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Betty Orbeck Collection
104
Abell-Hanger Foundation Collection
92
John V. Webel Collection
65
Tom Meador Collection
41
Fred T. Hogan Collection
9
Willard Classen Collection
7
Lee Jones Jr. Collection
6
University of Texas Archives Collection
5
Louise Williams Howle Collection
4
Tom Russell Collection
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[Midland County Court House]
Postcard of an in color picture of the Midland County Courthouse. This a rectangular building with pillars enclosing it, above the entrance it says " Midland County Courthouse." The print on the back top left side reads: "Midland County Court House Midland, Texas. Midland is located halfway between Fort Worth and El Paso on U.S. 80 Highway (the Broadway of America) and served by the Texas and Pacific Railway. The City's name derives from the midway location. Established in 1885, Midland has been almost from the very beginning one of West Texas' leading and most progressive communities. Color photo by F. J. Schaaf."
Date:
1979
Creator:
Schaaf, F. J.
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Buckboard Wagon]
Photograph of a buckboard wagon sitting in a field. A tree is visible in the background.
Date:
1977
Creator:
Orbeck, Betty
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Chicago "C" Ranch House]
Photograph of the Chicago Ranch (also called the C Ranch) headquarters in southeastern Andrews County. In front of the house there are dead trees and a sidewalk.
Date:
1977
Creator:
Orbeck, Betty
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Cattle in the Street]
Photograph of a herd of cattle on Wall and Colorado streets being driven from South Texas to Lubbock for the opening of The Ranch Headquarters there.
Date:
1976
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
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
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Alamo Refinery]
Postcard of a refinery with numerous early model cars outside of it. The writing on the bottom left side reads: "Alamo Refinery. Whittenburg Tex."
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Baptist Church in Midland Texas]
Postcard of a Baptist church in Midland that has: a dome in the center on the highest area of building, a large arched stained glass window along wall in left side of building, a two story wing on the right side, an entrance a recessed window to the right of the arched stained glass window, and trees on grounds of church in front of building. The caption under the picture reads: "Baptist Church. Midland, Texas."
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Postcard
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
Object Type:
Photograph
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
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Base of an Cable Tool Rig]
Postcard of the base of a large cable tool rig. The crew is posing in front of the wooden well and a train is visible in the background. On the back of the postcard, "Dear Brother, Your card recieved last week I don't no when I will get home we have got 550 ft to go yet. We have not had any rain up here yet. We had a good boxing match and a wrestling match here last night they wrestled two hours and forty minutes and nobody got a boll."
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Beaumont Oil Field]
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".
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Block 47 Oil Field]
Postcard of an oil field with four large cylindrical structure in the fore ground, a dirt ground and numerous oil derricks and houses in the mid ground, and numerous oil derricks and houses in the back ground. The print on the bottom of the front reads: ' Block 47, Buck Burnett Tex". The writing on the back reads: "Thru here Sat eve. 8pm. On way to Luvton. Sun - stayed in Luvton all night [Illegible]. H.O. Badger 5804 Anderson Kan City [illegible].
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Borger Street in Hutchinson County]
Postcard of Borger Street, the image shows the street lined with storefronts and crowded with early model automobiles. The caption on the image reads "Borger, Texas -- World's Greatest Oil Field. Gayle W. Baker - Photo The Kodak Shop, Borger, Texas."
Date:
unknown
Creator:
The Kodak Shop
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Building Below a Water Tower]
Photograph of a water tower behind a small, one-story building with a sign that says, "Ward County Court House, City of Monahans City Hall and Fire Department." Two automobiles are parked in front of the building and some other buildings are partially visible on the left side of the image. A handwritten note on the back says, "Temporary court house at Monahans, Tex. Used while new Court House was being built."
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Burk Waggoner Gusher]
Postcard of a pipe on the left side with oil spewing from it into a pool of oil. The caption on the image reads: "Burk Wagon Gusher. 4200 Bbl Daily."
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Burkburnett Oil Field]
Postcard of the Burkburnett oil field, including a number of wooden derricks and small wooden buildings with a cloud of smoke or steam obscuring parts of the center of the image. The caption on the image reads "Burkburnett New Field Nov. 1-19 Kodak Shop."
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Kodak Shop
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Burkburnett Oil Field]
Postcard of the Burkburnett oil field in Wichita County, Texas, taken from ground level near a derrick. A number of wooden derricks are visible, with wooden housings and other small structures. Many of the derricks are partially obscured by smoke.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Canadian River in Borger, Texas]
Postcard image taken from a curving dirt road of several oil derricks in front of a river, between hills, labeled at the top as "View showing Canadian River and valley north of Borger, Texas." A note on the back is addressed to Betty in Iowa with the text "Dear Pal. card received and I want you to send me the [...] saved for me [...] use the rest for postage. Sincerely Mary Alice [Robeson], Box 537, Phillips, Texas."
Date:
unknown
Creator:
Robeson, Mary Alice
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Canal Street in Carlsbad, New Mexico]
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.
Date:
1970
Creator:
Schaaf, F. J.
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Cattle and Cowboys]
Postcard of a large amount of cattle and cowboys on the range. The caption on the image reads "Round-Up, Midland, Texas."
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Cattle on a Ranch]
Postcard of a landscape with numerous heads of cattle in the foreground. The caption of the image reads "A Ranch Scene Near Pecos, Texas."
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Crowd in Sonora, 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."
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Ditching Machine]
Postcard of a ditching machine that is digging a ditch in the dirt. There is a man on the right side of the machine hanging on while it works.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Downtown Big Springs, Texas]
Photograph of downtown Big Springs, Texas showing the Hotel Settles in Howard County. There are early model automobiles parked along the street and buildings in the background.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History