Tom Lovell: Storyteller With a Brush (open access)

Tom Lovell: Storyteller With a Brush

Book describing the history of the Permian Basin region, starting with early inhabitants, based on painted depictions of various historical times by Tom Lovell, including excerpts of correspondence between George Abell and Lovell.
Date: 2005
Creator: Kelton, Elmer
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tom Lovell: Storyteller With a Brush captions transcript

Tom Lovell: Storyteller With a Brush

Video discussing the 14 paintings by by western artist Tom Lovell of Santa Fe (1909-1997) made under commission by The Abell-Hanger Foundation to describe the cultural history of the Permian Basin area. It includes autobiographical clips of Lovell describing his work.
Date: 1995
Creator: Permian Basin Petroleum Museum
Object Type: Video
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Midland County Court House]

Postcard of an in color picture of the Midland County Courthouse. This a rectangular building with pillars enclosing it, above the entrance it says " Midland County Courthouse." The print on the back top left side reads: "Midland County Court House Midland, Texas. Midland is located halfway between Fort Worth and El Paso on U.S. 80 Highway (the Broadway of America) and served by the Texas and Pacific Railway. The City's name derives from the midway location. Established in 1885, Midland has been almost from the very beginning one of West Texas' leading and most progressive communities. Color photo by F. J. Schaaf."
Date: 1979
Creator: Schaaf, F. J.
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Buckboard Wagon]

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

[Alamo Refinery]

Postcard of a refinery with numerous early model cars outside of it. The writing on the bottom left side reads: "Alamo Refinery. Whittenburg Tex."
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Postcard
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
Object Type: Photograph
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
Object Type: Photograph
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
Object Type: Photograph
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
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Baptist Church in Midland Texas]

Postcard of a Baptist church in Midland that has: a dome in the center on the highest area of building, a large arched stained glass window along wall in left side of building, a two story wing on the right side, an entrance a recessed window to the right of the arched stained glass window, and trees on grounds of church in front of building. The caption under the picture reads: "Baptist Church. Midland, Texas."
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Postcard
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
Object Type: Photograph
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

[Base of an Cable Tool Rig]

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."
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Beaumont Oil Field]

Postcard of an oil field with smog over it numerous housing structures, wells, and derricks are visible. The print in the top left hand corner reads: " Oil Wells, Beaumont, Texas".
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Block 47 Oil Field]

Postcard of an oil field with four large cylindrical structure in the fore ground, a dirt ground and numerous oil derricks and houses in the mid ground, and numerous oil derricks and houses in the back ground. The print on the bottom of the front reads: ' Block 47, Buck Burnett Tex". The writing on the back reads: "Thru here Sat eve. 8pm. On way to Luvton. Sun - stayed in Luvton all night [Illegible]. H.O. Badger 5804 Anderson Kan City [illegible].
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Postcard
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
Object Type: Photograph
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
Object Type: Photograph
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
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Borger Street in Hutchinson County]

Postcard of Borger Street, the image shows the street lined with storefronts and crowded with early model automobiles. The caption on the image reads "Borger, Texas -- World's Greatest Oil Field. Gayle W. Baker - Photo The Kodak Shop, Borger, Texas."
Date: unknown
Creator: The Kodak Shop
Object Type: Postcard
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
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Burk Waggoner Gusher]

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."
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History