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- Line of Cars
- Photograph of several cars lined up along the road. Members of the Shell Oil seismograph party stand next to their vehicles. Several houses are visible in the background.
- Liquor Store
- Negative of the front of the Odessa Number 3 Liquor store in Odessa, Texas.
- Liquor Store
- Negative of the front of the Odessa Number 3 Liquor store in Odessa, Texas.
- Lunchroom
- Negative of the inside of an empty lunchroom at an unknown location. Several tables and stools are visible around the room.
- [Main Street Scene]
- Copy Print of a street scene. The dirt road is lined with buildings. A line of telephone or telegraph wires (with poles) line the left side. Numerous people are seen strolling the street while multiple wagons pulled by horses drive down the street or are parked along the sides. Caption on image reads: " Main Street Scene BIG SPRINGS, Texas B. REAGAN DRUGGIST."
- Man at Gas Station
- Negative of an old man in a hat standing in front of a gas station.
- Man by Canal
- Photograph of a Shell Oil employee, referred to as Mr. Ditman, in a suit. Hat in hand, he is standing on a wooden deck with water in the background.
- Man by Car
- Photograph of a man posing for a picture in West Texas. He is leaning on the back of a car in front of a house's porch. He is an unidentified member of the seismograph crew from the Shell Oil Company.
- Man by Car
- Photograph of a man, a Shell Oil worker identified as "Tony", in a leather jacket next to a car in Ackerly, Texas.
- Man by Drilling Rig
- Photograph of an unidentified man in a cowboy hat and boots standing in front of a drilling rig.
- Man Drilling
- Photograph of a man, from the seismograph team from Shell Oil, in a hat and muddy overalls working on a drilling rig.
- [Man Holding a Torpedo]
- Photograph of a man holding a nitro-shoot torpedo. The camera is looking up and a metal derrick is visible towering above the man's head. The inscription on the back reads "Preparing to drop torpedo loaded with nitroglycerin into borehole. This is an earlier method of stimulating a well to increase production."
- Man in Snow
- Photograph of a geologist from the Standard Oil Company, in coat and boots, standing next to a house in the snow.
- Man in Suit
- Photograph of an unidentified man in a suit squatting next to a car.
- Man in Sweater
- Photograph of a Shell Oil worker in a sweater standing near a porch.
- [Man Lowering Pipe]
- Photograph of a man lowering a pipe into the ground with the aid of a pipe horse, manila rope and a 'cat head' brake method. There is a man laying on the ground using the pole above him for shade. Below the man, "Lowering pipe into ditch with aid of pipe horse, manila rope and 'cat head' brake method Roustabout probably taking nap in shade" is printed below.
- Man on Cable Tool
- Photograph of a worker standing on a cable tool drill.
- Man on Drilling Rig
- Photograph of a Gulf Oil Company drilling rig (wooden derrick). There is a man in a coat standing on the deck.
- Man on Dynamite
- Photograph of a man, Earl Burford, seated atop a pile of dynamite. He was party chief of the Shell Oil Company's seismograph team in West Texas.
- [Man Riding a Bull]
- Photograph of a man on a bucking bull (on the left) and another man on a running horse (on the right).
- [Man Sleeping in Car]
- Photograph of a man sleeping in the front seat of a mid-century automobile. A drilling rig stands in the background.
- [Man Standing at a Chuck Wagon]
- Photograph of a man standing at a Chuck Wagon at the 04 Ranch. In the background, three horses stand behind the wagon.
- Man with Rattlesnake
- Photograph of a man from the Shell Oil seismograph crew holding a dead rattlesnake. The snake is nearly as long as the man is tall.
- [Man with Spool of Rope]
- Photograph of a man turning a spool of rope. The spool seems to be connected with a series of gears and chains as well.
- Man with Tires
- Photograph of a Shell Oil worker (referred to as Skeeter) carrying tires. There are a couple of cars in the background.
