Resource Type

[Buckboard Wagon]

Photograph of a buckboard wagon sitting in a field. A tree is visible in the background.
Date: 1977
Creator: Orbeck, Betty
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Chicago "C" Ranch House]

Photograph of the Chicago Ranch (also called the C Ranch) headquarters in southeastern Andrews County. In front of the house there are dead trees and a sidewalk.
Date: 1977
Creator: Orbeck, Betty
System: The Portal to Texas History

[El Paso Products Complex]

Photograph of an aerial view of the El Paso Products Complex located south of Odessa, Texas. Interstate twenty is shown in the background.
Date: 1975
Creator: Heron, Clyde
System: The Portal to Texas History

Aerial View of Midland

Copy negative of an aerial view of Midland, Texas in the early 20th century. The photograph is from the Shell Oil Company.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Bank Lobby

Negative of a photograph from inside the lobby of the First National Bank in Odessa Texas.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Bank Lobby

Negative of a photograph from inside the lobby of the First National Bank in Odessa Texas.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Bank Lobby

Negative of a photograph from inside the lobby of the First National Bank in Odessa Texas.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Bank Lobby

Negative of a photograph from inside the lobby of the First National Bank in Odessa Texas.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Barred Door]

Reprint of a barred door of a small wooden building. A tree is standing just right of the doorway.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
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
System: The Portal to Texas History

Boat Towing Another Boat

Photograph of a pair of small boats. One boat, called a shooting boat, is towing an unseen barge.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Boiler House and Battery

Photograph of the boiler house (on the left) and the oil tank battery Hendrick Lease in Winkler County, Texas. Several derricks rise over the oil field in the background.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Boiler Plant

Photograph of the ice covered boiler at the California Company's Richardson Number One oil well site in Mitchell County, Texas.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Building Below a Water Tower]

Photograph of a water tower behind a small, one-story building with a sign that says, "Ward County Court House, City of Monahans City Hall and Fire Department." Two automobiles are parked in front of the building and some other buildings are partially visible on the left side of the image. A handwritten note on the back says, "Temporary court house at Monahans, Tex. Used while new Court House was being built."
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Burning Oil

Photograph of smoke rising over an oil field in Crockett County, Texas. The smoke is from burning waste oil.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Cable Tool Drill

Photograph of the cable tool drill at the Hendrick #18 well in Winkler County, Texas.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

California Company Men Standing in Snow

Photograph of members of the California Company (William Simpson, Leonard Orynski, and Earl Cramer) standing in the snow with Colorado City banker Maxwell Thomas. The men are standing next to their car, all wearing jackets and hats.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

California Company Workers with Cars

Photograph of California Company personnel among others posing in front of a couple early model vehicles.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

California Company Workers with Cars

Photograph of California Company personnel posing in front of some cars. Nine people and five early model cars are visible in the picture.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Camp at Oil Field

Photograph of the camp at the Hendrick oil field in Winkler County, Texas. Several buildings are visible along with many derricks rising from the oil field in the background.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Camp in Winter

Photograph of the camp at the Hendrick oil field in Winkler County, Texas. The small buildings and ground surrounding them are covered in snow. There are a couple vehicle trails visible.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Camp Through Trees

Negative of a group of oil tanks with a view of wooden shacks behind a line of trees. The camp belongs to Humble Oil and was located near Kilgore in Gregg County, Texas.
Date: unknown
Creator: Jack Nolan
System: The Portal to Texas History

Car by Cliff

Photograph of a car driving next to a rocky cliff at Antelope Circle, near Amarillo, Texas.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Cars on Street

Negative of a street in Midland, Texas during the early 20th century. Many cars line the street while others drive down it. Businesses are visible lining the street, the most obvious being the Llano Hotel on the left side.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History