Photograph of men on horses and buggies on a farm. Edmund Daniel Parker is sitting on the right front buggy.

Photograph of Vardeman family on house's front porch. Lewis Walker Vardeman and Nora Belle Cox Vardeman are sitting on the right endcap.

Photograph of G.E. Goodloe Rock Island Farm Tools and Case Tractors. A group of men is sitting on wagons in front of the building. The writing on the photo reads, "24 Wagons sold by G.E. Goodloe Lamesa, TX. Aug 26 in the year of “MR”." Lewis Vardeman is sitting out front on a wheel, hat in his lap.

Copy photograph of a portrait of Mac Bainbridge as a child. He is pictured from the waist up and is wearing a suit and tie. Below is a typed note that says, "Mac Bainbridge, Lamesa, Texas."

Copy negative of the portrait of Jessie and Hattie Walker. In the picture a man and a woman are standing side by side. The man is wearing a tuxedo like suit with a bow tie, while the woman is wearing a coat over a blouse.

Photograph of two men in jackets leaning on a car. The men are Robby and Frank Taylor.

Photograph of four Shell Oil Company workers in jackets on a porch. Two workers are sitting on the porch, while the other two are standing.

Photograph of two members of the Shell Oil seismologist crew, Harry Goode and Bill Stewart, boxing for recreation. There is a house behind them, and several people are watching the match from the porch.

Photograph of two men in suits carrying bags. The men are called "Harry and Sherry", and the photo is taken in Ackerly, Texas.

Photograph of a Shell Oil worker (referred to as Skeeter) carrying tires. There are a couple of cars in the background.

Photograph of a Shell Oil worker in a sweater standing near a porch.

Photograph of three Shell Oil workers standing next to a car. The two workers in back have their arms on the shoulder of the man in front. One is wearing a hat, and another is holding one.

Photograph of several workers lined up for a portrait. They are in two rows, the front row sitting on the ground, the back standing. The workers are members of the Shell Oil seismograph crew. Cars are lined up behind the men.

Photograph of two men in hats standing by a car. The men, workers for Shell Oil, are named Yancy and Nick.

Photograph of several members of the Shell Oil seismologist crew around a blackjack game. Three men are playing the card game in the dirt next to a line of cars.

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.

Photograph of two men in baseball caps posing for a picture next to a car.

Photograph of two men posing with three cars. One man, wearing a hat, is inside a white car while the other has his foot perched on the same car's running board.

Photograph of a man, a Shell Oil worker identified as "Tony", in a leather jacket next to a car in Ackerly, Texas.

Photograph of H Prince Domino, a champion Hereford bull with horns wearing a halter.

Photograph of a big round-up held on the Bar O-T-O Ranch in Dawson County in 1898. The ranch consisted of about 200,000 acres and extended to within six miles of present day Lamesa. About 12,000 cattle were in the herd when this picture was taken. In the picture L-R: Gip Akins, Charlie Nivvins of El Paso, Eldridge Ingle of Ensby, Alabama, Paul Dalmont of Lamesa, V.P. Baker of Lamesa, Eulis Dalmont of Lamesa, Harry Morgan of Lamesa (12 mi. north), Bill Oden and other unnamed cowpunchers.