Resource Type

Language

[Buckboard Wagon]

Photograph of a buckboard wagon sitting in a field. A tree is visible in the background.
Date: 1977
Creator: Orbeck, Betty
System: The Portal to Texas History

[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.
Date: 1977
Creator: Orbeck, Betty
System: The Portal to Texas History

[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.
Date: 1976
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[El Paso Products Complex]

Photograph of an aerial view of the El Paso Products Complex located south of Odessa, Texas. Interstate twenty is shown in the background.
Date: 1975
Creator: Heron, Clyde
System: The Portal to Texas History

Aerial View of Town

Photograph of an aerial view of an unknown town. The building on the right, nearest the photographer, is the Waukesha Hotel.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Aerial View of Town

Photograph of an aerial view of an unknown town surrounded by a hilly forest.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Barred Door]

Reprint of a barred door of a small wooden building. A tree is standing just right of the doorway.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Base of a Wooden Derrick]

Photograph of the base of a wooden derrick with a bull and calf wheel visible. A small boy in a cap stands next to a wheel.
Date: unknown
Creator: Shoopman, Bill
System: The Portal to Texas History

Boat Towing Another Boat

Photograph of a pair of small boats. One boat, called a shooting boat, is towing an unseen barge.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Body of Water

Photograph of an unnamed waterfront. Trees line the bank of the body of water.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Boiler House and Battery

Photograph of the boiler house (on the left) and the oil tank battery Hendrick Lease in Winkler County, Texas. Several derricks rise over the oil field in the background.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Boys on Horses

Negative of four young boys seated on horses. The boys are at the Odessa, Texas Rodeo.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Boys on Horses

Negative of four young boys seated on horses. The boys are at the Odessa, Texas Rodeo (date unknown).
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Building Below a Water Tower]

Photograph of a water tower behind a small, one-story building with a sign that says, "Ward County Court House, City of Monahans City Hall and Fire Department." Two automobiles are parked in front of the building and some other buildings are partially visible on the left side of the image. A handwritten note on the back says, "Temporary court house at Monahans, Tex. Used while new Court House was being built."
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Burning Oil

Photograph of smoke rising over an oil field in Crockett County, Texas. The smoke is from burning waste oil.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Burning Oil Tank

Photograph of a 55,000 barrel oil tank burning. Thick smoke is billowing from the top of the tank.
Date: unknown
Creator: Jack Nolan
System: The Portal to Texas History

Cable Tool Drill

Photograph of the cable tool drill at the Hendrick #18 well in Winkler County, Texas.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

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.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

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.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

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.
Date: unknown
Creator: Jack Nolan
System: The Portal to Texas History

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.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

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.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

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.
Date: 192X
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

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.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History