- McClurg Grocery Store
- Negative of the outside of a white store, the McClurg Grocery and Market, in Odessa, Texas.
- McClurg Grocery Store
- Negative of the outside of a white store, the McClurg Grocery and Market, in Odessa, Texas.
- McGee Oil Well
- Photograph of the oil derrick and oil well at the McGee Well site near Amarillo, Texas.
- McGee Well
- Photograph of the oil derrick and oil well at the McGee Well site near Amarillo, Texas. The derrick and well are in the background with a car and clothesline visible in the foreground.
- Men Around Car
- Photograph of three men, Harry Goode, Mr. Thornburgh and Lionel Buckley, around a vehicle operating the shot point radio in West Texas. They were all members of a seismograph team for the Shell Oil Company.
- [Men Carrying a Pipe]
- Photograph of a crew carrying a length of pipe. The caption under the image reads "18 men laying 10" screw pipe by hand. Front 6 men using cradle bar; other men using pipe carrying tongs."
- [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.
- Men in Yard
- Photograph of two men sitting in a yard in front of a large white building. The building belongs to the Gulf Oil Company.
- [Men Inside the Texas and Pacific Railway Depot]
- Photograph of a group of men inside the Texas and Pacific Railway depot in Monahans, Texas. In the center of the room stands a stove.
- Men on Boat
- Photograph of three men, one in a suit, on the deck of a small boat named the Western Star. The boat is docked on the waterfront.
- Men on Office Porch
- Photograph of men (including Willard J. Classen and Bill Simpson) standing on the front porch of the California Company office in Colorado City, Texas. There are three early model cars visible in the foreground.
- Men Posing for Picture
- Photograph of several workers lined up for a portrait. They are in two rows, the front row sitting on the ground, the back standing. The workers are members of the Shell Oil seismograph crew. Cars are lined up behind the men.
- [Men Posing with a Cable Tool Rig]
- Photograph of seven crew members posing outside a cable tool rig with lengths of pipe casing on which most stand. The inscription on the back reads "An early drilling crew in the Pioneer [Eastland County], Texas boom ca. 1922-1923 [North Central Texas]."
- Men Standing
- Photograph of two men in baseball caps posing for a picture next to a car.
- [Men Under an Oil Rigs]
- Photograph of three men sitting on an early model automobile's running board. The vehicle is parked in front of a rig with a steel derrick and the man in the center wears a fedora-style hat while the man to his left has his elbows resting on his knees.
- [Men with Automobile]
- Photograph of two men standing on either side of an automobile. The caption on the image reads "18 GALLONS OF FIRE WATER GOING TO JAIL FOR BEING CAUGHT IN A FORD COUPE 194 JACK NOLAN."
- Men with Bags
- Photograph of two men in suits carrying bags. The men are called "Harry and Sherry", and the photo is taken in Ackerly, Texas.
- Men with Cars
- Photograph of two men posing with three cars. One man, wearing a hat, is inside a white car while the other has his foot perched on the same car's running board.
- Men with Horses
- Copy negative of geologists standing next to their saddled horses. Both men are in boots and hats, and rocky hills are visible in the background.
- Men Working on Rig
- Photograph of men working on the Landreth No. 1 Kirk rig in Gaines County, Texas.
- Men Working on Rig
- Photograph of men working on the Landreth No. 1 Kirk rig in Gaines County, Texas.
- Men Working on Rig
- Photograph of the Landreth No. 1 Kirk rig in Gaines County, Texas. Men in work clothes are working on the rig.
- Men Working on Rig
- Photograph of two men in work clothes working on the Amerada 1-A Averitt discovery well near Seminole, Texas.
- [Midland Christian College]
- Photograph of a large three-story building with trees and other vegetation in front. The entrance has a portico.
- [Midland County Courthouse]
- Photograph of the second Midland County Courthouse. There are several trees in front of the courthouse as well as a fence.