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[Ector County Courthouse]

Description: Photograph of the Ector County Courthouse on the square surrounded by a fence. Early model automobiles are parked along the perimeter and the caption on the image reads "Ector County Court House Odessa Texas Jack Nolan 03."
Date: 1927
Creator: Nolan, Jack

[Oil Wells]

Description: Postcard of seven oil derricks surrounding a church. The writing across the bottom front reads: "Drilling Oil Wells in Church yard. Kilgore, Texas". There is a note on the back sent from Sylvia to Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Van Norman in Nickerson, Kansas.
Date: July 1954

[The Main Drag]

Description: Postcard of muddy street lined with store fronts, numerous people are visible walking along either side of the road, several wooden derricks are visible in the background. The caption on the Image reads "- The Main Drag - New Town. 200 [circled]" The inscription (on back): "February 16,1920. Dear Mamma, I have written every week. I am not sick. Last week I waded waist deep across a pond of icy water, didn't get to change clothes for four hours and all it did was make my nose run. I have been ta… more
Date: February 16, 1920

[Postcard of the Tom Green County Court House]

Description: Postcard of the Tom Green County Court House. In the middle of the illustration there is the court house with a fountain in the forefront and bushes around. On the bottom of the postcard, "Tom Green County Court House, San Angelo, Texas" is printed and to the right of that "3A-H1106." On the back of the postcard "85-5.23 Orbeck Collection" is handwritten.
Date: unknown

[Photograph of Homer Colquitt, Dean Wolf, O. C. Harper and Feliciano Chavez]

Description: Photograph of Homer Colquitt, Dean Wolf, and O. C. Harper, the four men stand in a row in front of an adobe brick building. Slightly behind them, there is a chuckwagon to the left and an early model automobile to the right. Dean Wolf, on the left, wears a dark shirt and pants tucked into calf-high boots. A gun in a holster is slung around his hips and a newsboy cap sits on his head while his hands are behind him. Homer Colquitt wears a jacket over a shirt with a bow tie and dark pants, a fedora… more
Date: 1923

[Street in Texon]

Description: Postcard of a street that goes through the center of the photo with rows of houses on each side, some houses have power lines and some houses have automobiles out front. In the distance oil wells are slightly visible. The inscription on the front reads: "Texon, Texas."
Date: unknown

[Postcard of an Oil Derrick]

Description: Postcard of an oil derrick in a field in Texas. In the background, there are two other derricks as well as a red barn and several smoking pipes. In the top right of the postcard, "Texas Oil Fields 2713" is printed and on the back there is an illustration of a flower as well as "Postcard" printed in the upper middle.
Date: unknown
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