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[Chicago "C" Ranch House]
Photograph of the Chicago Ranch (also called the C Ranch) headquarters in southeastern Andrews County. In front of the house there are dead trees and a sidewalk.
[Photograph of Big Spring, Texas]
Photograph of an aerial view of Big Spring, Texas. There are many buildings and streets throughout the photograph. The inscription on the back reads: "Big Spring Settles Bld in left center."
[Men with Automobile]
Photograph of two men standing on either side of an automobile. The caption on the image reads "18 GALLONS OF FIRE WATER GOING TO JAIL FOR BEING CAUGHT IN A FORD COUPE 194 JACK NOLAN."
[Parade for Veterans]
Photograph of a parade to welcome veterans home in Odessa, Texas. The photograph shows vehicles loaded with men in military uniforms, holding American flags. Most are looking towards behind the vehicles and a woman stands in the left foreground with her back to the camera. In the background, wooden buildings are visible and additional vehicles and early model automobiles are visible in the right background.
[Photograph of a Camp Town]
Photograph of an aerial view of a camp town with rows of small houses. The caption under the image reads "Camp #1 M-K O&G Co. looking North." The inscription on the back reads "82-4.5 Ivy #5 Camp #1, looking north toward Iraan, Texas Pecos County. Mid-Kansas Oil & Gas Co. 1928."
[Photograph of Citizens National Bank]
Photograph of the Citizens National Bank in Odessa, Texas. The building is made of stone and is two-stories. A horse and cart stand in the road in front of the building and five men, all in hats, stand at the building's corner, immediately behind the horse and cart.
[Man Standing at a Chuck Wagon]
Photograph of a man standing at a Chuck Wagon at the 04 Ranch. In the background, three horses stand behind the wagon.
[Cosden Refinery at Big Springs, Texas]
Photograph of four trucks belonging to the O. H. McAllister Trucking Company, headquartered at Odessa in the early 1930's. This is a scene at the Cosden Refinery at Big Springs, Texas showing the unloading of fuel oil from tanks, which caught fire and set the McAllister trucks on fire.
[Photograph of a Well Site]
Photograph of a well site, a wooden derrick and rig stand on the right side with a dog house in the center. The boiler house is on the left with a large chimney pipe emitting dark smoke, pipe casing is visible in the center foreground and an early model automobile is parked on the far left.
[New Hobbs Townsite Office]
Photograph of the "New Hobbs" townsite office after a split with Hobbs citizens. A group of people, three men and three women, stand in front of a storefront building. Painted on the upper facade of the building is "New Hobbs Townsite Office A Friendly City." Two men are visible standing just inside the open door.
[Cotton Scene at Big Springs, Texas]
Photograph of numerous bales of cotton with loaded wagons in the background. Several men stand near or on the loaded wagons. Multiple buildings are visible in the far background. The caption on the image reads "Cotton Scene BIG SPRINGS, Texas B. REAGAN DRUGGIST."
[Oil Rig Crew]
Photograph of a crew on the ground around a well rig that is under construction. There are five men to the left of the photograph that seem to be conversing in a group and several men on the right seem to be working on the rig.
[Photograph of an Oil Rig Smoking]
Photograph of a wooden cable tool rig with salt spewing up through the derrick. In the foreground is covered with salt.
[Business Section of Odessa, Texas]
Reprint photograph of the business section of Odessa, Texas looking north from the corner of First Street and Grant Avenue. Buildings with various business signs line both sides of the road and early-model automobiles are parked along both sides of the street. The caption under the image reads "Business Section, Odessa, Texas."
[Home Interior]
Copy print of an interior of a home. A family occupy themselves in their living room. To the left side, a young girl sits at the piano facing her younger sister who holds a doll. The father sits in a wooden rocking chair in the center back of the image sit on the floor in the center playing with a puzzle. Another girl sits in a wooden chair on the right side of the image. Her hands are obscured by a doll which sits on a bed in the foreground.
[Men Under an Oil Rigs]
Photograph of three men sitting on an early model automobile's running board. The vehicle is parked in front of a rig with a steel derrick and the man in the center wears a fedora-style hat while the man to his left has his elbows resting on his knees.
[Photograph of an Engine]
Photograph of an engine in motion.
[Men Outside of Barn]
Photograph of a barn with three men standing in the entrance way. A loaded wagon, with a team of two white horses and two men, stands outside the building. The building appears to be still under construction -- simple wooden scaffolding is visible on the side of the building, a trough stands in front.
[Street in Abilene, Texas]
Photograph of a street scene, the dirt road is lined with storefronts with wagons parked along the front. The caption on the image reads "Street in Abilene."
[Wooden Derrick in a Street]
Photograph of a street scene in Desdemona, Texas showing businesses lined up along a street with model-T type cars parked in front of them and wooden derricks throughout the buildings and in the background.
[Two Men on a Carriage]
Photograph of two men on a horse drawn carriage. The men are in front of a building.
[Photograph of a Pond]
Photograph of a body of water (like a pond) with a viewing platform to the right.
[Townsite in Ector County, Texas]
Photograph of a townsite with a few buildings, tents and early model automobiles.
[Photograph of B-29 "Enola Gay"]
Photograph of the "Enola Gay," the B-29 Superfortress that dropped the atomic bomb "Little Boy" on Hiroshima.
[Modern Drilling Rig]
Photograph of a modern drilling rig, below the rig there is a building as well as a tank in front.
