[Transport of Offshore Drilling Rig]
Date: unknown
Creator: Christopher Studio
Description: Photograph of an offshore drilling rig, J. Storm VII, being sailed to sea from Port Arthur, TX. The pillars that will support the platform are towering above the rig.
Contributing Partner: Port Arthur Public Library
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth79142/
Oil Field in Beaumont, Texas, 1901
Date: 1901
Creator: Trost Studio
Description: Photograph of very many derricks in an oil field. In the foreground are wooden shacks, stacks of wooden boards, smokestacks with smoke plumes rising out of them. In the bottom right-hand corner is the name, "Trost".
Contributing Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth41397/
The Lucas Gusher, 1901
Date: 1901
Creator: unknown
Description: Photograph of the Lucas gusher in 1901. The Lucas gusher is a spindletop that is gushing oil out of the top of it. On the ground surrounding the spindletop are several workers, two holding a large hose.
Contributing Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth41398/
Heritage, Volume 12, Number 03, Summer 1994
Date: 1994
Creator: Texas Historical Foundation
Description: Quarterly publication containing articles related to the preservation of historic artifacts and sites in Texas. Feature articles discuss various aspects of Texas history and heritage, often highlighting museums and collections within the state. Also included are book reviews, current preservation news, and a listing of historical museums in Texas.
Contributing Partner: Texas Historical Foundation
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth45412/
[View of Spindletop]
Date: 1925
Creator: unknown
Description: Photograph of a view of oil wells at Spindletop. Multiple oil wells can be seen that continue off into the distance. Writing on the back of the photograph, which is a postcard, reads, "Spindletop 1925."
Contributing Partner: Museum of the Gulf Coast
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth202335/
Orangefield Oil Field in 1927
Date: May 31, 1927
Creator: unknown
Description: Photograph of the Orangefield Oil Field. In the foreground are pipes with wheel cranks and a wooden bridge on the top of two tanks with a large tank behind that. On the ground on the right side of the frame are many fat and skinny pipes lined up. In the background are numerous spindletops.
Contributing Partner: Heritage House Museum
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth36917/
Max Goldfine and Wife During Oil Boom
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Description: Photograph of Max Goldfine standing next to his wife. He is wearing denim pants and a button-up shirt and she is wearing a skirt, blouse, and apron. Behind them are two buggies pulled by six horses and six workers. Behind that are six oil spindletops and trees. Typed and taped on the bottom of the mat is, "Max Goldfine family in Orangefield during boom. They operated a dry goods store."
Contributing Partner: Heritage House Museum
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth37032/
A Docked Oil Rig
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Description: Photograph of a large oil rig with a spindletop docked on a river bank. There is a small boat in front of it. In the foreground is a river bank and next to the rig is a shed with wooden beams outside of it.
Contributing Partner: Heritage House Museum
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth37922/
Ship "Glomar Challenger"
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Description: Photograph of the Glomar Challenger ship on a body of water. The ship has a spindletop on it, used for drilling oil. Painted on the side of the ship is, "Glomar Challenger".
Contributing Partner: Heritage House Museum
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth37918/
Oil Wells
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Description: Copy negative of two images. The photograph on the left shows an oil spindletop with several workers standing beneath it. The photograph on the right shows an oil spindletop from a distance.
Contributing Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth54510/