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[Photograph of an Industrial Building]
Photograph of the interior of an industrial building with large pieces of equipment and machinery. Caption on the image reads "INTERIOR IRAAN STATION J. F. JOHNSON GENL. CONTR."
Date:
1939
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Four Men Around a Pump Valve]
Photograph of four men standing around a pump valve with a metal storage tank in the background. All four men wear hard hats, the man on the left is wearing a light colored shirt and pants and holds a clipboard of documents in his hands in front of him. The man next to him is wearing a white shirt and dark pants, he is looking towards the valve. On the right, a man in overalls and another in a white shirt and black pants looks towards the men on the left.
Date:
1965
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[McClesky Number One]
Photograph of the McClesky No. 1, a wooden derrick, gushing oil. Several men are visible in the foreground running to the left of the image.
Date:
October 1917
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[University of Texas Number 2 Well]
Photograph of a cable tool and nitro glycerin trucks servicing the R. H. Henderson, University of Texas Number 2 well in Crane County, Texas.
Date:
March 1939
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of Pipes and Valves]
Photograph of pipes and valves. The caption on the image reads, "MANIFOLD IRAAN STATION J. F. JOHNSON - GENL. CONT."
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of Billowing Smoke]
Photograph of large billowing smoke, rising from the ground. A windmill with a tank and a piece of heavy equipment are visible in the foreground. The caption on the image reads, "Tank Farm Fire Midland, Texas 5-17-'28."
Date:
May 17, 1928
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Monahans Railroad Depot]
Photograph of the Monahans Railroad Depot with several men sitting and standing on the platform.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Shoopman, Bill
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Postcard of Winkler, Texas]
Postcard of Wink, Texas. In the photograph, there are rows and rows of car parked on the street with people hanging out inside and outside of the vehicles. To the left and the right of the street there are various shops. At the the bottom of the postcard, "WINK TEXAS THE WORLDS FASTEST GROWING OIL TOWN SIX MOTHS AGO IT WAS A PASTURE PHOTO BY JACK NOLAN ODESSA TEXAS" is written. On the back of the psotcard, "Paris American Pharnical Rig" is hand written.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Pipes and Valves]
Photograph of pipes and valves,
Date:
1939
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of Andrews, Texas]
Photograph of a street in Andrew, Texas. There are multiple stores on the right of the street as well as several cars parked. On the left of the street there are no stores but two cars parked. At the bottom of the postcard, "ANDREWS TEXAS WHERE THE NEWEST OIL BOOM IS NOW IN PROGRESS JACK NOLAN PHOTO" is printed.
Date:
1930
Creator:
Nolan, Jack
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Petroleum Building]
Photograph of the Petroleum Building in downtown Midland, Texas. Numerous modern automobiles are visible parked along streets.
Date:
1965
Creator:
Rubin, Randolph D.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Men Carrying a Pipe]
Photograph of a crew carrying a length of pipe. The caption under the image reads "18 men laying 10" screw pipe by hand. Front 6 men using cradle bar; other men using pipe carrying tongs."
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Midland County Courthouse]
Photograph of the second Midland County Courthouse. There are several trees in front of the courthouse as well as a fence.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of an Early Townsite]
Photograph of an early townsite with a few houses and tents. Early model automobiles are parked along the road and in the distance there is a plume of smoke.
Date:
June 1937
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Street Scene in McCamey]
Photograph of a street scene in McCamey, Upton County, Texas. The street is lined with storefronts and early model automobiles.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Four Men Posing with a Pipe]
Photograph of four men posing next to a pipe that is ready to be lowered into a ditch. More crew members are visible in the ditch and derricks are visible in the background. The caption under the image reads "The following written on back of original: 'Just a sample of Pick and shovel crew digging pipe line ditch -- and this is not the worst, by far.'"
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Industrial Complex]
Photograph of a large industrial complex. There are various rigs and structures throughout the photograph as well as shrubbery in the foreground.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Old Spudding Unit]
Photograph of an old spudding unit photographed in 1958 between Kermit and Wink by Bill Shoopman, Odessa photographer.
Date:
1958~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of Men with an Oil Derrick]
Photograph of two rows of men standing at the base of a wooden derrick, there is a sign that reads "DISCOVERY WELL OF THE BIG LAKE POOL SANTA RITA NO. 1. COMPLETED. MAY-27-1923. INITIAL PRODUCTION 100 BBL'S."
Date:
1934
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of a Drilling Crew]
Photograph of a drilling crew on the wooden rig of T. B. Slick's Sheppared No. 6 well site in Eastland, Texas. The caption on the image reads "T. B. Slick's Sheppard #6 Pioneer, Tex."
Date:
1920~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of a Steel Derrick]
Photograph of a steel derrick, three men stand at its base with four men standing at its top. The caption on the image reads "BUILDING AN OIL DERRICK" and "First all steel Derrick - Drumright."
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[McElroy Drilling Crew]
Photograph of the drilling crew on McElroy 103, which features a large group of men (and one child) posing for a photograph around the rotary table. On the table sits a can of Gulf Supreme Cup Grease with a rotary bit sitting on top of it.
Date:
1935
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Two Men and a Stradia Rod]
Photograph of two men standing on either side of a stradia rod. They are between a tall century plant on the left and their early model automobile on the right. The man on the left wears a newsboy-style cap with a plaid shirt and pants. He has a pair of binoculars around his neck and his left hand holds the stradia rod up. The man on the right also wears a plaid shirt and pants which are tucked into calf-high laced boots and his hands hang at his sides. They are located on a barren, desert-like landscape.
Date:
1926
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Citizens National Bank]
Photograph of the Citizens National Bank in Odessa, Texas. The building is made of stone and is a two-story building. A horse and cart stand in the road in front of the building, five men, all in hats, stand at the building's corner, immediately behind the horse and cart.
Date:
1908~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History