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Men Digging Pipeline

Description: Photograph on postcard of several workers, all wearing hats and work clothes, digging through a hill for an oil pipeline.
Date: unknown
Partner: Permian Basin Petroleum Museum, Library and Hall of Fame

Men Placing Boilers

Description: Photograph on postcard of men setting up boilers to put out an oil fire at the C.L. Perkins No. 5 oil well in Eastland County, Texas in 1919. Smoke from the fire can be seen over the workers.
Date: 1919
Partner: Permian Basin Petroleum Museum, Library and Hall of Fame

Men Working on Pipeline

Description: Photograph on postcard of several workers working on an oil pipeline. Most are wading through the water of a pond or river that the pipeline is passing through.
Date: unknown
Partner: Permian Basin Petroleum Museum, Library and Hall of Fame

Mineral Water

Description: Postcard of the mineral water well in downtown Arlington at around 1900. To the left and right of the well are businesses, including a bank, hardware store, and real estate business. There are power lines along the street. A water tower stands behind the buildings on the left.
Date: 1900~
Partner: Arlington Historical Society’s Fielder House Museum

Mini-monorail

Description: Postcard advertising HemisFair '68, featuring an image of people on a paved walkway near the Plaza of Flags (at right) and a multi-car monorail train above ground level at left. Printed on back: "Mini-Monorail is one of the chief transportation means on the HemisFair '68 site. It is quick, colorful and provides a breathtaking view of the exposition's entire 92 acres. Here it passes by the Plaza of Flags representing the twenty-six ethnic groups which have contributed to the greatness of the Am… more
Date: 1967
Creator: Plastichrome of Texas
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

Model of the Institute of Texan Cultures

Description: Postcard advertising HemisFair '68, featuring a photo of a model of the Institute of Texan Cultures, with a fountain in front of the building, multi-colored people, and a group of international flags at left. Printed text on the back: "Institute of Texan Cultures. In a main display area the size of four football fields, visitors to the Texas State Pavilion will view an exciting dramatization of the cultural history and future of this incredibly diverse state."
Date: 1965
Creator: Plastichrome of Texas
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

Model of the Institute of Texan Cultures

Description: Postcard with an image of an architectural model of the Institute of Texan Cultures building, advertising HemisFair '68. It includes printed text on the back about the exhibit.
Date: 1967
Creator: Plastichrome of Texas
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

Model of the Spain Pavilion at HemisFair '68

Description: Postcard featuring a photograph of a model of the Spain Pavilion, advertising HemisFair '68. Printed on back: "Shown is the architect's model of Las Plazas del Mundo (Plazas of the World), HemisFair's international area, where more than thirty foreign governments will have exhibits."
Date: 1965
Creator: Plastichrome of Texas
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Naval Auxiliary Air Station - Cabaniss Field Naval Air Training Center - Service Pamphlet]

Description: Pamphlet detailing the "Order of Service for Morning Worship" on February 13, 1944 at the Cabaniss Field Naval Air Training Center in Corpus Christi, Texas. It has a list of prayers, readings, songs and the times and locations for the services for the Protestant, Catholic and Jewish worshipers. The pamphlet, folded in the form of a post-card was addressed from James Edgar Sutherlin to his father, Edgar B. Sutherlin, on February 14, 1944. On the very back of the pamphlet is a list of Bible ex… more
Date: 1944
Creator: Sutherlin, James E.
Partner: Private Collection of the Sutherlin Family

Normanna Gin 1910

Description: Postcard of the cotton gin in Normanna in 1910. Santa Domingo was the community’s first name. It was located nine miles north of Beeville where the Santa Domingo Creek joined the Medio Creek, and was settled about 1848. Jose Maria Uranga’s eleven leagues, the largest single Mexican grant in Bee County (1831), covered much of the community. In 1874 it was known as Walton Station after the sheriff of Bee County, D.A.T. Walton. In 1893 a Norwegian colony moved into the area and settled two mil… more
Date: unknown
Partner: Bee County Historical Commission

