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[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

[Oil Barge "LSC #51"]

Description: Photograph of a large barge in a drydock close to water. There is a trash oil drum in the foreground and unidentifiable buildings in the background. Handwritten on the back of the photograph is, "Oil barge 'L.S.C. #51', Built for Anderson Petroleum Co., Completed 6-7-59, 264'x50'x10'3"."
Date: unknown
Partner: Heritage House Museum

[U.S. Army Y-13 Oil Tanker]

Description: Photograph of a U.S. Army ship in open water. Painted on the side of the ship is, "Y-13" and there is a man visible on board. Handwritten on the back of the photograph is, "LSC Hull No. 259, Oil Tanker 'Y-13', Built for U.S. Army, Completed 3-27-43, 162'-6"x27'x12'-8"."
Date: unknown
Creator: Business Men's Studio
Partner: Heritage House Museum

[Drilling Rig "Santa Fe Mariner 1"]

Description: Photograph of the "Santa Fe Mariner" drilling rig. There is a large oil well on the "Santa Fe Mariner" and a few people are visible on board.
Date: unknown
Partner: Heritage House Museum

[Barges and Oil Derricks]

Description: Photograph of barges positioned next to one another and oil derricks on top of the barges in Levingston Shipyard. The barge in the foreground was a pipe laying barge built in 1969. It has two gantry cranes, one on each side of the barge and a center control tower. The shipyard was located in the northwest corner of the Island. The buildings in the background belong to the Lutcher & Moore Lumber Company.
Date: unknown
Partner: Heritage House Museum

[Oil Rig on Ship]

Description: Photograph of a ship with an oil rig in the middle of open water.
Date: unknown
Partner: Heritage House Museum

[Tugboat "Kate Malloy" and Oil Barge "LSC-52"]

Description: Photograph of a tugboat, "Kate Malloy", and an oil barge, "LSC-52", in open water. Handwritten on the back of the photograph is, "LSC Hull 487, Tug 'Kate Malloy' built for LSC, Completed 1-8-53, 92'x25'x11', LSC Hull No. 644, Oil Barge 'LSC-52', Built for Anderson Petroleum Co., Completed 4-9-63, 274'-6"x50'x10'-3"."
Date: unknown
Creator: Levingston Photograph
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

[Mobile Drilling Platform - Rig No. 50]

Description: Photograph of buildings and cranes upon the mobile drilling platform no. 50, that was completed in 1958.
Date: 1958
Creator: Levingston Photo
Partner: Heritage House Museum

Oil Drilling Crew

Description: Photograph of five men that are part of a drilling crew at Orangefield in Orange, Texas. All are wearing coveralls with gloves and hats. They are standing on a part of large machinery. Typed and taped on the bottom of the mat is, "Orangefield during the boom. This is a typical drilling crew."
Date: unknown
Partner: Heritage House Museum

Max Goldfine and Wife During Oil Boom

Description: Photograph of Max Goldfine standing next to his wife. He is wearing denim pants and a button-up shirt and she is wearing a skirt, blouse, and apron. Behind them are two buggies pulled by six horses and six workers. Behind that are six oil spindletops and trees. Typed and taped on the bottom of the mat is, "Max Goldfine family in Orangefield during boom. They operated a dry goods store."
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

A Docked Oil Rig

Description: Photograph of a large oil rig with a spindletop docked on a river bank. There is a small boat in front of it. In the foreground is a river bank and next to the rig is a shed with wooden beams outside of it.
Date: unknown
Partner: Heritage House Museum

[YO Fuel Oil Barge]

Description: Photograph of a YO Fuel oil barge that is self-propelled at a dock in Orange, Texas. It is part of the mothball, or reserve, fleet.
Date: unknown
Partner: Heritage House Museum

[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

[Gushers in oil field]

Description: Photograph of multiple gushers in an Orange oil field. There is smoke coming from the bottom of the gushers.
Date: unknown
Partner: Heritage House Museum

[Drilling rig on river]

Description: Photograph of a drilling rig on a river. There is a barge on the right and a hotel in the background. There are people visible on different parts of the structure. The rig has four large column-like structures.
Date: unknown
Partner: Heritage House Museum

[Photograph of Wooden Bridge near Oil Field]

Description: Photograph of a wooden bridge near Orangefield, Texas. The bridge is probably crossing Cow Bayou. Oil derricks stand along the shore.
Date: unknown
Partner: Heritage House Museum

[Flooded Oil Field]

Description: Photograph of oil derricks in Orangefield during a flood. Steam is rising from the tall derrick in the background.
Date: unknown
Partner: Heritage House Museum

[Four Men on an Oil Derrick]

Description: Four men standing on the base of an oil derrick in Orangefield, Texas.
Date: unknown
Partner: Heritage House Museum
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