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[Geronimo and U.S. guards on horseback]

Description: Postcard of Geronimo, Apache Chief, and five U.S. Guards all on horseback in a grassy field. The writing in the middle of photo reads: "Geronimo, Alpache Chief, and U.S. Guard." The writing on the left says: "Copy write. 1907. By G. B Cornish. Arkansas City, Kansas."
Date: 1907~
Creator: Cornish, G. B.

[A Frontier Home]

Description: Postcard of a frontier home with two men and a woman in front of it with a stove on the left and a long horn cow with it's head in a large wooden feed tub. The writing on the left of the picture reads: "Copyright 1907 by Geo. B. Cornish, Arkansas City, Kans." The writing on the right reads "A Frontier Home."
Date: 1907~
Creator: Cornish, Geo. B. (George Bancroft)

[Odessa Medical Center Hospital]

Description: 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.

[Odessa College Library]

Description: Postcard of the Odessa College Library, in the center of the beautifully landscape junior college campus in Odessa, Texas. The photo is semi-framed by the tree branches at the top of the photo and distinct cropping of the postcard itself. The print on the top left of the postcard reads: "The Odessa College Library in the center of the beautifully landscape junior, founded in 1946, is considered one of the finest in the State, and allows full accreditation for the student planning to complete hi… more
Date: 1946~
Creator: Dexter Press, Inc.

[Winkler County Court House]

Description: Postcard of the Winkler County Court House in Kermit, Texas. The inscription on the back reads, "Winkler County Court House Kermit, Texas. This view shows the modern court house of Kermit, Texas. Located at the lower corner of New Mexico in the Panhandle of Texas, it is close to Carlsbad Caverns, Big Bend National Park and Mexico. Main industries are cattle raising and oil fields with the skyline occasionally broken by oil derrick rigs. Published by F. J. Schaaf, Alamogordo, New Mexico."
Date: unknown
Creator: F. J. Schaaf Post Card Company

[Ector County Courthouse]

Description: Photograph of the Ector County Courthouse on the square surrounded by a fence. Early model automobiles are parked along the perimeter and the caption on the image reads "Ector County Court House Odessa Texas Jack Nolan 03."
Date: 1927
Creator: Nolan, Jack

[Hazel Mountain]

Description: Photograph of a mountain in a desert landscape. The caption on the image reads "367 Hazel Mountain in the Davis Mountains near Van Horn Tex. Home of a large rich silver mine. (c) Jack Nolan."
Date: unknown
Creator: Nolan, Jack

[The Odessa Fire Department]

Description: Photograph of a fire truck in front of a line of men holding hoses which are spouting water towards a field. In the background, houses, a windmill and telephone poles are visible. The caption on the image reads "Odessa Texas Fire Department Photo by Jack Nolan."
Date: unknown
Creator: Nolan, Jack

[Oil Derrick Explosion]

Description: 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

[Oil Field Scene in Ector County]

Description: Photograph of an oil field scene in Ector County. Several trucks loaded with pipes are visible on the right foreground. In the background, on the left, is a series of storage tanks and in the center background, two derricks are visible. The caption on the image reads "Oil Field in Ector County Photo by Jack Nolan Odessa, Tex."
Date: unknown
Creator: Nolan, Jack

[Early Model Automobile]

Description: Copy print of two early automobiles inside garage. Two men sit in the center of the central vehicle while another man stands immediately behind it. A fourth man is visible next to another vehicle in the background on the right side.
Date: 1915~
Creator: Photography, Shoopman

[Porter Hotel]

Description: Copy Print of large group of people outside a building.The wooden building has a small porch with a sign that reads: "Porter Hotel". The group includes: men, women, and children. They all hold slices of water melon.
Date: unknown
Creator: Photography, Shoopman

[Midland County Court House]

Description: 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 bee… more
Date: 1979
Creator: Schaaf, F. J.

[Midland Post Office]

Description: Postcard of a color photograph of a United States post Office in Midland Texas. The post office is a red bricked rectangular building with thick white brick line going horizontally across the bottom and top paralell to each other with two big windows on the side that's shorter and four big windows on the entrance side that has the longer length.
Date: 1965~
Creator: Schaaf, F. J.
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