Photograph of Ben Bird wearing a hat in front of trees.

Photograph of the Haltom Plaza. There are stores all along the background, and light poles and cars in the parking lot. On the back of the photograph in handwriting is "3100 Blk Denton Hwy, 1958".

Photograph of an old spudding unit photographed in 1958 between Kermit and Wink by Bill Shoopman, Odessa photographer.

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.

Photograph of Tom Arnett, Otto F. Jones, W. F. Eisenberg, and Frank H. Chappell standing at a party at the Renderbrook headquarters.

Photograph of Abilene Police Chief Lemial Warren Dodson; he is wearing a light-colored suit with a striped tie and is photographed in a front-facing pose with his arms crossed. A police car is partially visible behind him.

Photograph of Abilene Police Officer Bryan Wason sitting astride a motorcycle and wearing a light-colored motorcycle helmet, a long-sleeve button-down shirt, black pants, and boots. Handwritten in the lower-right corner of the image: "To: Dwayne Pyburn, Chief of Police. From: Bryan Wason."

Photograph of E. E. Adams sitting in chair and holding a copy of 'The Cattleman' magazine with a window and a table in the background.

Photograph of Abilene Firefighter Norman McDonald; he is smiling at the camera and standing with his left hand in his pocket and his right hand by his side and wearing a light-colored button down shirt with a tie, black pants, and a service cap.

Photograph of Abilene Police Chief W. B. "Red" McDonald wearing a dark suit and striped tie with a light-colored hat.

Photograph of Abilene Police Officer Albert Hoppe wearing a police uniform and leaning against a police car that says "Abilene Police 208" on the side.

Photograph of Abilene Police Officers and Police Chief Red McDonald standing next to each other in front of a car.

Photograph of Eanes Rock Schoolhouse students in class. The students are seated at their desks and facing the photographer with the teacher standing in the back in front of the black board. There is handwritten text on back of photo that says: "Kay Ort Orell (student). Old Rock school house, her 1956 class."

Photograph of an aerial view of a new home built for Abilene Police Officer Jimmy Spann's family by the Abilene Police Department. A large group of police officers are standing and sitting in rows on the front lawn of the home. A woman and two children who appear to be part of the Spann Family are standing in front of the group of police officers.

Photograph of the 1954 Plymouth Oilers semi-pro baseball team with their state championship trophy. Twenty people are pictured, most of them in uniforms or in coach's attire. The team is picture near home plate, and stadium lights can be seen in the background behind the team. Printed text on the back of the photograph: "In reproducing, please credit: Plymouth Oil Co. photo by Will Thompson."

Photograph of Captain W. E. McDonald, Officer George McGee, and Officer M. C. Farris standing around a table that has burglary evidence spread across it. Two of the officers appear to be examining guns while the other officer is examining pieces of paper.

Photograph of Uncle Roy Hittson wearing hat and boots, standing in front of a house.

Photograph of Abilene Captain Tom Summers with officers of shift three. The officers are wearing dark-colored police uniforms and standing in rows on a set of stairs; they are photographed in full-length, front facing poses.

Photograph of a boy with a cowboy hat and a sign hanging from his neck with the number "1" written on it, standing to the left of a cow and holding the animal's lead rope. Two men are standing to the right of the cow, also in cowboy hats and western attire. The boy is identified on the back as Johnny Wigley, grand champion of the Houston Livestock Show, and the two men are identified as Bill Williams and Edgar Brant. The cow has a sign across its back with the name of the stock show and the words, "Grand Champion" on it.

Photograph of Officers Buck Luttrell and Leon Bowman seizing bootleg beer in Abilene. A pile of beer boxes are stacked in the middle and the officers stand on both sides with their hands on the boxes. The officer on the left is wearing a police officer uniform and the officer on the right is wearing a Hawaiian shirt with khaki pants and a light-colored hat.

Portrait of Otto Barby wearing suit and tie in front of a neutral background.

Photograph of Abilene Chief of Police C. Z. Hallmark with officers of shift two. The officers are wearing dark-colored police uniforms and standing in rows on a set of stairs with their arms by their sides. C. Z. Hallmark is pictured on the bottom left wearing a light-colored suit and tie with a hat.

Photograph of Abilene Police Department Motorcycle Traffic Officers sitting on motorcycles and wearing dark-colored police uniforms. Pictured left to right are J. C. Jones, J. E. Seabourn, Wayne Richardson, and E. L. Brownlow.

Photograph of the 1952 Birdville cheerleaders standing together on a sidewalk in front of the school. The cheerleaders are wearing collared shirts with pullovers that have the school logos on them. On the ground in front of them are their cheer megaphones.