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[Two Bison]

Description: Postcard of two bison standing outside. On the top of the postcard, handwritten is "Would like to exchange capitol cards with you" and then "1-27-07."
Date: unknown
Partner: Permian Basin Petroleum Museum, Library and Hall of Fame

[Two Buffalo]

Description: Postcard of two buffalo in the a field. The buffalo to the right is facing the camera straight on and the buffalo to the right is facing the side.
Date: unknown
Partner: Permian Basin Petroleum Museum, Library and Hall of Fame

[Postcard of the Petroleum Building]

Description: 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.
Date: unknown
Partner: Permian Basin Petroleum Museum, Library and Hall of Fame

[Odessa Postcard]

Description: Postcard that says "Greetings from Odessa, Texas." Inside each of the letters there are scenes of cowboys, buildings, and desert landscapes.
Date: unknown
Partner: Permian Basin Petroleum Museum, Library and Hall of Fame

[Downtown Skyline of Odessa, Texas]

Description: Postcard of the downtown skyline in Odessa, Texas. There are buildings on each side and cars on the side of the street as well as driving in the middle of the street.
Date: unknown
Partner: Permian Basin Petroleum Museum, Library and Hall of Fame

[Springs at Big Springs, Texas]

Description: Postcard of the springs at Big Springs, Texas. There is a body of water in the foreground of the photograph with rock crevices behind it. On top of the crevices there are trees and a fence.
Date: unknown
Creator: F. J. Schaaf Card Company
Location: 32.250398 -101.478735
Partner: Permian Basin Petroleum Museum, Library and Hall of Fame

[Two Men on a Street]

Description: Postcard of two men who are directly in the middle of the frame. To the right of the men there are various buildings, one of them being the S. D. Myres Saddle Company. There are also several horse drawn carriages in the background.
Date: unknown
Partner: Permian Basin Petroleum Museum, Library and Hall of Fame

[Postcard of a Woman and a Building]

Description: Postcard of a woman in front of a small building next to a donkey. There are two horses strapped to a wagon on the right with a boy in the seat. An American flag is waving from the left corner of the small building. The inscription on the back reads "Dear Daisy: - Jack and I are home from the grocery! We have [---] any bad and this is where [---] holding the fort in New Mexico."
Date: unknown
Partner: Permian Basin Petroleum Museum, Library and Hall of Fame

[Merton Court House]

Description: Postcard of a black and white image of a square three story building with a sculpted bush in front of the entrance. On the back there is print on the top left side that reads: "Mertzon, Tex, C.H." This Court House was built in 1937 it is the second court house in Irion County (First Court House in Sherwood, Texas).
Date: unknown
Partner: Permian Basin Petroleum Museum, Library and Hall of Fame

[A Frontier Home]

Description: 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."
Date: 1907~
Creator: Cornish, Geo. B. (George Bancroft)
Partner: Permian Basin Petroleum Museum, Library and Hall of Fame

[Canal Street in Carlsbad, New Mexico]

Description: 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.
Location: 32.419622 -104.229097
Partner: Permian Basin Petroleum Museum, Library and Hall of Fame

[Postcard of the Tom Green County Court House]

Description: Postcard of the Tom Green County Court House. In the middle of the illustration there is the court house with a fountain in the forefront and bushes around. On the bottom of the postcard, "Tom Green County Court House, San Angelo, Texas" is printed and to the right of that "3A-H1106." On the back of the postcard "85-5.23 Orbeck Collection" is handwritten.
Date: unknown
Location: 31.383902 -100.439656
Partner: Permian Basin Petroleum Museum, Library and Hall of Fame

[Geronimo and U.S. guards on horseback]

Description: Postcard of Geronimo, Apache Chief, and five U.S. Guards all on horseback in a grassy field. The writing in the middle of photo reads: "Geronimo, Alpache Chief, and U.S. Guard." The writing on the left says: "Copy write. 1907. By G. B Cornish. Arkansas City, Kansas."
Date: 1907~
Creator: Cornish, G. B.
Partner: Permian Basin Petroleum Museum, Library and Hall of Fame

[Fort Davis]

