Smackover's Reception Committee for Hi-Jackers; photo provided by Frank McWilliams
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![Union County Courthouse, El Dorado, Arkansas; photo provided by Frank McWilliams © Pryor Center for Arkansas Oral and Visual History, University of Arkansas](makeThumbcustom.php?width=550&height=310&img=projects/Arkansas Memories/MCWILLIAMS-Frank/slideshow//018-McWILLIAMS-Frank-Courthouse.jpg)
#19: Union County Courthouse, El Dorado, Arkansas; photo provided by Frank McWilliams
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#20: Union Station, Smackover, Arkansas; photo provided by Frank McWilliams
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#21: Main Street flooded, Smackover, Arkansas; photo provided by Frank McWilliams
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#22: Oil workers, El Dorado, Arkansas; photo provided by Frank McWilliams
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![The Giant Gas Well That Opened the Smackover, Arkansas, OIl Field, Sec. 8-16-15; photo provided by Frank McWilliams © Pryor Center for Arkansas Oral and Visual History, University of Arkansas](makeThumbcustom.php?width=550&height=310&img=projects/Arkansas Memories/MCWILLIAMS-Frank/slideshow//022-McWILLIAMS-Frank-Gas Well.jpg)
#23: The Giant Gas Well That Opened the Smackover, Arkansas, OIl Field, Sec. 8-16-15; photo provided by Frank McWilliams
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![Mules pulling a wagon through the mud; photo provided by Frank McWilliams © Pryor Center for Arkansas Oral and Visual History, University of Arkansas](makeThumbcustom.php?width=550&height=310&img=projects/Arkansas Memories/MCWILLIAMS-Frank/slideshow//023-McWILLIAMS-Frank-Mule Drowning.jpg)
#24: Mules pulling a wagon through the mud; photo provided by Frank McWilliams
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#25: Newton House, location of Pryor Center video interview with Frank McWilliams; El Dorado, Arkansas
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#26: Behind-the-scenes photo from Pryor Center interview with Frank McWilliams at the Newton House; El Dorado, Arkansas, 2007
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#27: Behind-the-scenes photo from Pryor Center interview with Frank McWilliams at the Newton House; El Dorado, Arkansas, 2007
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#28: Still frame from Pryor Center video interview with Frank McWilliams at the Newton House; El Dorado, Arkansas, 2007
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