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[Cosden Refinery at Big Springs, Texas]

Description: Photograph of four trucks belonging to the O. H. McAllister Trucking Company, headquartered at Odessa in the early 1930's. This is a scene at the Cosden Refinery at Big Springs, Texas showing the unloading of fuel oil from tanks, which caught fire and set the McAllister trucks on fire.
Date: 1929
Partner: Permian Basin Petroleum Museum, Library and Hall of Fame

[Austin Motor Truck Company]

Description: Portrait of man in worker's overalls.
Date: May 25, 1951
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Austin Motor Truck Company]

Description: Photo of man sitting at desk wearing a Hawaiian shirt.
Date: May 25, 1951
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Hiram Cudd standing by truck]

Description: Photograph of a man, identified as Hiram Cudd, standing in front of a large truck belong to Cudd Bros. Trucking. He is wearing a light-colored uniform and a dark hat. There are houses in the background. Handwriting on the back of the photograph reveals that the house in the background was Hiram Cudd's parent's house and briefly describes its history.
Date: unknown
Partner: Collingsworth County Museum

[Spencer Chemical Company]

Description: Photograph of the Spencer Chemical Companies. The plants and rows of cars are visible in the distance. There is a trucking driving on the driveway.
Date: unknown
Creator: Clough's
Partner: Heritage House Museum

Santos Jaramillo in a Cotton Field 1940s

Description: Photograph of Santos Jaramillo standing in a cotton field in the 1940's.. In 1937, Santos Jaramillo started his Jaramillo Cattle hauling with a bob-tailed truck. He soon had a fleet of big cattle trailers, taking cattle to market from ranches all over South Texas, and even by ferry from St. Joseph Island. After WWII, the railroad’s agricultural customers began to see the advantages of shipping by truck. While shipping by rail was less expensive, trucking was faster. Without the regulations… more
Date: unknown
Partner: Bee County Historical Commission

Santos Jaramillo at Viva Downs, Beeville, Texas 1974

Description: Two photographs of Viva downs in Beeville, Texas. The top photograph is of two horses on the race track. In the bottom photograph, the winning horse, Zipolo Honey, and his jockey stand beside the horse's owner Santos Jaramillo along with the horse trainers, Pancho Garza and Pete de Luna. In 1937, Santos Jaramillo started Jaramillo Cattle hauling with a bob-tailed truck. He soon had a fleet of big cattle trailers, taking cattle to market from ranches all over South Texas, and even by ferry fro… more
Date: June 23, 1974
Partner: Bee County Historical Commission

[Oil Rig Crew]

Description: Photograph of a crew on the ground around a well rig that is under construction. There are five men to the left of the photograph that seem to be conversing in a group and several men on the right seem to be working on the rig.
Date: unknown
Partner: Permian Basin Petroleum Museum, Library and Hall of Fame
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