Description: Postcard of a black and white picture of about eleven houses in a row with a large hill behind the houses covered in trees and dirt road in front of the houses. The writing on the bottom reads: "Old Fort Davis and Sleeping Lion Mountain - Fort Davis, Texas. 6-P-279."
Date: unknown
Location: 30.597816 -103.891020
Partner: Permian Basin Petroleum Museum, Library and Hall of Fame

[Midland Post Office]

Description: Postcard of a color photograph of a United States post Office in Midland Texas. The post office is a red bricked rectangular building with thick white brick line going horizontally across the bottom and top paralell to each other with two big windows on the side that's shorter and four big windows on the entrance side that has the longer length.
Date: 1965~
Creator: Schaaf, F. J.
Partner: Permian Basin Petroleum Museum, Library and Hall of Fame

[Winkler County Court House]

Description: Postcard of the Winkler County Court House in Kermit, Texas. The inscription on the back reads, "Winkler County Court House Kermit, Texas. This view shows the modern court house of Kermit, Texas. Located at the lower corner of New Mexico in the Panhandle of Texas, it is close to Carlsbad Caverns, Big Bend National Park and Mexico. Main industries are cattle raising and oil fields with the skyline occasionally broken by oil derrick rigs. Published by F. J. Schaaf, Alamogordo, New Mexico."
Date: unknown
Creator: F. J. Schaaf Post Card Company
Location: 31.857626 -103.092665
Partner: Permian Basin Petroleum Museum, Library and Hall of Fame

[Postcard of Kermit, Texas]

Description: 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… more
Date: unknown
Location: 31.857626 -103.092665
Partner: Permian Basin Petroleum Museum, Library and Hall of Fame

[Midland County Courthouse]

Description: Postcard of the Midland County Court House, U. S. Post Office and Federal Building at Midland, Midland County, Texas. The inscription on the back reads "Federal Building United States Court House Midland, Texas. Midland, Texas, an attractive, prosperous and progressive city in the land of the Midland, Texas, an attractive, prosperous and progressive city in the land of the High Sky, is a delightful place in which to reside - or just to visit - in a wholesome, healthful, enjoyable atmosphere - a… more
Date: unknown
Partner: Permian Basin Petroleum Museum, Library and Hall of Fame

[Eddy County Courthouse]

Description: Postcard of the front (south) of a multi-story courthouse built in southwest-style architecture in Carlsbad, New Mexico. The print on the top left side reads: "Eddie County Courthouse Calsbad, New Mexico. This building is in the traditional style of the Southwest Indian -Spanish Pueblo, more commonly called 'Santa Fe' style."
Date: unknown
Location: 32.420433 -104.228074
Partner: Permian Basin Petroleum Museum, Library and Hall of Fame

[Postcard of Odessa, Texas]

Description: Postcard depicting Odessa, Texas. Above that "Hub City of the Vast, Rich Odessa Oil Field" is printed and below that "New Ultra-Modern Ector County Court House" is printed. To the left of the frame is an "Odessa Water Tower" and to the right is the "Court House" Below that there is a depiction of "The Busy Odessa Airport" and to the right is "Odessa High School." On the back of the postcard "Odessa, TX. (Pop. 10,000) - fast growing oil, cattle and tourist center midway between Ft. Worth and El … more
Date: unknown
Location: 31.845682 -102.367643
Partner: Permian Basin Petroleum Museum, Library and Hall of Fame

[Eddy County Court House]

Description: Postcard of the southwest corner of the Eddy County Courthouse in Carlsbad, New Mexico. The court house is partially obscured by multiple trees and there is a street with cars parked in front.
Date: 1970
Creator: Schaaf, F. J.
Location: 32.420674 -104.228837
Partner: Permian Basin Petroleum Museum, Library and Hall of Fame

[Monahans Sand Hills State Park Museum]

Description: Postcard of the Monahans Sand Hills State Park Museum building in Ward County, Texas. In front of the museum there is a tree as well as several wagon wheels that adorn the sides of the stairs leading up.
Date: unknown
Creator: W. M. Cline Co.
Partner: Permian Basin Petroleum Museum, Library and Hall of Fame
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