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Oil Well Field

Description: Copy negative of a field of oil wells in a desolate looking area with mountains in the distance. There is a handwritten note on the side of the picture.
Date: unknown
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

Gulf Oil Tanks

Description: Photograph of four white oil tanks in front of grove of trees with several oil derricks visible on the horizon. The oil field is located in Crane County, Texas and is owned by the Gulf Oil Company.
Date: unknown
Partner: Permian Basin Petroleum Museum, Library and Hall of Fame

Oil Field

Description: Photograph of an oil field on a brushy plain. Several derricks are visible above the numerous oil wells stretching across the flat land.
Date: unknown
Creator: Newsom Photo
Partner: Permian Basin Petroleum Museum, Library and Hall of Fame

[Photograph of an Oil Well]

Description: Photograph of an oil well next to a dirt road. The text on the back reads: "oil field 1920...Mexia".
Date: 1920
Creator: Fox Company
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[East Texas Oil Museum, Kilgore]

Description: An oil derrick stands in front of the East Texas Oil Museum. Located on the Kilgore College campus at Hwy 259 and Ross St, it commemorates the discovery of oil in East Texas in 1930.
Date: unknown
Partner: Marshall Public Library

[Orangefield During the Boom Days, 1922]

Description: Photograph of the oil derricks at Orangefield during the boom days in 1922. A fire is burning in the background creating much pollution.
Date: 1922
Partner: Heritage House Museum

Three Men on an Oil Rig

Description: Photograph of three men sitting and leaning against an oil drilling rig. Two of the men are wearing button-up shirts and one man is wearing a suit with a vest, watch chain, and necktie. All of the men are wearing hats. Written on the machinery is, "Oil Well Imperial" and "Oil Well Supply Co."
Date: unknown
Partner: Heritage House Museum

[Drilling for Oil]

Description: Photograph of an oil field. At the lower left hand side of the photograph is printed, "Drilling for the Golden Fluid."
Date: unknown
Partner: Heritage House Museum

Orange City Oil Field "Gasser"

Description: Photograph of an oil field "gasser" erupting. In the foreground are tree trunks and tree logs, behind those is a pile of timber with a billow of smoke coming out. In the background is a forest. Written across the bottom of the photograph is, "Orange County Oil Field 'Gasser'" and typed and taped onto the bottom part of the mat is, "Orangefield "Gasser" - Most of the wells "blew" in with tremendous loss of oil and gas."
Date: unknown
Partner: Heritage House Museum

[Six Men Standing on an Oil Derrick]

Description: Photograph of six men standing on an oil derrick at the Orange Oil Field in Texas.
Date: unknown
Creator: Allen, L. L.
Partner: Heritage House Museum

[Several Men Working on an Oil Derrick]

Description: Photograph of sveral men working on a wooden oil derrick. Written on the photo is "E.S. Moore No. 2, Gulf Oil Co., Orange, Texas.
Date: unknown
Partner: Heritage House Museum

[Town of Orangefield]

Description: Photograph of the boom town at the Orange oil field, west of Orange, Texas. It was named Orangefield in 1922. Many people and animals are in the streets. "Oxen, Mules, Folks, and Mud at Orange Oil Field."
Date: unknown
Partner: Heritage House Museum

[Men Standing on Drilling Rig]

Description: Photograph of five men and a horse. They are standing on an wooden drilling rig at Orangefield, an oilfield just west of Orange, Texas. This was taken in the early Twentieth Century.
Date: unknown
Partner: Heritage House Museum

[Bradley's Corner]

Description: Photograph of Bradley's Corner on a postcard. Bradley's Corner was an oil boom town near Burkburnett, Texas that appeared after Fower Number 1 gusher.
Date: 1918
Partner: Midwestern State University

[Burkburnett Oil Boom Panorama]

Description: Panoramic view of Burkburnett, Texas during the oil boom. The writing on the fifth photograph reads, "A. Faberberg, 805 Bluff, Wichita Falls, Texas, Nov. 4, '19 (209).
Date: November 4, 1919
Partner: Midwestern State University

Historic plaque - Thurber

Description: Photograph of a historic plaque in Thurber, Texas. It reads: "Thurber. Most important mine site in Texas for 30 years. Coal here, probably known to Indians, was "discovered" in 1886 by W. W. Johnson, who with his brother Harvey sold out to Texas & Pacific Coal Company in 1888. (T. & P. Coal Company provided fuel for the Texas & Pacific Railroad, but was independently owned. Town was named for H. K. Thurber, friend of T. & P. Coal Company founders. Most dynamic firm member was Robert D. Hunter (… more
Date: August 7, 2005
Creator: Belden, Dreanna L.
Location: 32.50992910316708 -98.41630841525318
Partner: UNT Libraries

Snowy Oil Field

Description: Photograph of the Hendricks oil field covered in snow. Some oil tanks and oil wells are visible in the distance.
Date: unknown
Partner: Permian Basin Petroleum Museum, Library and Hall of Fame

Hendricks Oil Battery

Description: Photograph of the Hendricks oil tank battery in Winkler County, Texas.
Date: unknown
Partner: Permian Basin Petroleum Museum, Library and Hall of Fame

Engine House

Description: Photograph of the inside of the engine house at the Hendricks #13 oil well in Winkler County, Texas.
Date: unknown
Partner: Permian Basin Petroleum Museum, Library and Hall of Fame

Boiler House and Battery

Description: Photograph of the boiler house (on the left) and the oil tank battery Hendrick Lease in Winkler County, Texas. Several derricks rise over the oil field in the background.
Date: unknown
Partner: Permian Basin Petroleum Museum, Library and Hall of Fame

Snowy Oil Field

Description: Photograph of an oil field (the Hendrick Lease) in the winter. Oil derricks are visible from the snow covered ground.
Date: unknown
Partner: Permian Basin Petroleum Museum, Library and Hall of Fame

Engine House

Description: Photograph of the engine house and counterbalance at the Hendrick #11 oil well in Winkler County, Texas.
Date: unknown
Partner: Permian Basin Petroleum Museum, Library and Hall of Fame

Tank Battery

Description: Photograph of winter snow scene at Tank Battery on the Hendrick Lease, Section 41, Winkler County, Texas. The photograph shows three large tanks, connected by a platform with a steep set of stairs. The stairs and ground are covered in snow. Oil well structures are visible in the background.
Date: 1931~
Partner: Permian Basin Petroleum Museum, Library and Hall of Fame

Burning Oil

Description: Photograph of smoke rising over an oil field in Crockett County, Texas. The smoke is from burning waste oil.
Date: unknown
Partner: Permian Basin Petroleum Museum, Library and Hall of Fame
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