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Derrick in Breckenridge

Description: Photograph on postcard of a wooden oil derrick set up in the town of Breckenridge, Texas. Cars and people cover the towns streets around the derrick.
Date: unknown
Creator: The Texas Studio

Derricks from Train Roof

Description: Photograph on postcard of several oil derricks from the roof of a train. The hand brakes and walkway for the brakeman are visible.
Date: unknown

Derricks in Breckenridge

Description: Photograph on postcard of the town of Breckenridge, Texas. Oil derricks rise above the buildings all over the town.
Date: unknown

Derricks in Desdemona

Description: Photograph on postcard of Desdemona, Texas. Oil derricks tower over the other buildings, seemingly hundreds visible stretching back to the horizon.
Date: unknown

Derricks over Desdemona

Description: Photograph on postcard of Desdemona, Texas from the south side. Oil derricks tower over the other buildings, hundreds visible stretching back to the horizon.
Date: unknown

[Ditching Machine]

Description: Postcard of a ditching machine that is digging a ditch in the dirt. There is a man on the right side of the machine hanging on while it works.
Date: unknown

[Downtown Skyline of Odessa, Texas]

Description: Postcard of the downtown skyline in Odessa, Texas. There are buildings on each side and cars on the side of the street as well as driving in the middle of the street.
Date: unknown

Drilling Rig

Description: Photograph on postcard of a Gulf Oil Company drilling rig (wooden derrick) surrounded by trees.
Date: unknown

Drilling Rig

Description: Photograph on postcard of a Gulf Oil Company drilling rig surrounded by trees.
Date: unknown

[Earlaboro Oilfields}

Description: Postcard of an image from a bird's eye view where a derrick and rig stands on the left side of the image, a row of small buildings (house) are visible in the foreground, and another long building stands just right of center. The caption on the image reads: "Earlaboro Oilfields. Barndall Co. Gas Plant and camp."
Date: unknown

[Early Model Automobile]

Description: Image of an early model automobile, a man sits at the steering wheel. "High Explosive" is written on the trunk and Nitro shoot torpedoes are mounted on the vehicle's side.
Date: 1917

[Ector County Court House]

Description: Postcard of a picture, possibly a drawing, that was created with bright colors, of a Court House that has a well groomed lawn and is rectangular and four stories, the three lower floors have windows and are larger than the fourth floor there are etchings in the stone on both sides of the clock that is above the wood door at the entrance. On the fourth floor "Ector County Court House is etched into the building." The print on the top right side reads: "Beautiful Modern Ector County Court House, … more
Date: unknown
Creator: Tichnor Bros., Inc.

[Eddy County Court House]

Description: Postcard of the southwest corner of the Eddy County Courthouse in Carlsbad, New Mexico. The court house is partially obscured by multiple trees and there is a street with cars parked in front.
Date: 1970
Creator: Schaaf, F. J.
Location: 32.420674 -104.228837

[Eddy County Courthouse]

Description: Postcard of the front (south) of a multi-story courthouse built in southwest-style architecture in Carlsbad, New Mexico. The print on the top left side reads: "Eddie County Courthouse Calsbad, New Mexico. This building is in the traditional style of the Southwest Indian -Spanish Pueblo, more commonly called 'Santa Fe' style."
Date: unknown
Location: 32.420433 -104.228074

[The Famous Guffy Gas Well]

Description: Postcard of the wreckage of the rig after a gas blowout of the now famous Guffy Gas Well in Corpus Christi, Texas. At the bottom of the well there is a pile of wood with the gas erupting out. The caption on the image reads "The Famous Guffy Gas Well, Corpus Christi, Texas."
Date: 1915

[Fire at Night]

Description: Postcard of a large fire at night. The caption on the image reads, "Night View: C. L. Perkins No 5 on Fire 9-13-1919 Flowin 4000 BBLS Oil & 10,000,000 Ft Gas Ranger, TEX."
Date: September 13, 1919

[Fishpond Gushers]

Description: Postcard of a landscape with several derricks. A pool of water or oil is visible in the foreground and the caption on the image reads "Mexia Oilfields, Fishpond Gushers."
Date: unknown

[Fort Davis]

Description: Postcard of a black and white picture of about eleven houses in a row with a large hill behind the houses covered in trees and dirt road in front of the houses. The writing on the bottom reads: "Old Fort Davis and Sleeping Lion Mountain - Fort Davis, Texas. 6-P-279."
Date: unknown
Location: 30.597816 -103.891020

[A Frontier Home]

Description: Postcard of a frontier home with two men and a woman in front of it with a stove on the left and a long horn cow with it's head in a large wooden feed tub. The writing on the left of the picture reads: "Copyright 1907 by Geo. B. Cornish, Arkansas City, Kans." The writing on the right reads "A Frontier Home."
Date: 1907~
Creator: Cornish, Geo. B. (George Bancroft)

[Geronimo and U.S. guards on horseback]

Description: Postcard of Geronimo, Apache Chief, and five U.S. Guards all on horseback in a grassy field. The writing in the middle of photo reads: "Geronimo, Alpache Chief, and U.S. Guard." The writing on the left says: "Copy write. 1907. By G. B Cornish. Arkansas City, Kansas."
Date: 1907~
Creator: Cornish, G. B.

Golden Cycle Oil Fire

Description: Photograph on postcard of the Golden Cycle oil gusher on fire in 1919. Flames and smoke billow into the sky.
Date: 1919

Gulf Oil Company Building

Description: Photograph on postcard of a white building with eight exhaust stacks on the side. The building belongs to the Gulf Oil Company and is located at the McElroy oil field in Crane County, Texas.
Date: unknown

Gulf Oil Gusher

Description: Photograph on postcard of a Gulf Oil Company oil well in Breckenridge, Texas spouting a 12,000 bbl. gusher. Oil is blasted high into the air over the derrick.
Date: unknown
Creator: The Texas Studio

[Gushing Oil Derrick]

Description: Postcard is in color of an Oil Derrick in a forest spewing oil. The print in the top left hand corner reads: "Gusher in oil field, Humble, Texas, Near Houston".
Date: unknown
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