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[Bakersfield Townsite Office]

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.
Date: 1929
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[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."
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Man Sleeping in Car]

Photograph of a man sleeping in the front seat of a mid-century automobile. A drilling rig stands in the background.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Men with a Valve]

Photograph of two men kneeling next to a valve with the ground soaked with oil or water.
Date: 1951
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Four Men Around a Well Hole]

Photograph of four men around a well hole, one appears to be holding a hose. The inscription on the back reads "Washing over a diamond core bit prior to removing the core that is inside the core barrel. Diamond core bit being washed above rotary table. UT Archives. Image used for Walter Rundell's book Oil in West Texas and New Mexico: A Pictorial History of the Permian Basin."
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Modern Drilling Rig]

Photograph of a modern drilling rig, below the rig there is a building as well as a tank in front.
Date: unknown
Creator: Shoopman, Bill
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Monahans Railroad Depot]

Photograph of the Monahans Railroad Depot with several men sitting and standing on the platform.
Date: unknown
Creator: Shoopman, Bill
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Child Dies Without Seeing Flag She Won] (open access)

[Clipping: Child Dies Without Seeing Flag She Won]

Photocopy of a newspaper clipping containing an obituary for Doris Rae Levy, age 10, who won a Texas flag prize for entering the best scrapbook in her schoolroom for a Texas centennial contest. The clipping also contains the text of a story relating to the resumption of a fraud trial after an alternate juror became ill, a schedule of radio programs, and partial portions of other articles.
Date: May 25, 1936
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Press (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 136, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 10, 1927 (open access)

The Press (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 136, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 10, 1927

Daily newspaper from Fort Worth, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: March 10, 1927
Creator: Toomer, M. R.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Press (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 113, Ed. 1 Friday, February 11, 1927 (open access)

The Press (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 113, Ed. 1 Friday, February 11, 1927

Daily newspaper from Fort Worth, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: February 11, 1927
Creator: Toomer, M. R.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Press (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 128, Ed. 1 Tuesday, March 1, 1927 (open access)

The Press (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 128, Ed. 1 Tuesday, March 1, 1927

Daily newspaper from Fort Worth, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: March 1, 1927
Creator: Toomer, M. R.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Press (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 125, Ed. 1 Friday, February 25, 1927 (open access)

The Press (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 125, Ed. 1 Friday, February 25, 1927

Daily newspaper from Fort Worth, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: February 25, 1927
Creator: Toomer, M. R.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Press (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 124, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 24, 1927 (open access)

The Press (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 124, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 24, 1927

Daily newspaper from Fort Worth, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: February 24, 1927
Creator: Toomer, M. R.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Press (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 127, Ed. 1 Monday, February 28, 1927 (open access)

The Press (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 127, Ed. 1 Monday, February 28, 1927

Daily newspaper from Fort Worth, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: February 28, 1927
Creator: Toomer, M. R.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Press (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 126, Ed. 1 Saturday, February 26, 1927 (open access)

The Press (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 126, Ed. 1 Saturday, February 26, 1927

Daily newspaper from Fort Worth, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: February 26, 1927
Creator: Toomer, M. R.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Press (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 132, Ed. 1 Saturday, March 5, 1927 (open access)

The Press (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 132, Ed. 1 Saturday, March 5, 1927

Daily newspaper from Fort Worth, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: March 5, 1927
Creator: Toomer, M. R.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Press (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 131, Ed. 1 Friday, March 4, 1927 (open access)

The Press (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 131, Ed. 1 Friday, March 4, 1927

Daily newspaper from Fort Worth, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: March 4, 1927
Creator: Toomer, M. R.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Fort Worth Press (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 134, Ed. 1 Tuesday, March 8, 1927 (open access)

The Fort Worth Press (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 134, Ed. 1 Tuesday, March 8, 1927

Daily newspaper from Fort Worth, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: March 8, 1927
Creator: Toomer, M. R.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Press (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 94, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 20, 1927 (open access)

The Press (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 94, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 20, 1927

Daily newspaper from Fort Worth, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: January 20, 1927
Creator: Toomer, M. R.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Press (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 90, Ed. 1 Saturday, January 15, 1927 (open access)

The Press (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 90, Ed. 1 Saturday, January 15, 1927

Daily newspaper from Fort Worth, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: January 15, 1927
Creator: Toomer, M. R.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Press (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 79, Ed. 1 Monday, January 3, 1927 (open access)

The Press (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 79, Ed. 1 Monday, January 3, 1927

Daily newspaper from Fort Worth, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: January 3, 1927
Creator: Toomer, M. R.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Fort Worth Press (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 145, Ed. 1 Monday, March 21, 1927 (open access)

The Fort Worth Press (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 145, Ed. 1 Monday, March 21, 1927

Daily newspaper from Fort Worth, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: March 21, 1927
Creator: Toomer, M. R.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Press (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 87, Ed. 1 Wednesday, January 12, 1927 (open access)

The Press (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 87, Ed. 1 Wednesday, January 12, 1927

Daily newspaper from Fort Worth, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: January 12, 1927
Creator: Toomer, M. R.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Press (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 83, Ed. 1 Friday, January 7, 1927 (open access)

The Press (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 83, Ed. 1 Friday, January 7, 1927

Daily newspaper from Fort Worth, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: January 7, 1927
Creator: Toomer, M. R.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History