Resource Type

Serial/Series Title

[The Odessa Brass Band]

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.
Date: unknown
Creator: Bill Shoopman Photography
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

[Ector County Courthouse]

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."
Date: 1927
Creator: Nolan, Jack
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Hazel Mountain]

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."
Date: unknown
Creator: Nolan, Jack
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Landreth Strip in Crane County]

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."
Date: 1927
Creator: Nolan, Jack
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Men with Automobile]

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."
Date: unknown
Creator: Nolan, Jack
System: The Portal to Texas History

[The Odessa Fire Department]

Photograph of a fire truck in front of a line of men holding hoses which are spouting water towards a field. In the background, houses, a windmill and telephone poles are visible. The caption on the image reads "Odessa Texas Fire Department Photo by Jack Nolan."
Date: unknown
Creator: Nolan, Jack
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Oil Derrick Explosion]

Photograph of a well fire engulfing a derrick. Men are seen on the right foreground running towards the camera. The caption on the photograph reads "Skelly-Amarada Univ. No. 1 Ector County Photo taken the instant the well burst into flames - Jack Nolan."
Date: April 26, 1930
Creator: Nolan, Jack
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Oil Field Scene in Ector County]

Photograph of an oil field scene in Ector County. Several trucks loaded with pipes are visible on the right foreground. In the background, on the left, is a series of storage tanks and in the center background, two derricks are visible. The caption on the image reads "Oil Field in Ector County Photo by Jack Nolan Odessa, Tex."
Date: unknown
Creator: Nolan, Jack
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Early Model Automobile]

Copy print of two early automobiles inside garage. Two men sit in the center of the central vehicle while another man stands immediately behind it. A fourth man is visible next to another vehicle in the background on the right side.
Date: 1915~
Creator: Photography, Shoopman
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Porter Hotel]

Copy Print of large group of people outside a building.The wooden building has a small porch with a sign that reads: "Porter Hotel". The group includes: men, women, and children. They all hold slices of water melon.
Date: unknown
Creator: Photography, Shoopman
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Drilling Rig]

Photograph of a drilling rig with a hill in the background and several trees in the forefront of the picture.
Date: unknown
Creator: Roberts, Paul
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of a Modern Drilling Rig]

Photograph of a modern drilling rig with mid-century automobiles visible in the bottom right corner.
Date: unknown
Creator: Roberts, Paul
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of a Sand Dune]

Photograph of a desert landscape, consisting of sand dunes. A barren tree stands to the left of the image.
Date: 1961
Creator: Roberts, Paul
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Business Section of Odessa, Texas]

Reprint photograph of the business section of Odessa, Texas looking north from the corner of First Street and Grant Avenue. Buildings with various business signs line both sides of the road and early-model automobiles are parked along both sides of the street. The caption under the image reads "Business Section, Odessa, Texas."
Date: 1926?
Creator: Shoopman Commercial Photography
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

[Modern Drilling Rig]

Photograph of a modern drilling rig, below the rig there is a building as well as a tank in front.
Date: unknown
Creator: Shoopman, Bill
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Pump Jack on Small Hill]

Photograph of a pum jack on a small hill. Vegetation is in the foreground.
Date: 1950~
Creator: Shoopman, Bill
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Wooden Derrick and Rig]

Photograph of a wooden derrick and rig. Steel cords are attached to the derrick and anchored into the ground and there are several bushes around the sparse landscape.
Date: 1958
Creator: Shoopman, Bill
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Aerial Image of Odessa, Texas]

Aerial photograph of Odessa, Texas, in 1928. Caption on the image reads "Aerial View of Odessa, Tex."
Date: 1928
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

[Cosden Refinery at Big Springs, Texas]

Photograph of four trucks belonging to the O. H. McAllister Trucking Company, headquartered at Odessa in the early 1930's. This is a scene at the Cosden Refinery at Big Springs, Texas showing the unloading of fuel oil from tanks, which caught fire and set the McAllister trucks on fire.
Date: 1929
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Cotton Scene at Big Springs, Texas]

Photograph of numerous bales of cotton with loaded wagons in the background. Several men stand near or on the loaded wagons. Multiple buildings are visible in the far background. The caption on the image reads "Cotton Scene BIG SPRINGS, Texas B. REAGAN DRUGGIST."
Date: 1909
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Cowboy Riding a Horse]

Photograph of a cowboy riding on a bucking horse. There is another man behind him also on a horse. Written below the photograph is "Hook'im Cowboy - Why don' the darn thing buck? Jack Nolan."
Date: August 5, 1931
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History