Photograph of a row of storefronts with early model automobiles parked in front. The first shop is the "Bakersfield Townsite Office" the other shop has "Coffee Shop" written on it. Several people are seen on the sidewalk between the buildings and the vehicles.
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."
Photograph of the California Company office in Colorado City, Texas on February 16, 1923. The winter weather is apparent with snow on the ground and ice covering the tree branches. There are also two early model cars visible.
Photograph of the California Company office in Colorado City, Texas on February 16, 1923. The winter weather is apparent with snow on the ground and ice covering the tree branches. There are also two early model cars visible.
Photograph of a winter scene in Colorado City, Texas during 1923. Ice covered trees are visible and part of the Methodist Church fills the left side of the picture.
Copy negative of a winter scene in Colorado City, Texas during 1923. Ice covered trees are visible and part of the Methodist Church fills the left side of the picture.
Photograph of Main Street in 1922 Colorado City, Texas. The picture looks down the street. Drug stores are on both sides of the street. Cars are parked in front of shops, and power lines run between the buildings.
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 the streets, all dirt roads, in 1922 Colorado City, Texas. The picture was shot in the street, and looks down through the town. Many buildings can be seen in the distance, and power lines run down the road into town.
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."
Photograph of a controlled explosion, called a "land shot", in the Texas/Louisiana Gulf Coast region during the late 1920s. A large cloud of smoke and dust rises into the air.
Photograph of numerous people standing in a dirt street, a small building is seen on the left side. The caption on the image reads "Jan -7- Crane City - 15 Days Old Keep Your Eye on Crane."
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".
Postcard of "The Landreth Strip" in Crane County. In the forefront, there is a large, round metal building with "769" printed on the side. In the background, there is a row of oil derricks extending on into the unforeseeable distance. The caption on the image reads, "The Famous Landreth Strip Crane County Texas Jack Nolan Photo."
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 taking pictures and will send some pretty soon. Mark."
Photograph of a main street showing Midland Hardware and Furniture on the left side of the street. There are automobiles in the street and along the street.
Postcard of an oil field in Burkburnett and Wichita Falls. The inscription on the front reads "Oil a Mile Long in Block 96" and on the back "Mrs. J. L. Marshall 1100 Elgin Ave Muskogee, Okla. The image has an oil derrick in the background as well as a body of water running through the middle of the image.
Photograph of a wooden cable tool rig with water spewing up the derrick. The inscription on the back reads "82-13.33 Classen Badgett No.1 Sept. 30th '22 Showing water coming out of 10" casing - turning to brine. Mitchell Co Texas W. J. Classen photographer."
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 a drilling crew on the wooden rig of T. B. Slick's Sheppared No. 6 well site in Eastland, Texas. The caption on the image reads "T. B. Slick's Sheppard #6 Pioneer, Tex."
Photograph of large billowing smoke, rising from the ground. A windmill with a tank and a piece of heavy equipment are visible in the foreground. The caption on the image reads, "Tank Farm Fire Midland, Texas 5-17-'28."
Postcard of Colorado, Texas. The photograph is of the main street with shops on either side. On the bottom of the photograph, "Colorado, Texas 16 Hewsom. Photo" is written. The back of the photograph is severely damaged and there is something written on it in pencil.
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 style hat sits on his head. O. C. Harper stands close to him, on his left and wears a jacket over a dark shirt and pants tucked into calf-high laced boots. A newsboy cap sits on his head. Feliciano Chavez wears a loose fitting shirt and pants with a cap on his head.
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)."
Postcard depicting several oil rigs. In the forefront of the photograph, there is one main rig, with another rig in the background. At the bottom of the postcard "The world's deepest oil well 8525 ft" is hand written. On the back of the postcard, "85-4.1 Webel Collection 3.00" is handwritten as well as "Post Card Correspondance Address Only" is printed.
Postcard of ranch buildings with an oil derrick and power lines in the background. An early model automobile is parked between the buildings in the center of the image and the caption on the image reads "THE OLD HOME-STEAD, YATES RANCH, NOW CENTER OF LARGEST OIL FIELD IN THE U. S. A. (DOUBLEDAY)."
Early street scenes of Colorado City, Mitchell County, Texas. The streets are all dirt roads and the picture was shot in the street, and looks down through the town. Many buildings can be seen in the distance, and power lines run down the road into town. Caption on the image reads "Colorado, Texas Newsom Photo 27."
Postcard of a street in Odessa, Texas. The street is lined with storefronts and numerous early model automobiles are parked alongside the sides and drive on the roadway. In the bottom right of the picture, "Odessa, The Oil Field Suppy Base of West Texas - Jack Nolan" is written. There are many cars in the picture as well as buildings and shops on either side of the road.
Photograph of a street intersection with storefronts in the background with early model automobiles lined in front. The caption on the image reads "Street Scene Big Lake Tex."
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."
Photograph of two men standing on either side of a stradia rod. They are between a tall century plant on the left and their early model automobile on the right. The man on the left wears a newsboy-style cap with a plaid shirt and pants. He has a pair of binoculars around his neck and his left hand holds the stradia rod up. The man on the right also wears a plaid shirt and pants which are tucked into calf-high laced boots and his hands hang at his sides. They are located on a barren, desert-like landscape.
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