Permian Basin Petroleum Museum, Library and Hall of Fame - 723 Matching Results
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- Burning Oil Well
- Photograph on postcard of the burning of the National Oil Well. Two men look on as flames shoot high into the air, and smoke towers over the landscape.
- [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."
- Cable Tool Drill
- Photograph of the cable tool drill at the Hendrick #18 well in Winkler County, Texas.
- California Company Employees on Porch
- Photograph of California Company personnel posing on the porch of a house. The two women are wearing dresses and the two men are in suits.
- California Company Men Standing in Snow
- Photograph of members of the California Company (William Simpson, Leonard Orynski, and Earl Cramer) standing in the snow with Colorado City banker Maxwell Thomas. The men are standing next to their car, all wearing jackets and hats.
- California Company Office in Winter
- 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.
- California Company Office in Winter
- 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.
- California Company Workers with Cars
- Photograph of California Company personnel among others posing in front of a couple early model vehicles.
- California Company Workers with Cars
- Photograph of California Company personnel posing in front of some cars. Nine people and five early model cars are visible in the picture.
- Camp at Oil Field
- Photograph of the camp at the Hendrick oil field in Winkler County, Texas. Several buildings are visible along with many derricks rising from the oil field in the background.
- Camp in Winter
- Photograph of the camp at the Hendrick oil field in Winkler County, Texas. The small buildings and ground surrounding them are covered in snow. There are a couple vehicle trails visible.
- Camp in Winter
- Photograph of the camp at the Hendrick oil field in Winkler County, Texas. The small buildings and ground surrounding them are covered in snow. There are a couple vehicle trails visible.
- Camp Through Trees
- Negative of a group of oil tanks with a view of wooden shacks behind a line of trees. The camp belongs to Humble Oil and was located near Kilgore in Gregg County, Texas.
- [Canadian River in Borger, Texas]
- Postcard image taken from a curving dirt road of several oil derricks in front of a river, between hills, labeled at the top as "View showing Canadian River and valley north of Borger, Texas." A note on the back is addressed to Betty in Iowa with the text "Dear Pal. card received and I want you to send me the [...] saved for me [...] use the rest for postage. Sincerely Mary Alice [Robeson], Box 537, Phillips, Texas."
- [Canal Street in Carlsbad, New Mexico]
- Postcard looking south on Canal Street in Carlsbad, New Mexico. There are a number of buildings with southwestern style architecture on both sides of the road and cars driving in the street.
- Car by Cliff
- Photograph of a car driving next to a rocky cliff at Antelope Circle, near Amarillo, Texas.
- Car in Front of House
- Photograph on postcard of a house in Eastland, Texas. The house, partially hidden behind trees in the yard, is the Wolf residence. There is an early model car with an old style license plate in the driveway.
- Car on Trail
- Photograph of a car driving on a rocky, off-road trail at Antelope Circle, near Amarillo, Texas.
- Cars on Street
- Negative of a street in Midland, Texas during the early 20th century. Many cars line the street while others drive down it. Businesses are visible lining the street, the most obvious being the Llano Hotel on the left side.
- Cars on Street
- Negative of a street in Midland, Texas during the early 20th century. Many cars line the street while others drive down it. Businesses are visible lining the street, the most obvious being the Llano Hotel on the left side.
- [Cattle and Cowboys]
- Postcard of a large amount of cattle and cowboys on the range. The caption on the image reads "Round-Up, Midland, Texas."
- [Cattle in the Street]
- Photograph of a herd of cattle on Wall and Colorado streets being driven from South Texas to Lubbock for the opening of The Ranch Headquarters there.
- [Cattle on a Ranch]
- Postcard of a landscape with numerous heads of cattle in the foreground. The caption of the image reads "A Ranch Scene Near Pecos, Texas."
- Cecil Brower Behind Microphone
- Negative of Cecil Brower in Western dress holding a violin while standing in front of a microphone. He is a member of Cecil Brower's Cowboy Band, and the photo was taken in 1947 at radio station KECK in Odessa, Texas.
- Cecil Brower with Violin
- Negative of Cecil Brower in Western dress holding a violin. He is the leading member of Cecil Brower's Cowboy Band, and the photo was taken in 1947 at radio station KECK in Odessa, Texas.
