Photograph of a bull wheel.

Photograph of Homer Colquitt, Dean Wolf, and O. C. Harper, the four men stand in a row in front of an adobe brick building. Slightly behind them, there is a chuckwagon to the left and an early model automobile to the right. Dean Wolf, on the left, wears a dark shirt and pants tucked into calf-high boots. A gun in a holster is slung around his hips and a newsboy cap sits on his head while his hands are behind him. Homer Colquitt wears a jacket over a shirt with a bow tie and dark pants, a fedora style hat sits on his head. O. C. Harper stands close to him, on his left and wears a jacket over a dark shirt and pants tucked into calf-high laced boots. A newsboy cap sits on his head. Feliciano Chavez wears a loose fitting shirt and pants with a cap on his head.

Photograph of a group of men inside the Texas and Pacific Railway depot in Monahans, Texas. In the center of the room stands a stove.

Photograph of a street scene in downtown Midland, Texas. There are multiple storefront businesses, visible from left to right: Harris-Luckett Stores and Midland Hardware Business and Furniture Co.

Photograph of Midland's third County Courthouse, the image includes a United States flag on top of the courthouse as well as several dead trees in front.

Postcard of numerous men working a pipeline. The caption on the image reads "ILLINOIS PIPE LINE CO. YATES FIELD." The inscription on the back reads "ILLINOIS PIPE LINE CO., YATES FIELD."

Photograph of a buckboard wagon sitting in a field. A tree is visible in the background.

Photograph of an oil rig and derrick with oil gushing. Sign on the rig reads, "Westbrook Oil Corporation Hendrick #1, Winkler County."

Photograph of an early model automobile loaded with full canvas bags and three male and one female passengers. The vehicle has a cloth top.

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."

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.

Photograph of the South Ward School, the school is a two-story brick building and the main entrance has a pair of columns on either side of the door.

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.

Photograph of a street scene in Hobbs, New Mexico. The street is lined with storefronts with two rows of automobiles in front. Several people are seen in the street.

Photograph of a street scene at the intersection of two roads in Hobbs, New Mexico. Numerous automobiles crowd the streets with many people milling about.

Photograph of a cable tool and nitro glycerin trucks servicing the R. H. Henderson, University of Texas Number 2 well in Crane County, Texas.

Photograph of pipes and valves. The caption on the image reads, "MANIFOLD IRAAN STATION J. F. JOHNSON - GENL. CONT."

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."

Photograph of the Monahans Railroad Depot with several men sitting and standing on the platform.

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.

Photograph of pipes and valves,

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.

Photograph of the Texas and Pacific Railway Depot of Midland. The depot has "Midland" on the front and there is a wagon in front of the depot.

Photograph of the Petroleum Building in downtown Midland, Texas. Numerous modern automobiles are visible parked along streets.