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[Postcard of a Gushing Oil Rig]
Postcard of a gushing oil rig at the Odessa Oil Field. On the top of the postcard, "Black God. One of the Many Oil Gushers of the Rich Odessa Field" is printed.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Postcard of an Oil Derrick]
Postcard of an oil derrick in a field in Texas. In the background, there are two other derricks as well as a red barn and several smoking pipes. In the top right of the postcard, "Texas Oil Fields 2713" is printed and on the back there is an illustration of a flower as well as "Postcard" printed in the upper middle.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Postcard of an Oil Field]
Postcard of oil fields in West Texas. On top of the postcard, "Fuel for a million cars a day!" is written with, "Modern oil field in West Texas" written below that. The illustration that is depicted is multiple oil fields with oil rigs that extend out into the distance.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Postcard of an Oil Rig]
Postcard of several oil rigs, the rig in the foreground is smoking profusely. Printed at the top of the postcard is "Sweet Evangeline" and on the bottom is "Goose Creek, Near Houston, Texas. 35,000 BBLS. Per Day."
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
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
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
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
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Well in Borger]
Postcard of an Oil derrick and four round structures. The print on the bottom left reads: "A Wonderful Paying Well. Borger, Tex".
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Wild Yates Well]
Postcard of a busted derrick spewing oil. The Print at the bottom of the picture reads: " 'Wild Yates Well' Iraan, Tex".
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Yates Oil Field]
Postcard of an oil field with three rows of 5 big round structures with five oil derricks in the mid ground and a person and a cow, two houses in the back ground, and trees in the fore ground. The writing on the front reads: "The Yates Oil Field, Tex. (Doubleday)".
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Oil Wells]
Postcard of seven oil derricks surrounding a church. The writing across the bottom front reads: "Drilling Oil Wells in Church yard. Kilgore, Texas". There is a note on the back sent from Sylvia to Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Van Norman in Nickerson, Kansas.
Date:
July 1954
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[The Landreth Strip]
Postcard of "The Landreth Strip" in Crane County. In the forefront, there is a large, round metal building with "769" printed on the side. In the background, there is a row of oil derricks extending on into the unforeseeable distance. The caption on the image reads, "The Famous Landreth Strip Crane County Texas Jack Nolan Photo."
Date:
1927
Creator:
Nolan, Jack
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Oil Field in Burkburnett, Texas]
Postcard of an oil field in Burkburnett and Wichita Falls. The inscription on the front reads "Oil a Mile Long in Block 96" and on the back "Mrs. J. L. Marshall 1100 Elgin Ave Muskogee, Okla. The image has an oil derrick in the background as well as a body of water running through the middle of the image.
Date:
May 23, 1920
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[The Famous Guffy Gas Well]
Postcard of the wreckage of the rig after a gas blowout of the now famous Guffy Gas Well in Corpus Christi, Texas. At the bottom of the well there is a pile of wood with the gas erupting out. The caption on the image reads "The Famous Guffy Gas Well, Corpus Christi, Texas."
Date:
1915
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Wooden Derrick]
Postcard of a well blowing oil and gas over wooden derrick at Henrietta, Texas. The caption on the image reads "1243A One of the Largest Gassers in the Henrietta Oil and GanField, Henrietta, Tex., American World says, Henrietta is Destined to be the Pittsburg of the Great Southwest."
Date:
1910
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History