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[Well Blowout]

Description: Cropped copy-photograph of a well blowout near Taft, Texas. In the distance, there is a well to the left of the image. On the right, there is a fire. In the foreground, there is a barbed-wire fence.
Date: unknown

[White Point Blowout]

Description: Cropped copy-photograph of an aerial view of a blowout in a crater at White Point. The well was ablaze for weeks before it choked itself out in the crater.
Date: unknown

[White Point Gas Well]

Description: Cropped copy-photograph of a gas well at White Point. A group of four people are posing in front of the well. Two people are sitting on the back of a horse-drawn wagon to the left, and two people are standing on the right. Poles are scattered about in the foreground. In the background, there are trees. Text below the image says "gas well 8-30-1[?]."
Date: unknown

Willacy Oil Well

Description: Cropped copy-photograph of an oil well west of Portland, TX. A single drilling rig is shown in the middle of a field of wild plants and grasses. A wire fence with stone posts encloses the area around the well. The well is on a raised portion of ground devoid of any of the surrounding plants.
Date: unknown

[Women in Boat at Pavilion Hotel]

Description: Cropped copy-photograph of four women sitting in a boat on a rocky shore in downtown Corpus Christi, Texas. Behind them is a dock to the left, and a boat in the middle of the water. The Pavilion Hotel is in the far background in the water.
Date: unknown

[Women Riding Horse]

Description: Cropped copy-photograph of an unidentified woman posing on a horse during President William Howard Taft's visit to the ranch. A bull is standing in front of her to the right. In the background, there are trees.
Date: unknown

[Women Standing around Drinking Fountain]

Description: Cropped copy-photograph of a group of four women standing around a water fountain at Artesian Park in Corpus Christi, Texas. The women are all wearing hats; the woman on the left is leaning over the fountain. In the background, there is a bandstand and trees.
Date: unknown

Workers Clearing the Land for Progress

Description: Cropped copy-photograph of a field near Portland, TX. The field appears to be still filled with wild grasses and plants. Accompanying information states that the land is scheduled to be cleared for farming. A group of seven people is standing on a small hill in the middle of the field. All seven are wearing hats.
Date: unknown
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