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[Orange Ice and Light Company - Line Department]

[Orange Ice and Light Company - Line Department]

Date: unknown
Creator: L.L. Allen
Description: Photograph of the Line Department at Orange Ice & Light Company. Pictured (L-R) are: Charlie Cale (service), Jack Turner, unknown, Virgil "Slim" Bolton, Johnny McCoppin (plant electrician), unknown, Ed Stobart (district superintendent), Calvin Stakes, Jessie Parish (meter), ? Turner, G.C. Gov. Strickland (water), unknown, Harry Burr (manager).
Holding Partner: Heritage House Museum
Glass Making

Glass Making

Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Description: Print with sketches and explanations of glass making (reverse: sketches and explanations of ice machines.)
Holding Partner: Star of the Republic Museum
[Ennis Ice House]

[Ennis Ice House]

Date: unknown
Creator: Maxwell, E.D.
Description: Photograph of the Ennis Ice Company in Ennis, Texas. The large brick warehouse has a large wooden cooling tower on its roof, two smokestacks, and two water towers nearby. This is part of the Southwestern Mechanical Company Photograph Album.
Holding Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Libraries
Brownwood Ice Company

Brownwood Ice Company

Date: unknown
Creator: Hinsdale & Bryant
Description: Photograph of the Brownwood Ice and Fuel Company; Ice, Coal and Cold Storage. The brick building has two smokestacks and a cooling tower on top. This photo is part of the Southwestern Mechanical Company Photograph Album.
Holding Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Libraries
The Cave of the Winds in Winter, Niagara Falls

The Cave of the Winds in Winter, Niagara Falls

Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Description: Color photo postcard picturing the Cave of the Winds in Winter. Three large ice falls surround a solitary man standing in their midst. It is addressed to Miss Rosa Bassano, Paris, Tex. It is postmarked Niagara Falls, N.Y. on Sept 10, 1907.
Holding Partner: Private Collection of Joe E. Haynes
California Company Office in Winter

California Company Office in Winter

Date: 1923-02-16
Creator: unknown
Description: Photograph of the California Company office in Colorado City, Texas on February 16, 1923. The winter weather is apparent with snow on the ground and ice covering the tree branches. There are also two early model cars visible.
Holding Partner: Permian Basin Petroleum Museum, Library and Hall of Fame
Boiler Plant

Boiler Plant

Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Description: Photograph of the ice covered boiler at the California Company's Richardson Number One oil well site in Mitchell County, Texas.
Holding Partner: Permian Basin Petroleum Museum, Library and Hall of Fame
Icy Sidewalk in Colorado City

Icy Sidewalk in Colorado City

Date: 1923
Creator: unknown
Description: Copy negative of a sidewalk in Colorado City, Texas during winter, 1923. Ice covered trees and an icy fence line the wet sidewalk.
Holding Partner: Permian Basin Petroleum Museum, Library and Hall of Fame
Church in Winter

Church in Winter

Date: 1923
Creator: unknown
Description: Photograph of a winter scene in Colorado City, Texas during 1923. Ice covered trees are visible and part of the Methodist Church fills the left side of the picture.
Holding Partner: Permian Basin Petroleum Museum, Library and Hall of Fame
Icy Sidewalk in Colorado City

Icy Sidewalk in Colorado City

Date: 1923
Creator: unknown
Description: Photograph of a sidewalk in Colorado City, Texas during winter, 1923. Ice covered trees and an icy fence line the wet sidewalk.
Holding Partner: Permian Basin Petroleum Museum, Library and Hall of Fame
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