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[Photograph of a Drilling Crew]

Description: Photograph of a drilling crew on the wooden rig of T. B. Slick's Sheppared No. 6 well site in Eastland, Texas. The caption on the image reads "T. B. Slick's Sheppard #6 Pioneer, Tex."
Date: 1920~
Partner: Permian Basin Petroleum Museum, Library and Hall of Fame

[Men and a Dog by an Oil Derrick]

Description: Photograph of twelve men and a dog at the base of an oil derrick in Orangefield, Texas around 1920. The man 2nd from the left is Tom Toal, Sr., 7th from left is Oscar Winfree, 8th from left is Charlie Schriebner, 11th from left is Dave Craft. They worked for the Toal Independent Oil Company.
Date: 1920~
Creator: Ward Jaycox
Partner: Heritage House Museum

Visiting an Oil Well

Description: Three unidentifed women in an automobile visiting an oil well in Clay County, TX.
Date: 1920~
Partner: Clay County Historical Society

Oil Rig

Description: Wooden oil rig, the first in Shannon, TX around 1928.
Date: 1920~
Partner: Clay County Historical Society

Oil Derrick

Description: Copy negative of two pictures an oil derrick during the Ranger, Texas oil boom. The picture on the left is of the base of an oil well, men working, and equipment around it in a field. The picture on the right shows the whole tower of the well, the small building at its base, men working, and equipment.
Date: 1920~
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

Drillers on Rig

Description: Copy negative of John Young and Price Smith standing on a wooden structure that is part of an oil rig in Ranger, Texas.
Date: 1920~
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[Pierce-Fordyce Refinery in Texas City]

Description: A view of part of the Pierce-Fordyce Refinery. A one story brick building stands at the far left. Two horizontal cylindrical storage tanks and a raised pipeline are to the right of the building. In the rear middle of the picture, a number of men gather near a large smokestack near a two story building.
Date: [1920..1930]
Partner: Moore Memorial Public Library
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