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[Ada Belle Oil Company Sign]

Photograph of an Ada Belle Oil Company sign for the Honeymoon Well No. 354. An open field is visible in the background.
Date: February 13, 1977
Creator: Lewis, David P.
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Mechanism in a Sinclair Oil Field]

Photograph of a mechanism with several valves and a hose leading from it located on the site of an oil field operated by Sinclair Oils. A sign for the company lays on the ground. A tree line comprised of thin, densely packed pine trees is visible in the background.
Date: January 23, 1972
Creator: Lewis, David P.
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Plaque for a Discovery Well in Batson, Texas]

Photograph of a plaque commemorating the discovery of oil in a Batson, Texas oil field in a well known as Paraffine Oil Co. No. 1. The plaque notes that the well reached a depth of 790 feet, initially produced 600 barrels of oil, and was completed on October 31st, 1903. Located in Ada Belle Oil Field.
Date: February 13, 1977
Creator: Lewis, David P.
System: The Portal to Texas History