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[Street in Texon]

Description: Postcard of a street that goes through the center of the photo with rows of houses on each side, some houses have power lines and some houses have automobiles out front. In the distance oil wells are slightly visible. The inscription on the front reads: "Texon, Texas."
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: Permian Basin Petroleum Museum, Library and Hall of Fame

[Burkburnett Oil Field]

Description: Postcard of the Burkburnett oil field, including a number of wooden derricks and small wooden buildings with a cloud of smoke or steam obscuring parts of the center of the image. The caption on the image reads "Burkburnett New Field Nov. 1-19 Kodak Shop."
Date: unknown
Creator: Kodak Shop
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: Permian Basin Petroleum Museum, Library and Hall of Fame

Map of Northeast Loving County Showing Lands of T.J. and Bennie Barnes

Description: Survey map of the lands of T.J. and Bennie Barnes in Loving County, Texas, showing the locations of oil wells to be drilled on their property. At the bottom of the map, there is an inset map of the oil fields located in West Texas and southeastern New Mexico. Scale [ca. 1:31,680] (2 inches to the mile).
Date: September 1937
Creator: Stovall, John
Item Type: Refine your search to only Map
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

Rogers #1 after Lightening Struck

Description: Photograph of the oil well Named Rogers #1 after it had been struck by lightening on March 11, 1921. The photo was taken at night showing a large plume of fire rising from the well. This photo was included in a research paper by Mike Shurley for an American History class at Marfa High School in 1968.
Date: unknown
Creator: Eldorado Art Studio
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Marfa Public Library

Fire at Rogers #1 Oil Well

Description: A view of the Rogers #1 fire at a distance of 70 feet from the flames. The fire burned for 9 days before being extinguished on March 20, 1921 in Eldorado, Arkansas. This photo was included in a research paper by Mike Shurley for an American History class at Marfa High School in 1968.
Date: March 1921
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Marfa Public Library

Pecos County, Texas

Description: Cadastral map of Pecos County, Texas in the Big Bend Country region. A sketch in the lower-left corner corner shows Pecos County in relation to the surrounding counties. Scale ca. 1:133,334 (4000 varas per inch).
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Map
Partner: Texas General Land Office

Map of Pecos County, Texas

Description: Cadastral map of Pecos County, Texas in the Big Bend Country region. Some borders and features are marked in color. Scale [ca. 1:66,667] (2000 varas per inch).
Date: unknown
Creator: Sullivan, Vernon L.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Map
Partner: Texas General Land Office

[News Script: Oil wells]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about the Texas railroad commission which reports that 801 oil wells have been drilled in Texas so far.
Date: March 6, 1974, 6:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Script
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Postcard from Mrs. J. O. Curry addressed to T. N. Carswell - July 14, 1952]

Description: A postcard addressed to Mr. T. N. Carswell, Abilene, Texas from J. O. Curry, Snyder, Texas, postmarked Snyder, Texas, July 14, 1952. The reverse side includes correspondence to Mr. Carswell from J. O. Curry, Snyder, Texas. Curry advises of their new address and mailing address, that they are well and hope he is the same.
Date: July 14, 1952
Creator: Curry, J. O.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library
captions transcript

[News Clip: Gas Well Follo]

Description: Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story. This story aired at 6:00 P.M.
Date: May 17, 1978
Duration: 2 minutes 12 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Burning Oil Well, Scene Near Marshall, Texas

Description: Color tinted halftone postcard showing a burning oil well near Marshall, Texas. Orange flames with black smoke fill much of the image with trees and sky visible on the left. The foreground looks like water with a log in front of it. Printed on the top of the image is the title, "Burning Oil Well, Scene near Marshall, Texas." Printed on the back to the left of the message section is the number 16466. There is no postmark or message on the back.
Date: [1907..1915]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: Harrison County Historical Museum
captions transcript

[News Clip: War Update]

Description: Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: February 23, 1991, 10:00 a.m.
Duration: 1 minute 08 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Pumping Apparatus.

Description: Patent for pumping apparatus. This invention provides a means to elevate liquids by use of compressed air. It is specifically intended for deep oil-wells.
Date: August 25, 1903
Creator: Cain, Francis Charles & Herrenkind, Oscar Charles
Item Type: Refine your search to only Patent
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Pump

Description: Patent for an improvement to pumps. This pump is designed to facilitate pumping of materials from deep oil and water wells.
Date: March 20, 1920
Creator: Hunt, David
Item Type: Refine your search to only Patent
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Pump

Description: Patent for an improvement on the design of pumps used in the oil industry. This uses a combination of water, sand, grits, and other sediments for deep wells.
Date: April 23, 1920
Creator: Scott, Floyd L.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Patent
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Pump.

Description: Patent for a pump for deep wells with a "specially constructed piston capable of a powerful working stroke and which will secure at all times a full volume of liquid at each stroke of the pumping rod." (line 25) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: July 6, 1920
Creator: Humason, Granville Allison
Item Type: Refine your search to only Patent
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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