Permian Basin Petroleum Museum, Library and Hall of Fame - 723 Matching Results

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[Midland Christian College]

Photograph of a large three-story building with trees and other vegetation in front. The entrance has a portico.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

[Men at the Rio Bravo Oil Co. Bungalow]

Postcard of five men on the front porch of a Rio Bravo Oil Co. bungalow at Saratoga, Texas.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Postcard

Postcard of streets, the court house and cowboys at Sonora, Sutton County, Texas. There are numerous men on horseback and a wagon in a line outside storefronts. The caption on the image reads "Sonora Talent Rodeo Bunch." On the back of the postcard "Just rec'd your letter been for'd all over country. Down here for the winter except bring up a few ponies about April, drop me a line, Best Regards, Morgan Chaney [Addressed to] Mr. Howard E. Wilcox c/o State Bank & Trust Co. Hartford Conn."

Date: unknown

Item Type: Postcard

[Street in Desdemona, Texas]

Photograph of a muddy street lined with stores and other buildings, the street is crowded with early model automobiles and people. Wooden derricks are visible in the background and the caption on the image reads "Desdemona, Texas 9/23/1919. Norris."

Date: September 23, 1919

Item Type: Photograph

Location: 32.270843 -98.550608

[Aerial View of Midland]

Photograph of an aerial view of Midland, Texas.

Date: 1928

Creator: Fairchild Aerial Survey, Inc.

Item Type: Photograph

[Odessa Medical Center Hospital]

Postcard of a six story shopping center building that has eighteen windows on each story and smaller one story building attached in back. The windows on the both the large part of the building and the small part of the building face streets and meet up on a street corner with a wooden street lamp/phone line pole, with phone lines visible through the middle of the photo, and a one way arrow pointing to the left. The entrance is facing the one way street with a board that reads "Medical Center Ho… more

Date: unknown

Creator: Dexter Press Inc.

Item Type: Postcard

[Wooden Derrick and Rig]

Photograph of a wooden derrick and rig. Steel cords are attached to the derrick and anchored into the ground and there are several bushes around the sparse landscape.

Date: 1958

Creator: Shoopman, Bill

Item Type: Photograph

[Barred Door]

Reprint of a barred door of a small wooden building. A tree is standing just right of the doorway.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

[Moonshine Air Plant]

Postcard of an oil field called "moonshine air plant". Image is in color. The print below the picture reads: "Moonshine Air Plant, largest in the world, oil field, Humble, Texas. Near Houston".

Date: unknown

Item Type: Postcard

[Oil Derrick Explosion]

Photograph of a well fire engulfing a derrick. Men are seen on the right foreground running towards the camera. The caption on the photograph reads "Skelly-Amarada Univ. No. 1 Ector County Photo taken the instant the well burst into flames - Jack Nolan."

Date: April 26, 1930

Creator: Nolan, Jack

Item Type: Photograph

[Postcard of Mitchell Co. Oil Corp. Oil Rig]

Postcard of a wooden derrick with either oil or steam gushing over it. The caption on the image reads, "Badgitt 1. Mitchell Co. Oil Corp. Colorado - Texas" is handwritten. On the back of the card, "Mitchell County Oil Corporation's Badgitt Well No. 1 Picture No. 3 November 2, 1979 Lee Jones, Jr."

Date: unknown

Item Type: Postcard

[Drilling Rig]

Photograph of a drilling rig with a hill in the background and several trees in the forefront of the picture.

Date: unknown

Creator: Roberts, Paul

Item Type: Photograph

[Numerous Wooden Derricks]

Photograph of numerous wooden derricks among houses. Smoke can be seen billowing up in several places in the photograph.

Date: 1918

Item Type: Photograph

[1925 Dodge]

Photograph of a 1925 Dodge parked among a desert like landscape with yucca plants.

Date: 1927

Item Type: Photograph

[Henderson Family at a Tank]

Photograph of the Henderson family at a tank on a ranch in Ector County. Water is flowing into the pool from a pipe supported on wooden beams and Warren Henderson is visible at the edge of the tank, standing in the center of the image. Two women are also near the water, in the far left of the image, identified as Bethenia Henderson Gassaway (right) and an aunt. A wire fence is visible in the backround.

Date: 1909~/1910~

Item Type: Photograph

[Main Street in Ranger, Texas]

Postcard of a muddy street lined with storefronts. Several wagons pulled by horses and mules are visible on the roadway and numerous people stand on the sidewalk on the left side of the street, there are also trees on the right side of the street. The caption on the image reads "Main Street Ranger, Texas."

Date: unknown

Item Type: Postcard

[Well in Borger]

Postcard of an Oil derrick and four round structures. The print on the bottom left reads: "A Wonderful Paying Well. Borger, Tex".

Date: unknown

Item Type: Postcard

[Men Dressing a Bit]

Photograph of two men on a rig floor, surrounded by the associated tools and equipment. Both wear hard hats and hold sledgehammers. They are in the process of dressing a bit.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

[Postcard of Kermit, TX]

Postcard of a street in Kermit, Texas. There are several stores and cars and on the bottom of the postcard, "THE NEW BUSINESS DISTRICT OF KERMIT TEXAS MANY WISE OIL FIELD FOLKS ARE PLANNING ON THIS AS THE NEXT BIG BOOM TOWN (JACK NOLAN ODESSA, TX).

Date: unknown

Creator: Nolan, Jack

Item Type: Postcard

Location: 31.857626 -103.092665

[Photograph of a Townsite]

Photograph of a townsite with several buildings under construction and there are early model automobiles parked along the street.

Date: 1937

Item Type: Photograph

[River On A River]

Copy of photo of a group of people (men, women, and children) sitting and standing on ferry on river. A large rope cuts across the image.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

[Mexican Ranch]

Postcard of a homestead with a man who is standing just left of center near a cow that is standing in center and buildings that are crudely made of wood and metal. The caption on the image reads " #53 Mexican Ranch Near El Paso, Tx."

Date: unknown

Item Type: Postcard

[Aerial Image of Odessa, Texas]

Aerial photograph of Odessa, Texas, in 1928. Caption on the image reads "Aerial View of Odessa, Tex."

Date: 1928

Item Type: Photograph

[Street in Junction, Texas]

Postcard of a street scene at Junction, Texas. The postcard shows a street lined with storefronts and several early model automobiles are visible along either side of the road. A hill is at the end of the street in the background and the caption on the image reads "Junction Texas 35."

Date: unknown

Item Type: Postcard

Location: 30.489355 -99.772011

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[Midland Christian College]

[Men at the Rio Bravo Oil Co. Bungalow]

[Crowd in Sonora, Texas]

[Street in Desdemona, Texas]

[Aerial View of Midland]

[Odessa Medical Center Hospital]

[Wooden Derrick and Rig]

[Barred Door]

[Moonshine Air Plant]

[Oil Derrick Explosion]

[Postcard of Mitchell Co. Oil Corp. Oil Rig]

[Drilling Rig]

[Numerous Wooden Derricks]

[1925 Dodge]

[Henderson Family at a Tank]

[Main Street in Ranger, Texas]

[Well in Borger]

[Men Dressing a Bit]

[Postcard of Kermit, TX]

[Photograph of a Townsite]

[River On A River]

[Mexican Ranch]

[Aerial Image of Odessa, Texas]

[Street in Junction, Texas]