Oil Tanker at the Maggie Ray McKinney Oil Well

Description: Postcard of the first Humble Oil Tanker taking out the first load of oil from the Maggie Ray McKinney oil well. On December 29, 1929 as the Houston Oil Company drilled for gas, the first oil well in Bee County was brought in on the JJ McKinney land east of Pettus. Humble Oil and Refining Company completed McKinney No. 1 Oil Well, Bee County, January 31, 1930. The discovery brought a rush of people to the community of Pettus. The discovery of oil relieved the pressure of depression. By 1937… more
Date: unknown
Partner: Bee County Historical Commission

Oil Tanks

Description: Photograph on postcard of several huge oil tanks at the Stoker No. 2 oil well near Breckenridge, Texas.
Date: unknown
Creator: The Texas Studio
Partner: Permian Basin Petroleum Museum, Library and Hall of Fame

Oil Well on Fire

Description: Photograph on postcard an oil fire at the C.L. Perkins No. 5 oil well near Ranger in Eastland County, Texas in 1919. Smoke and flames billow into the sky, while debris from the fire can be seen strewn over the ground.
Date: 1919
Partner: Permian Basin Petroleum Museum, Library and Hall of Fame

Oxen and Wagon

Description: Photograph on postcard of two men in hats seated on oxen next to a flatbed wagon.
Date: unknown
Partner: Permian Basin Petroleum Museum, Library and Hall of Fame

T&P Depot

Description: Postcard of the T&P railroad station at 110 N. Center St. in Arlington. There is a building beside the tracks with some equipment in the area. Power lines are behind the station. Jack D. Caffey's address is on the back of the postcard.
Date: unknown
Partner: Arlington Historical Society’s Fielder House Museum

Pearl Pavilion at HemisFair '68

Description: A postcard of a three-dimensional model of the pavilion of the Pearl Brewing Company with its indoor and outdoor dining facility including refreshment and entertainment areas. In the picture some people are shown canoeing in front of the building.
Date: 1967?
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

People by Barn

Description: Photograph on postcard of three workers by an unknown building (appears to be some sort of barn or shed) belonging to the Gulf Oil Company.
Date: unknown
Partner: Permian Basin Petroleum Museum, Library and Hall of Fame

People by Train

Description: Photograph on postcard of many people, some carrying luggage, walking near a train stopped next to a pond at an unknown location. There are several horse and mule drawn carts scattered around as well.
Date: unknown
Partner: Permian Basin Petroleum Museum, Library and Hall of Fame

[Photo-postcard to Watt Matthews]

Description: Postcard sent to Watt Matthews by photographer Richard Avedon and writer/photographer Laura Wilson. Image on the postcard is of Wilson and Avedon in a hay field. Wilson is lying on top of a bale of hay. To her left, Avedon is jumping with a cowboy hat in his hand. Message on the back reads: "Still on the road. Still grateful." Signed: "Laura and 'Old' Dick."
Date: 1981
Partner: Matthews Family and Lambshead Ranch

Las Plazas del Mundo at HemisFair '68

Description: Postcard of an architect's model of Las Plazas del Mundo (Plazas of the World) HemisFair’s international area, where foreign governments had exhibits. More than 20 countries participated in HemisFair '68.
Date: 1967
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Postcard by James Sutherlin to his parents - 09/03/1944]

Description: Postcard of a painted scene of the Brooklyn bridge. On the back of the card is a note from James Edgar Sutherlin saying that he is OK in New York and tired of walking.
Date: unknown
Creator: Sutherlin, James E
Partner: Private Collection of the Sutherlin Family

[Postcard from James Sutherlin to his father - February 14, 1943]

Description: Plain postcard containing a letter from James E. Sutherlin to his father asking for extra spending money because he spent what was given to him by his sister Waneta.
Date: unknown
Creator: Sutherlin, James E.
Partner: Private Collection of the Sutherlin Family
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