Portrait of Margaret Almeda Harpole with gray hair and wearing a black dress. A handwritten note on the back of the photo identifies the woman and notes her date of birth as March 31, 1857 [this date cannot be true for two reasons: in the 1860 census she is listed as being nine years old, which makes more sense for her age at time of marriage: 17 instead of 11]. She married Richard Wesley Prater in 1868. Margaret died in Smith County, Texas. A photo of Richard Prater can also be found in the collection, as well other members of the Prater family.

Photograph of a wooden bridge, named Low Lamp, flooded from the overflowing Brazos river it crosses. A small group of people stand on the bridge and watch the rising water.

Photograph of an oil field with many pipes of different sizes in stacks, with a neighborhood beyond the fence of the field.

Photograph of an oil derrick with oil spewing out of a pipe at the base of it.

Photograph of an oil field with rows of oil derricks in the foreground and background.

Photograph of an oil derrick seen from across a small body of water.