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Man and young boy standing in doorway of blacksmith shop in Cushing Oklahoma. On left man holding reins of two-horse wagon.
Beside doorway, sign with multiple horseshoes nailed to it. Above entrance large advertising sign ‘Chew OLD KENTUCKY Plug Tobacco “Quality made it” ‘
In background Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway rail car.
On back:
This is a view of the Shop -- if you can tell where old Dad is Charlie 148 & 6th
Postmarked ‘CUSHING OK APR 26 – 191—', mailed to Salina Kansas.
Crease LR and lower border
The town of Cushing is located in Payne County sixty-nine miles northeast of Oklahoma City... Cushing's formal history began with the land run of September 22, 1891, into the Sac and Fox Reservation.
A post office was established on November 10, 1891...Soon four cotton companies were operating in Cushing, and at the turn of the century the town boasted two grain elevators, three lumberyards, five hotels, eight general stores, six blacksmith shops, and five saloons. Most of the buildings were aligned on Main Street. Agriculture, particularly cotton farming, was the mainstay of the local economy.
By 1910 Cushing had grown to 1,072 inhabitants. The town's most exciting era began on March 17, 1912, when an oil boom began.
https://www.okhistory.org/publications/enc/entry?entry=CU007