[Group of People Outside of Crane Lots]
Photograph of numerous people (mostly men but women and children as well) in a dirt road next to a tin building which advertisers for Crane lots. The caption at the bottom reads, "JAN -1- CRANE CITY 15 DAYS OLD KEEP YOUR EYE ON CRANE".
[Photograph of an Oil Rig]
Photograph of an oil rig. In the forefront of the photograph there are various plants.
[Landreth Strip in Crane County]
Photograph of a row of storage tanks and derricks. The caption on the image reads "The Famous Landreth Strip Crane County, Texas Jack Nolan Photo."
[JAL Cowboys]
Photograph of three men astride horses with four men on the ground, branding a calf laying on the ground. Livestock is visible in the background. The caption under the image reads "JAL cowboys branding in the open near Pecos in 1895. Note the scanty fuel of mesquite sticks in the foreground. All JAL pictures courtesy of its old wagon boss, Spence Jowell."
[Maxwell Mail Car with Passengers]
Photograph of a Maxwell mail car loaded with passengers and Gary Coggin as the driver. The car is an early model automobile with two women and three males in front of several buildings in the background. The caption on the image reads, "Gray Coggin Driver - U.S. Mail Route - Midland - Carlsbad N. M. - 1909."
[Building Below a Water Tower]
Photograph of a water tower behind a small, one-story building with a sign that says, "Ward County Court House, City of Monahans City Hall and Fire Department." Two automobiles are parked in front of the building and some other buildings are partially visible on the left side of the image. A handwritten note on the back says, "Temporary court house at Monahans, Tex. Used while new Court House was being built."
[Odessa's Girl's Basketball Team]
Photograph of a women's basketball game. The women wear calf-length skirts and white sailor-styled tops. Early model automobiles are parked in a row in the background.
[Photograph of a Group]
Photograph of a group of men (sitting on the ground) and women (standing behind men). In the background are small trees in a grid-like pattern and to the left in the background , a white building is visible through the trees.
[The Odessa Brass Band]
Photograph of the Odessa Brass Band, in uniforms with instruments, sitting on the front porch of a building. Several members are not looking at the camera.
[Texon Oil & Land Co.'s General Office]
Photograph of a single-story building, the caption on the image reads "Texon Oil & Land Co.'s General Office, Santa Rita, Texas. Sept. 1st, 1925. Photo by Whidden, San Angelo."
[Men Working on Pipeline]
Photograph of men working on a pipeline. Four men stand next to a large pipe, behind the pipe is a tractor to assist.
[Two Native American People]
Photograph of two Native people. The man, Quanah Parker, stands with his right hand on his hip and his left hand holding a headdress. A woman, one of his wives, squats at his side and a teepee is visible in the background.
[Photograph of the Santa Rita No. 1 Rig]
Photograph of an oil rig with a structure underneath it. On the back of the photograph, "Anton Theis, Source (through George T. ABell) Reagan County, Texas Santa Rita No. 1 Probably about June, 1923 when the Orient Railway sent special excursion trains from San Angelo to Santa Rita No. 1 for passengers to see the well blowing heads. (Note: See the cars, automobiles to the left background and also see the passenger cars from railway to the right background)."
[Oil Well Supplies to W. Texas Oil Fields]
Photograph of a large cylindrical object loaded onto a wagon, being pulled by a large team of mules. The caption on the image reads "Oil Well Supplies to W. Texas Oil Fields."
[Hazel Mountain]
Photograph of a mountain in a desert landscape. The caption on the image reads "367 Hazel Mountain in the Davis Mountains near Van Horn Tex. Home of a large rich silver mine. (c) Jack Nolan."
[Processing Plant]
Photograph of a processing plant with a sign that says "Merry Xmas" hung between two towers. The inscription on the back reads "El Paso Products Complex, Odessa 82 - Rundell."
[Christmas Day in Midland, Texas]
Photograph of a busy street lined with storefronts. The road is crowded with numerous wagons and horses and people. The caption on the image reads. "Xmas Day in Midland."
[Man Holding a Torpedo]
Photograph of a man holding a nitro-shoot torpedo. The camera is looking up and a metal derrick is visible towering above the man's head. The inscription on the back reads "Preparing to drop torpedo loaded with nitroglycerin into borehole. This is an earlier method of stimulating a well to increase production."
[Muddy Street]
Image of a muddy street. The left side of the muddy roadway is lined with storefronts and parked early model automobiles. One building on the left side has a sign that reads: "First National Bank" on its roof. The right side is lined with additional buildings and vehicles as well as a group of wooden derricks. Writing on image reads: "'Hog Town' Desdemona Tex".
[Men in an Early Automobile]
Photograph of seven people (mostly young boys) sitting in an early model automobile.
[Young Man on a Horse]
Photograph of a young man sitting astride a horse. A house is visible in the background.
[Interior Iraan Station]
Photograph of the interior of Iraan Station that features large pieces of equipment and machinery. The caption on the image reads, "INTERIOR IRAAN STATION J. F. JOHNSON, GENL. CONTR."
[Oil Rig in Winkler, Texas]
Photograph of the first oil rig in Winkler, Texas. To the right of the photograph there is an oil rig. In the background of the photograph there are five grain silos and a shack, on the top of the photograph "First oil well in Winkler Field."
[Photograph of Haley Hotel]
Photograph of the Haley Hotel, a three-story brick building. Two early model automobiles are parked in the street to the right of the image. Several trees and other vegetation is visible around the building and a fire-escape is seen on the left.
[Street Scene in Colorado City]
Photograph of a street scene in Colorado City, Mitchell County, Texas. There are various storefronts at an intersection and people and a wagon are visible. The street is also lined with trees.
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