Aerial photograph of Odessa, Texas, in 1928. Caption on the image reads "Aerial View of Odessa, Tex."

Negative of an airplane flying over Odessa, Texas during a military parade in 1956. The building on the left side of the picture is the Ector County courthouse.

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 leaning on a piano.

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.

Reprint of a barred door of a small wooden building. A tree is standing just right of the doorway.

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."

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.

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.

Negative of the Ector County courthouse in Odessa, Texas. Cars line the streets and families walk along the sidewalks.

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."

Negative of a black and white drawing of Jack Nolan Enterprises in Odessa, Texas.

Copy print of two early automobiles inside garage. Two men sit in the center of the central vehicle while another man stands immediately behind it. A fourth man is visible next to another vehicle in the background on the right side.

Photograph of the rear of the Ector County Courthouse in Odessa. The roads are wet from a recent rain, and there are many cars parked in front of the building. A staircase under the overhang leads to the back entrance.

Photograph of an empty grassy lot at E 8th St. and Dixie Boulevard in Odessa, Texas in the 1940's.

Photograph of an empty grassy lot at E 8th St. and Dixie Boulevard in Odessa, Texas in the 1940's. There is a white shed visible in the background.

Negative of the front of the snow-covered white shed housing the Midwest Equipment Company in Odessa Texas. Cars and other buildings can be seen along the muddy roads.

Negative of the front of the snow-covered white shed housing the Midwest Equipment Company in Odessa Texas. Cars and other buildings can be seen along the muddy roads.

Negative of the front of the snow-covered white shed housing the Midwest Equipment Company in Odessa Texas. Other buildings can be seen along the muddy roads while a car speeds by in the foregrounds.

Copy photo of a family posing in front of the train station in Odessa, Texas. There is a printed note on the photo that says "The Odessa depot in the 90's. Setting in front of depot. Mrs J. M. Frame with Paul, Thelma, and Pete standing. On the left - - Florance Malone and on right Jay Malone." Written below the photo are "T&P Odessa, Texas Station - This building was burned one night as the story goes the boys had a big poker game upstairs in the old Buchanan (Brown) Hotel. When the game was over about 3:00 am one of the boys challenged another to cut high cards with him to see who would burn the depot. It was never known for sure who lost. But the depot did burn - according to Paul Frame" and "Permian Historical Society #6027.14 (James Milton Frame Scrapbook)."

Negative of a black and white map from 1946 showing the proposed site for KECK, an FM radio station near Odessa, Texas.

Negative of a group of men standing around a farm equipment sales store. The men are French Tool Company employees.

Negative of a group of men standing around a farm equipment sales store. The men are French Tool Company employees.

Negative of a group of men, some in suits and ties, standing in an auto sales store. The men are French Tool Company employees.

Negative of a group of men standing around talking at a farm equipment sales store. The men are French Tool Company employees.