Postcard of Borger Street in Hutchinson County, Texas. It is a busy street lined with storefronts and crowded with early model automobiles. A banner hung across the street reads "White Way Dance." A wooden building on the far right is labeled (handwritten) Rig Theatre and has a sign "Theatre" on its facade. The caption on the image reads "Borger, Texas - World's Greatest Oil Field" and "Published by Gale Baker OIL FIELD PHOTO SERVICE Amarillo -- Borger -- Tulsa #55."

Photograph of the Odessa Brass Band, in uniforms with instruments, sitting on the front porch of a building. Several members are not looking at the camera.

Photograph of the LeSure well in Mitchell County, Texas. A view of the steel derrick and well site can also be seen within the photograph.

Postcard of Geronimo, Apache Chief, and five U.S. Guards all on horseback in a grassy field. The writing in the middle of photo reads: "Geronimo, Alpache Chief, and U.S. Guard." The writing on the left says: "Copy write. 1907. By G. B Cornish. Arkansas City, Kansas."

Postcard of a frontier home with two men and a woman in front of it with a stove on the left and a long horn cow with it's head in a large wooden feed tub. The writing on the left of the picture reads: "Copyright 1907 by Geo. B. Cornish, Arkansas City, Kans." The writing on the right reads "A Frontier Home."

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.

Photograph of five rig contractors on the rig floor. They are all wearing long-sleeve shirts with overalls and hats and are facing the camera. The caption on the image reads "Tom Gleason - Rig Contractor. Clare Rayson - Crew Pusher."

Postcard of a six story shopping center building that has eighteen windows on each story and smaller one story building attached in back. The windows on the both the large part of the building and the small part of the building face streets and meet up on a street corner with a wooden street lamp/phone line pole, with phone lines visible through the middle of the photo, and a one way arrow pointing to the left. The entrance is facing the one way street with a board that reads "Medical Center Hospital," on top of the cement awning that shades the entrance. On the back there is print on the top left that reads: "Odessa's 408-bed Medical Center Center Hospital is a county-owned institution staffed by all of the city's 69 Physicians ans Surgeons. It's a medical center for a wide area of West Texas, and is one of the most modern and finest equipped hospitals in the area."

Postcard of the Odessa College Library, in the center of the beautifully landscape junior college campus in Odessa, Texas. The photo is semi-framed by the tree branches at the top of the photo and distinct cropping of the postcard itself. The print on the top left of the postcard reads: "The Odessa College Library in the center of the beautifully landscape junior, founded in 1946, is considered one of the finest in the State, and allows full accreditation for the student planning to complete his education at a senior institution." The print on the bottom left on the post card reads: "16179-C." The print vertically across the middle reads: Published exclusively by Texas Color Cards, Box 286, Leakey, Texas." The horizontal writing on the bottom in the middle reads: "dp made by Dexter Press, Inc. West Myack, New York." The wring on the right hand side in the middle that is in a font mimicking calligraphy reads: "Post Card." There is a box that is made with a dotted line with the writing "Place Stamp Here" printed inside the box.

Postcard of a group of men observing an oil gusher. The men are standing directly beneath the oil rig and are facing the camera. In the background of the photograph, there is a barn with a fence around it. The caption on the image reads "Oil Gusher, Beaumont, Tex."

Photograph of an aerial view of Midland, Texas.

Photograph of an aerial view of the El Paso Products Complex located south of Odessa, Texas. Interstate twenty is shown in the background.

Photograph of a pipe that is busting with oil. There are multiple valves and in the background there is a field.

Postcard of the Burkburnett oil field, including a number of wooden derricks and small wooden buildings with a cloud of smoke or steam obscuring parts of the center of the image. The caption on the image reads "Burkburnett New Field Nov. 1-19 Kodak Shop."

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."

Photograph of a well site, a wooden derrick and rig stand on the right side with a dog house in the center. The boiler house is on the left with a large chimney pipe emitting dark smoke, pipe casing is visible in the center foreground and an early model automobile is parked on the far left.

Postcard of a crowded street crowded with early model automobiles and mule-drawn wagons with small buildings visible in the background. The caption on the image reads: "just like this all day every day on the north side of the tracks in Kilgore, tex. 111 By Jack Nolan." The inscription (on back): "Kilgore, Aug. 24 Sure taking it easy - but have been sick a couple of days and am pretty weak in the knees yet. Kids are [illegible]. So is Ed. See you about the 1st. Helen."

Photograph of the Ector County Courthouse on the square surrounded by a fence. Early model automobiles are parked along the perimeter and the caption on the image reads "Ector County Court House Odessa Texas Jack Nolan 03."

Photograph of numerous people (mostly men but women and children as well) in a dirt road next to a tin building which advertisers for Crane lots. The caption at the bottom reads, "JAN -1- CRANE CITY 15 DAYS OLD KEEP YOUR EYE ON CRANE".

Photograph of a mountain in a desert landscape. The caption on the image reads "367 Hazel Mountain in the Davis Mountains near Van Horn Tex. Home of a large rich silver mine. (c) Jack Nolan."

Postcard of the House of the Mysterious Doodle Bug. A man stands guard outside of the small, houselike tent and the caption on the image reads "House of the Mysterious Doodle Bug" and below "The Doodle Bug has invaded West Texas. One never knows what will happen next when they have passed his way. Jack Nolan."

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."

Photograph of a row of storage tanks and derricks. The caption on the image reads "The Famous Landreth Strip Crane County, Texas Jack Nolan Photo."

Photograph of two men standing on either side of an automobile. The caption on the image reads "18 GALLONS OF FIRE WATER GOING TO JAIL FOR BEING CAUGHT IN A FORD COUPE 194 JACK NOLAN."