[Aerial View of Midland]

Photograph of an aerial view of Midland, Texas.
Date: 1928
Creator: Fairchild Aerial Survey, Inc.
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

[Photograph of a Camp Town]

Photograph of an aerial view of a camp town with rows of small houses. The caption under the image reads "Camp #1 M-K O&G Co. looking North." The inscription on the back reads "82-4.5 Ivy #5 Camp #1, looking north toward Iraan, Texas Pecos County. Mid-Kansas Oil & Gas Co. 1928."
Date: 1928
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Billowing Smoke]

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."
Date: May 17, 1928
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Explosion

Photograph of a controlled explosion, called a "land shot", in the Texas/Louisiana Gulf Coast region during the late 1920s. A large cloud of smoke and dust rises into the air.
Date: 1928~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History