- Cecil Brower with Violin
- Negative of Cecil Brower in Western dress standing and holding a violin. He is the founding member of Cecil Brower's Cowboy Band, and the photo was taken in 1947 at radio station KECK in Odessa, Texas.
- Cecil Brower's Cowboy Band
- Negative of a group of men in Western dress playing instruments while standing in front of a microphone. They are Cecil Brower's Cowboy Band, and the photo was taken in 1947 at radio station KECK in Odessa, Texas.
- Cecil Brower's Cowboy Band in studio
- Negative of the Cecil Browers Cowboy Band posing for a picture at radio station KECK in Odessa, Texas on March 24, 1947. The various band members are wearing Western-style clothes while holding their instruments.
- [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.
- [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."
- [The Chuck Wagon]
- Postcard of two men sitting astride horses in the center of the image with a chuck wagon standing to the left with several men standing and sitting around it, to the right of the two men there is a man sitting on the ground with another man standing next to a horse. The hand written caption on the image reads "The 'Chuck' Wagon". The inscription on the back reads: " Dear Nettie: How are you these days? Are you going to school this year? I will leave Saturday night for Georgetown to enter school. I wish you were going with me. I have been very busy getting ready. I wish I could pass thru in the day so I could see you but can't make connections [illegible]. Miss Nettie King Vernon Tex."
- Church in Winter
- 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.
- Church in Winter
- 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.
- Cinder Blocks
- Negative of a storage yard in Odessa, Texas. There are piles of cinder blocks, ladders, and other construction equipment next to a metal shed.
- [Citizens National Bank]
- Photograph of the Citizens National Bank in Odessa, Texas. The building is made of stone and is a two-story building. A horse and cart stand in the road in front of the building, five men, all in hats, stand at the building's corner, immediately behind the horse and cart.
- Cloud of Smoke and Dust
- Photograph of a controlled explosion, called a "land shot", near the Louisiana Gulf Coast in the late 1920's. A large cloud of smoke and dust rises into the air.
- Collapsed Derrick
- Photograph of a close view of a collapsed oil derrick on an icy hill at the California Company's Richardson Number One oil well site in Mitchell County, Texas. The broken lumber along with the corrugated sheet metal walls are covered in ice.
- Colorado City Main Street
- 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.
- Colorado City Under Snow
- Photograph of Colorado City, Texas in winter. Several houses are visible and covered in snow.
- Cook by Car
- Photograph of a man in an apron and paper hat leaning on a car. The man is "Dad", the cook for the Shell Oil seismograph party.
- Cook Shacks
- Photograph of two Gulf Oil Company cook shacks near Breckenridge, Texas. There is a derrick visible in the background between the two shacks.
- [Corner building in Winter]
- Copy print of building that stands on corner of two of two street in winter time. The three-story brick building has a large sign that reads: " Gulf Refining Company That Good Gulf Gasoline And Supreme Auto Oil." Several early omdel automobiles are parked outside the building in a curved drive. Three men in dark coats stand at the corner, looking toward the camera. Snow dusts the ground and road.
- [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.
- [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."
- Counterweight
- Photograph of a counterweight on an oil well in the Hendrick oil field in Winkler County, Texas.
- Courthouse
- Negative of the Ector County courthouse in Odessa, Texas. Cars line the streets and families walk along the sidewalks.
- Courthouse and Town
- Photograph on postcard of Eastland, Texas. A few businesses anc a large building are visible. The large brick building on the right is the old Eastland County Courthouse (demolished in 1926).
- [Cowboy Riding a Horse]
- Photograph of a cowboy riding on a bucking horse. There is another man behind him also on a horse. Written below the photograph is "Hook'im Cowboy - Why don' the darn thing buck? Jack Nolan."
- Crockett County Stage Stop Ruins
- Photograph of the ruins of a stage stop at the Pontoon Crossing of the Pecos in Crockett County, Texas. A flag is flying over the crumbling walls.
- Crockett County Stage Stop Ruins
- Photograph of the ruins of a stage stop at the Pontoon Crossing of the Pecos in Crockett County, Texas. A flag is flying over the crumbling walls.