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[1925 Dodge]

Photograph of a 1925 Dodge parked among a desert like landscape with yucca plants.
Date: 1927
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Abe Hendrickson on Rig

Photograph of Abe Hendrickson standing on the Landreth No. 1 Kirk well in Gaines County, Texas in 1936.
Date: 1936
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Aerial Image of Odessa, Texas]

Aerial photograph of Odessa, Texas, in 1928. Caption on the image reads "Aerial View of Odessa, Tex."
Date: 1928
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Aerial View of Colorado City

Photograph of an aerial view of Colorado City in 1923.
Date: 1923
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Aerial View of Midland]

Photograph of an aerial view of Midland, Texas.
Date: 1928
Creator: Fairchild Aerial Survey, Inc.
Object Type: Photograph
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
Object Type: Photograph
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
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Airplane Flying

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.
Date: 1956
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Alamo Refinery]

Postcard of a refinery with numerous early model cars outside of it. The writing on the bottom left side reads: "Alamo Refinery. Whittenburg Tex."
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

[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

Band on 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 leaning on a piano.
Date: March 24, 1947
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Band Playing in Studio

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.
Date: March 24, 1947
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Baptist Church in Midland Texas]

Postcard of a Baptist church in Midland that has: a dome in the center on the highest area of building, a large arched stained glass window along wall in left side of building, a two story wing on the right side, an entrance a recessed window to the right of the arched stained glass window, and trees on grounds of church in front of building. The caption under the picture reads: "Baptist Church. Midland, Texas."
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Postcard
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
Object Type: Photograph
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
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Base of an Cable Tool Rig]

Postcard of the base of a large cable tool rig. The crew is posing in front of the wooden well and a train is visible in the background. On the back of the postcard, "Dear Brother, Your card recieved last week I don't no when I will get home we have got 550 ft to go yet. We have not had any rain up here yet. We had a good boxing match and a wrestling match here last night they wrestled two hours and forty minutes and nobody got a boll."
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Beaumont Oil Field]

Postcard of an oil field with smog over it numerous housing structures, wells, and derricks are visible. The print in the top left hand corner reads: " Oil Wells, Beaumont, Texas".
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Beauregard Avenue in San Angelo]

Postcard of a colorized image of a street scene labeled in the upper-right corner as "Beauregard Avenue, looking East, San Angelo, Texas." Horse-drawn wagons and carriages are parked along both sides of the street and some are driving in the center; a trolley is passing on a side street in the background. A letter is written on the back of the postcard, addressed to Tuise Tatro in Vermont: "Dear friend Luise, I am now at the place have been here for nearly a week came with a car load of sheep. I like the place very much, but it is very hot. How are all the [...] out there. Do not know how long I shall be here. Will go back as soon as I sell out regards Alex."
Date: September 1911
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Big Lake, Texas Main Street]

Postcard of Main Street in Big Lake, Texas. The image shows a street lines with storefronts with a few early model automobiles. The caption on the image reads "Big Lake Tex."
Date: 1932
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Block 47 Oil Field]

Postcard of an oil field with four large cylindrical structure in the fore ground, a dirt ground and numerous oil derricks and houses in the mid ground, and numerous oil derricks and houses in the back ground. The print on the bottom of the front reads: ' Block 47, Buck Burnett Tex". The writing on the back reads: "Thru here Sat eve. 8pm. On way to Luvton. Sun - stayed in Luvton all night [Illegible]. H.O. Badger 5804 Anderson Kan City [illegible].
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Postcard
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
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Boats

Photograph of the Shell Oil houseboat and part of Shell's fleet in Louisiana in 1929.
Date: 1929
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Bob King Holding Skull

Photograph of Bob King holding the skull of a Bighorn Sheep at the McAdoo Ranch in Culberson County, Texas in 1939.
Date: 1939
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
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
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History