Permian Basin Petroleum Museum, Library and Hall of Fame - 653 Matching Results
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- Tom Lovell: Storyteller With a Brush
- Book describing the history of the Permian Basin region, starting with early inhabitants, based on painted depictions of various historical times by Tom Lovell, including excerpts of correspondence between George Abell and Lovell.
- Tom Lovell: Storyteller With a Brush
- Video discussing the 14 paintings by by western artist Tom Lovell of Santa Fe (1909-1997) made under commission by The Abell-Hanger Foundation to describe the cultural history of the Permian Basin area. It includes autobiographical clips of Lovell describing his work.
- [Midland County Court House]
- Postcard of an in color picture of the Midland County Courthouse. This a rectangular building with pillars enclosing it, above the entrance it says " Midland County Courthouse." The print on the back top left side reads: "Midland County Court House Midland, Texas. Midland is located halfway between Fort Worth and El Paso on U.S. 80 Highway (the Broadway of America) and served by the Texas and Pacific Railway. The City's name derives from the midway location. Established in 1885, Midland has been almost from the very beginning one of West Texas' leading and most progressive communities. Color photo by F. J. Schaaf."
- [Buckboard Wagon]
- Photograph of a buckboard wagon sitting in a field. A tree is visible in the background.
- [Chicago "C" Ranch House]
- Photograph of the Chicago Ranch (also called the C Ranch) headquarters in southeastern Andrews County. In front of the house there are dead trees and a sidewalk.
- [Cattle in the Street]
- Photograph of a herd of cattle on Wall and Colorado streets being driven from South Texas to Lubbock for the opening of The Ranch Headquarters there.
- [El Paso Products Complex]
- Photograph of an aerial view of the El Paso Products Complex located south of Odessa, Texas. Interstate twenty is shown in the background.
- Aerial View of Town
- Photograph of an aerial view of an unknown town. The building on the right, nearest the photographer, is the Waukesha Hotel.
- Aerial View of Town
- Photograph of an aerial view of an unknown town surrounded by a hilly forest.
- [Alamo Refinery]
- Postcard of a refinery with numerous early model cars outside of it. The writing on the bottom left side reads: "Alamo Refinery. Whittenburg Tex."
- [Baptist Church in Midland Texas]
- Postcard of a Baptist church in Midland that has: a dome in the center on the highest area of building, a large arched stained glass window along wall in left side of building, a two story wing on the right side, an entrance a recessed window to the right of the arched stained glass window, and trees on grounds of church in front of building. The caption under the picture reads: "Baptist Church. Midland, Texas."
- [Barred Door]
- Reprint of a barred door of a small wooden building. A tree is standing just right of the doorway.
- [Base of a Wooden Derrick]
- Photograph of the base of a wooden derrick with a bull and calf wheel visible. A small boy in a cap stands next to a wheel.
- [Base of an Cable Tool Rig]
- Postcard of the base of a large cable tool rig. The crew is posing in front of the wooden well and a train is visible in the background. On the back of the postcard, "Dear Brother, Your card recieved last week I don't no when I will get home we have got 550 ft to go yet. We have not had any rain up here yet. We had a good boxing match and a wrestling match here last night they wrestled two hours and forty minutes and nobody got a boll."
- [Beaumont Oil Field]
- Postcard of an oil field with smog over it numerous housing structures, wells, and derricks are visible. The print in the top left hand corner reads: " Oil Wells, Beaumont, Texas".
- [Block 47 Oil Field]
- Postcard of an oil field with four large cylindrical structure in the fore ground, a dirt ground and numerous oil derricks and houses in the mid ground, and numerous oil derricks and houses in the back ground. The print on the bottom of the front reads: ' Block 47, Buck Burnett Tex". The writing on the back reads: "Thru here Sat eve. 8pm. On way to Luvton. Sun - stayed in Luvton all night [Illegible]. H.O. Badger 5804 Anderson Kan City [illegible].
- Boat Towing Another Boat
- Photograph of a pair of small boats. One boat, called a shooting boat, is towing an unseen barge.
- Body of Water
- Photograph of an unnamed waterfront. Trees line the bank of the body of water.
- Boiler House and Battery
- 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.
- [Borger Street in Hutchinson County]
- Postcard of Borger Street, the image shows the street lined with storefronts and crowded with early model automobiles. The caption on the image reads "Borger, Texas -- World's Greatest Oil Field. Gayle W. Baker - Photo The Kodak Shop, Borger, Texas."
- Boys on Horses
- Negative of four young boys seated on horses. The boys are at the Odessa, Texas Rodeo.
- Boys on Horses
- Negative of four young boys seated on horses. The boys are at the Odessa, Texas Rodeo (date unknown).
