Postcard of a landscape littered with derricks. The caption on the image reads "Mexia Oilfields Monarch -- Kirby Gushers."

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".

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."

Postcard of an illustration aerial view of Magnolia Petroleum Co. in Beaumont, Texas. The illustration shows many oil drums as well as buildings and other oil related equipment. On the back of the postcard, "Hello Thanks for nice card come soon. Mrs. J. Bowers R-1 B of 175C. Mrs. M. A Robinson Box 1653 Borger, Texas."

Postcard of a busy street lined with storefronts. The street is crowded with early model automobiles and the caption on the image reads "Hobbs, N. M. By Waffle Studio." On the back of the postcard, "Will drop you afue lines. Things sure are tough here. Are you going to Ara or not. Think I will go there as soon as possible can't get work here. Jack & Willie said - hello - rite me Hobbs New Mexico Love Fred."

Postcard of a boiler, a ditching machine, and a vehicle stuck in a muddy street. In the background, are two large, two-story buildings along the main road and other buildings visible to the left; a sign on the far left says, "Phoenix Hotel" and the sign on the building at right, on the main road, says "E.B. Reid Furnitur[e]." A handwritten caption at the bottom of the image reads "A Ranger Mud Hole."

Postcard of an oil field with three rows of 5 big round structures with five oil derricks in the mid ground and a person and a cow, two houses in the back ground, and trees in the fore ground. The writing on the front reads: "The Yates Oil Field, Tex. (Doubleday)".

Postcard of an early street scene in San Angelo, Texas. The colorized image shows the town from a bird's eye view and numerous buildings line the streets which is laid out in a grid like pattern. The caption above the image reads "In the Stage Coach Days', San Angelo, Texas in 1885."

Postcard of a colorized image of a street scene labeled in the upper-right corner as "Beauregard Avenue, looking East, San Angelo, Texas." Horse-drawn wagons and carriages are parked along both sides of the street and some are driving in the center; a trolley is passing on a side street in the background. A letter is written on the back of the postcard, addressed to Tuise Tatro in Vermont: "Dear friend Luise, I am now at the place have been here for nearly a week came with a car load of sheep. I like the place very much, but it is very hot. How are all the [...] out there. Do not know how long I shall be here. Will go back as soon as I sell out regards Alex."

Postcard of the Petroleum Building, the illustration portrays the building as yellow and white. There are four cars in the illustration as well as various trees.

Postcard of five men on the front porch of a Rio Bravo Oil Co. bungalow at Saratoga, Texas.

Postcard of streets, the court house and cowboys at Sonora, Sutton County, Texas. There are numerous men on horseback and a wagon in a line outside storefronts. The caption on the image reads "Sonora Talent Rodeo Bunch." On the back of the postcard "Just rec'd your letter been for'd all over country. Down here for the winter except bring up a few ponies about April, drop me a line, Best Regards, Morgan Chaney [Addressed to] Mr. Howard E. Wilcox c/o State Bank & Trust Co. Hartford Conn."

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 an oil field called "moonshine air plant". Image is in color. The print below the picture reads: "Moonshine Air Plant, largest in the world, oil field, Humble, Texas. Near Houston".

Postcard of a wooden derrick with either oil or steam gushing over it. The caption on the image reads, "Badgitt 1. Mitchell Co. Oil Corp. Colorado - Texas" is handwritten. On the back of the card, "Mitchell County Oil Corporation's Badgitt Well No. 1 Picture No. 3 November 2, 1979 Lee Jones, Jr."

Postcard of a muddy street lined with storefronts. Several wagons pulled by horses and mules are visible on the roadway and numerous people stand on the sidewalk on the left side of the street, there are also trees on the right side of the street. The caption on the image reads "Main Street Ranger, Texas."

Postcard of an Oil derrick and four round structures. The print on the bottom left reads: "A Wonderful Paying Well. Borger, Tex".

Postcard of a street in Kermit, Texas. There are several stores and cars and on the bottom of the postcard, "THE NEW BUSINESS DISTRICT OF KERMIT TEXAS MANY WISE OIL FIELD FOLKS ARE PLANNING ON THIS AS THE NEXT BIG BOOM TOWN (JACK NOLAN ODESSA, TX).

Postcard of a homestead with a man who is standing just left of center near a cow that is standing in center and buildings that are crudely made of wood and metal. The caption on the image reads " #53 Mexican Ranch Near El Paso, Tx."

Postcard of a street scene at Junction, Texas. The postcard shows a street lined with storefronts and several early model automobiles are visible along either side of the road. A hill is at the end of the street in the background and the caption on the image reads "Junction Texas 35."

Early street scenes of Colorado City, Mitchell County, Texas. The streets are all dirt roads and the picture was shot in the street, and looks down through the town. Many buildings can be seen in the distance, and power lines run down the road into town. Caption on the image reads "Colorado, Texas Newsom Photo 27."

Postcard of a street in Kermit, Texas. The photograph has wide streets and cars on either side of the street. There is a store called "Wackers" on the right of the of the street, on the back of the postcard, Texas Highway 18-115 Kermit, Texas This street scene shows the modern, progressive, city of Kermit, Texas. Well known as a ranching area but with modern progress being spurred on by the oil industry. The Monohans Sandhills State Park is but a short drive to the South, also Big Bend National Park and Mexico (across the Rio Grande River) is printed.

Postcard looking south on Canal Street in Carlsbad, New Mexico. There are a number of buildings with southwestern style architecture on both sides of the road and cars driving in the street.

Postcard of several oil rigs, the rig in the foreground is smoking profusely. Printed at the top of the postcard is "Sweet Evangeline" and on the bottom is "Goose Creek, Near Houston, Texas. 35,000 BBLS. Per Day."