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Betty Orbeck Collection
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Abell-Hanger Foundation Collection
77
John V. Webel Collection
51
Tom Meador Collection
39
Fred T. Hogan Collection
8
Willard Classen Collection
6
Lee Jones Jr. Collection
5
University of Texas Archives Collection
5
Louise Williams Howle Collection
4
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[Group of People with a Chuck Wagon]
Photograph of several people, including three women and a young boy, near a chuck wagon. Several horses are seen in the background and one man is kneeling in the foreground with two buckets looking directly into the camera.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Prizing it out of the mud]
Postcard of four men that appear to be trying to get an early model automobile that is stuck in the mud in the roadway out by wedging a long metal looking object under the back left tire with buildings lining both sides of the street. Caption on image reads "Prizing 'it' out of the mud. 'New Town' Oct. 26-19." Inscription on back reads: "Hello Rose. I wish you could come to stay all night with us. We trade at the store that says Newtown Grocery. Bye Bye & write to us. Jove."
Date:
October 26, 1919
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Postcard
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
[Westbrook Oil Corporation Oil Derrick]
Photograph of a wooden rig and derrick. Sign on the derrick reads "WESTBROOK OIL CORPORATION HENDRICK #1, WINKLER COUNTY."
Date:
1926
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of a Metal Pipe Structure]
Photograph of a metal pipe structure with the caption "The Christmas Tree."
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Group Portrait in front of a Truck]
Photograph of nine men posing for a group portrait in front of a truck. The truck has "University of Texas" on the driver's door. One of the men is standing near the driver's door with his left foot resting on the running board and his left arm resting on the open window. The remaining eight men are in two rows of four in front of the back of the truck and the front row is kneeling and squatting down while the back row stands.
Date:
1932
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of a Street in Odessa, Texas]
Photograph of a street level view of downtown Odessa, Texas. Store fronts line both sides of the street with numerous vehicles driving and parked along the street.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Shoopman, Bill
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Ranger, Texas Mainstreet]
Photograph of a street scene in Ranger, Texas. The photograph shows a crowded muddy street lined with storefronts, the street is crowded with wagons pulled by mules and horses. The caption on the image reads "Main Street Ranger, Texas."
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Burkburnett Oil Field]
Postcard of the Burkburnett oil field in Wichita County, Texas, taken from ground level near a derrick. A number of wooden derricks are visible, with wooden housings and other small structures. Many of the derricks are partially obscured by smoke.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[F. E. Pop Harrison No. 1 Oil Rig]
Photograph of the F. E. Pop Harrison No. 1 rig at the Permian Basin Oil Show, the rig is surrounded by a chain link fence topped by barbed wire.
Date:
1964
Creator:
Shoopman, Bill
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Midland Volunteer Fire Department]
Photograph of multiple people in front of a fire truck. The majority of the people in the photograph seem to be firemen due to their uniform. Behind the men is the fire station as well as another car.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Two Texas Rangers on Horseback]
Photograph of two Texas Rangers, both wearing cowboy hats, sitting astride horses in front of a plain wall. The man on the left is Homer R. Henderson.
Date:
[1903..1906]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of a Rig Building Crew]
Photograph of a rig building crew, there are five men all in long-sleeve tops and overalls with hats. Around them are multiple piles of wood. Two of the men are identified as Tom Gleason, rig contractor and John Dawn, crew pusher.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Crawford Photo
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of School Children]
Photograph of school children in a line in front of a chalkboard. Maps hang above the board and the school teacher stands on the far left. The child third from the right is identified as Paul Frame, son of James Milton Frame.
Date:
[1908..1912]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Saint Clair Camp Buildings]
Postcard of an oil camp with oil derricks on both sides and houses clearly visible. The writing at the bottom in the middle reads: "Saint Clair Camp. Leeray Tex".
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Virginia Oil Wells]
Postcard of an old town with many oil derricks in the background and one on the edge of the town. The writing on the the bottom of the picture reads: "Street in Leeray showing Virginia Oil Wells."
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Saint Clair Camp Oil Field]
Postcard of an oil camp with three oil derrick in the middle of the camp. Inscription on front reads: " Saint Claim Camp. Lerray Tex."
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Fort Davis]
Postcard of a black and white picture of about eleven houses in a row with a large hill behind the houses covered in trees and dirt road in front of the houses. The writing on the bottom reads: "Old Fort Davis and Sleeping Lion Mountain - Fort Davis, Texas. 6-P-279."
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Merton Court House]
Postcard of a black and white image of a square three story building with a sculpted bush in front of the entrance. On the back there is print on the top left side that reads: "Mertzon, Tex, C.H." This Court House was built in 1937 it is the second court house in Irion County (First Court House in Sherwood, Texas).
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Texas Rangers and a Desperado]
Group portrait of five men standing behind a sitting man. The five men appear to be law enforcement; most of them wear hip holsters for firearms.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Sonora, Texas Main Street]
Postcard of streets, the court house, and cowboys at Sonora, Texas. The street is lined with storefronts and mid-century automobiles are parked and drive on the roadway. A courthouse is seen at the far end of the street in the background and the caption on the image reads "Main Street Sonora, Texas Lippe Studio."
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Lippe's Studio
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[West Texas Refinery}
Postcard of an oil refinery in west Texas there are train tracks in front of the refinery one with nothing on it in the front and the other one with five rail tank cars stopped in front of the refinery. The writing on the photo reads: "West Texas Refinery. Newsom Photo. Colorado, Tex. 41." The hand writing on the back reads of the post card: "1922 - Colorado City W. J. Classen Tex. We use the West Texas all the time & it's really good."
Date:
1922~
Creator:
Photo, Newsom
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Porter Hotel]
Copy Print of large group of people outside a building.The wooden building has a small porch with a sign that reads: "Porter Hotel". The group includes: men, women, and children. They all hold slices of water melon.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Photography, Shoopman
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History