Postcard of a landscape littered with derricks. The caption on the image reads "Mexia Oilfields Monarch -- Kirby Gushers."

Postcard of a busy street lined with storefronts. The street is crowded with early model automobiles and the caption on the image reads "Hobbs, N. M. By Waffle Studio." On the back of the postcard, "Will drop you afue lines. Things sure are tough here. Are you going to Ara or not. Think I will go there as soon as possible can't get work here. Jack & Willie said - hello - rite me Hobbs New Mexico Love Fred."

Postcard of a boiler, a ditching machine, and a vehicle stuck in a muddy street. In the background, are two large, two-story buildings along the main road and other buildings visible to the left; a sign on the far left says, "Phoenix Hotel" and the sign on the building at right, on the main road, says "E.B. Reid Furnitur[e]." A handwritten caption at the bottom of the image reads "A Ranger Mud Hole."

Postcard of an early street scene in San Angelo, Texas. The colorized image shows the town from a bird's eye view and numerous buildings line the streets which is laid out in a grid like pattern. The caption above the image reads "In the Stage Coach Days', San Angelo, Texas in 1885."

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."

Postcard of streets, the court house and cowboys at Sonora, Sutton County, Texas. There are numerous men on horseback and a wagon in a line outside storefronts. The caption on the image reads "Sonora Talent Rodeo Bunch." On the back of the postcard "Just rec'd your letter been for'd all over country. Down here for the winter except bring up a few ponies about April, drop me a line, Best Regards, Morgan Chaney [Addressed to] Mr. Howard E. Wilcox c/o State Bank & Trust Co. Hartford Conn."

Postcard of a muddy street lined with storefronts. Several wagons pulled by horses and mules are visible on the roadway and numerous people stand on the sidewalk on the left side of the street, there are also trees on the right side of the street. The caption on the image reads "Main Street Ranger, Texas."

Postcard of a street in Kermit, Texas. There are several stores and cars and on the bottom of the postcard, "THE NEW BUSINESS DISTRICT OF KERMIT TEXAS MANY WISE OIL FIELD FOLKS ARE PLANNING ON THIS AS THE NEXT BIG BOOM TOWN (JACK NOLAN ODESSA, TX).

Postcard of a homestead with a man who is standing just left of center near a cow that is standing in center and buildings that are crudely made of wood and metal. The caption on the image reads " #53 Mexican Ranch Near El Paso, Tx."

Postcard of a street scene at Junction, Texas. The postcard shows a street lined with storefronts and several early model automobiles are visible along either side of the road. A hill is at the end of the street in the background and the caption on the image reads "Junction Texas 35."

Postcard of an oil rig that includes a large, wooden structure at the base of the derrick and has a plume of smoke or oil rising from the well and drifting to the left side of the image. At the top of the postcard, "Oil Gusher Odessa, Texas" is printed.

Postcard of a street scene in Quanah, Texas. There are horse drawn wagons visible on the street and the caption under the image reads "Johnson Street, Quanah, Texas. Pub. by J. E. Woolbright."

Postcard of a large fire at night. The caption on the image reads, "Night View: C. L. Perkins No 5 on Fire 9-13-1919 Flowin 4000 BBLS Oil & 10,000,000 Ft Gas Ranger, TEX."

Postcard of a well site on a ranch homestead. A derrick dominated the left side of the image and a windmill stands to the right next to a small building. The caption on the image reads "Sunset in the oil fields at Hobbs New Mexico C - 124."

Postcard of a pipe on the left side with oil spewing from it into a pool of oil. The caption on the image reads: "Burk Wagon Gusher. 4200 Bbl Daily."

Postcard of a group of oil rigs with a sign in front that says "Desdemona, Texas."

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."

Postcard of a tank fire creating a large cloud of dark smoke which takes up almost half the image, and a wooden derrick stands to the left while a larger storage tank stands on the right and another wooden derrick is visible in the background and a crowd of people stand in the right foreground. The caption on the image reads: "Kiefer, O.K. Copyright 1910 by [illegible] H. Wehr May, 6 '10 Tanks Burning Franghot Lease."The inscription on the back reads: "C.H. Wehr, Photographer and Photo Supplies. Kiefer, Ok. Kruxo papers for sale."

Postcard of a landscape of a town littered with wooden derricks. One building, in the center of the image, has a sign on its roof that reads "First National Bank." The caption on the image reads "DESDEMONA, TEXAS."

Postcard of a street scene in Ranger, Texas. A wagon is loaded with hay and is stuck in the mud and the team of horses is covered in mud. in the background, several buildings are visible with additional people watching the scene.

Postcard of an oil field at Borger, Texas. There are derricks and tanks visible in the image and the caption on the image reads "In the oil fields, Borger, Texas (ZINN)."

Postcard of a landscape with numerous heads of cattle in the foreground. The caption of the image reads "A Ranch Scene Near Pecos, Texas."

Postcard of a bird's eye view of landscape that is dotted with derricks and storage tanks. A road bisects the image on the left and several buildings line the road, the caption on the image reads "Mexia oilfield, Mexia - Waco Pike. Mills' Coses."

Postcard of a large cloud of smoke and fire on a flat landscape. The caption on the image reads "P. F. Co.'s 55,000 bbl. Tank struck by lightening Aug 5 1912 Electra Texas Loden Foto."