- [Building Below a Water Tower]
- Photograph of a water tower behind a small, one-story building with a sign that says, "Ward County Court House, City of Monahans City Hall and Fire Department." Two automobiles are parked in front of the building and some other buildings are partially visible on the left side of the image. A handwritten note on the back says, "Temporary court house at Monahans, Tex. Used while new Court House was being built."
- [Burk Waggoner Gusher]
- Postcard of a pipe on the left side with oil spewing from it into a pool of oil. The caption on the image reads: "Burk Wagon Gusher. 4200 Bbl Daily."
- [Burkburnett Oil Field]
- 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."
- [Burkburnett Oil Field]
- Postcard of the Burkburnett oil field in Wichita County, Texas, taken from ground level near a derrick. A number of wooden derricks are visible, with wooden housings and other small structures. Many of the derricks are partially obscured by smoke.
- Burning Oil
- Photograph of smoke rising over an oil field in Crockett County, Texas. The smoke is from burning waste oil.
- Burning Oil Tank
- Photograph on postcard of smoke towering over the landscape near Breckenridge, Texas. The smoke is from a large burning oil tank.
- Burning Oil Tank
- Photograph of a 55,000 barrel oil tank burning. Thick smoke is billowing from the top of the tank.
- Burning Oil Well
- Photograph on postcard of the burning of the National Oil Well. Flames shoot high into the air, and smoke billows from the flames.
- Burning Oil Well
- Photograph on postcard of the burning of the National Oil Well. Two men look on as flames shoot high into the air, and smoke towers over the landscape.
- Cable Tool Drill
- Photograph of the cable tool drill at the Hendrick #18 well in Winkler County, Texas.
- Camp at Oil Field
- Photograph of the camp at the Hendrick oil field in Winkler County, Texas. Several buildings are visible along with many derricks rising from the oil field in the background.
- Camp in Winter
- Photograph of the camp at the Hendrick oil field in Winkler County, Texas. The small buildings and ground surrounding them are covered in snow. There are a couple vehicle trails visible.
- Camp Through Trees
- Negative of a group of oil tanks with a view of wooden shacks behind a line of trees. The camp belongs to Humble Oil and was located near Kilgore in Gregg County, Texas.
- [Canadian River in Borger, Texas]
- Postcard image taken from a curving dirt road of several oil derricks in front of a river, between hills, labeled at the top as "View showing Canadian River and valley north of Borger, Texas." A note on the back is addressed to Betty in Iowa with the text "Dear Pal. card received and I want you to send me the [...] saved for me [...] use the rest for postage. Sincerely Mary Alice [Robeson], Box 537, Phillips, Texas."
- [Canal Street in Carlsbad, New Mexico]
- 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.
- Car in Front of House
- Photograph on postcard of a house in Eastland, Texas. The house, partially hidden behind trees in the yard, is the Wolf residence. There is an early model car with an old style license plate in the driveway.
- Cars on Street
- Negative of a street in Midland, Texas during the early 20th century. Many cars line the street while others drive down it. Businesses are visible lining the street, the most obvious being the Llano Hotel on the left side.
- Cars on Street
- Negative of a street in Midland, Texas during the early 20th century. Many cars line the street while others drive down it. Businesses are visible lining the street, the most obvious being the Llano Hotel on the left side.
- [Cattle and Cowboys]
- Postcard of a large amount of cattle and cowboys on the range. The caption on the image reads "Round-Up, Midland, Texas."
- [Cattle on a Ranch]
- Postcard of a landscape with numerous heads of cattle in the foreground. The caption of the image reads "A Ranch Scene Near Pecos, Texas."
- Cloud of Smoke and Dust
- Photograph of a controlled explosion, called a "land shot", near the Louisiana Gulf Coast in the late 1920's. A large cloud of smoke and dust rises into the air.
- Cook by Car
- Photograph of a man in an apron and paper hat leaning on a car. The man is "Dad", the cook for the Shell Oil seismograph party.
- Cook Shacks
- Photograph of two Gulf Oil Company cook shacks near Breckenridge, Texas. There is a derrick visible in the background between the two shacks.
- Counterweight
- Photograph of a counterweight on an oil well in the Hendrick oil field in Winkler County, Texas.
- Courthouse
- Negative of the Ector County courthouse in Odessa, Texas. Cars line the streets and families walk along the sidewalks.
- Courthouse and Town
- Photograph on postcard of Eastland, Texas. A few businesses anc a large building are visible. The large brick building on the right is the old Eastland County Courthouse (demolished in 1926).
- Crockett County Stage Stop Ruins
- Photograph of the ruins of a stage stop at the Pontoon Crossing of the Pecos in Crockett County, Texas. A flag is flying over the crumbling walls.
- Crockett County Stage Stop Ruins
- Photograph of the ruins of a stage stop at the Pontoon Crossing of the Pecos in Crockett County, Texas. A flag is flying over the crumbling walls.