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[Photograph of Oil Field Apparatus]

Description: Photograph of a completed well with salt-water separation tank (center, horizontal drum), natural gas separator (slender vertical column to right), and gas flare (column in left foreground). Steps to far right are to the crude oil storage tank ready to ship.
Date: 1951
Creator: Fisher, Larry Jene
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Partner: Lamar University

[Mechanism on Derrick Floor in Orangefield]

Description: Photograph of a mechanism on the derrick floor in an oil field in Orangefield, Texas. The mechanism sits on a concrete base and features a gear and a motor. Poles extend up from the mechanism. An electrical box is visible in the background on the right side of the frame.
Date: unknown
Creator: Lewis, David P.
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Partner: Lamar University

[Plaque for a Discovery Well in Batson, Texas]

Description: Photograph of a plaque commemorating the discovery of oil in a Batson, Texas oil field in a well known as Paraffine Oil Co. No. 1. The plaque notes that the well reached a depth of 790 feet, initially produced 600 barrels of oil, and was completed on October 31st, 1903. Located in Ada Belle Oil Field.
Date: February 13, 1977
Creator: Lewis, David P.
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Partner: Lamar University
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