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[Street in Rankin, Texas]

Description: Postcard of a street in Rankin, Texas. The dirt street is lined with storefronts and early model automobiles. The caption on the image reads "Main St. Rankin, Texas. (Doubleday)."
Date: unknown
Creator: Doubleday
Location: 31.222648 -101.937908
Partner: Permian Basin Petroleum Museum, Library and Hall of Fame

[Postcard of an Oil Well]

Description: Postcard of a gushing oil well with several structured below it. The caption on the image reads "Well in Crane Oil Field Near Midland, Texas."
Date: unknown
Location: 31.997346 -102.077915
Partner: Permian Basin Petroleum Museum, Library and Hall of Fame

[Oil Field in Hobbs, New Mexico]

Description: Postcard of a well site on a ranch homestead. A derrick dominated the left side of the image and a windmill stands to the right next to a small building. The caption on the image reads "Sunset in the oil fields at Hobbs New Mexico C - 124."
Date: unknown
Partner: Permian Basin Petroleum Museum, Library and Hall of Fame

[Hauling a Pipe]

Description: Postcard of a man on a horsedrawn carriage hauling pipes. The print on the front reads "Hauling 16-inch Pipe for the Natural Gas Line from Henrietta to Fort Worth and Dallas, Texas." The print on the back of the postcard reads "Compliments of Chilson & Co. Henrietta, Texas, Real Estate and Loan Brokers."
Date: unknown
Partner: Permian Basin Petroleum Museum, Library and Hall of Fame

[Wild Yates Well]

Description: Postcard of a busted derrick spewing oil. The Print at the bottom of the picture reads: " 'Wild Yates Well' Iraan, Tex".
Date: unknown
Partner: Permian Basin Petroleum Museum, Library and Hall of Fame

[Burk Waggoner Gusher]

Description: Postcard of a pipe on the left side with oil spewing from it into a pool of oil. The caption on the image reads: "Burk Wagon Gusher. 4200 Bbl Daily."
Date: unknown
Partner: Permian Basin Petroleum Museum, Library and Hall of Fame

[Photograph of a Group of Oil Rigs]

Description: Postcard of a group of oil rigs with a sign in front that says "Desdemona, Texas."
Date: unknown
Partner: Permian Basin Petroleum Museum, Library and Hall of Fame

[Monahans Sand Hills State Park Museum]

Description: Postcard of the Monahans Sand Hills State Park Museum building in Ward County, Texas. In front of the museum there is a tree as well as several wagon wheels that adorn the sides of the stairs leading up.
Date: unknown
Creator: W. M. Cline Co.
Partner: Permian Basin Petroleum Museum, Library and Hall of Fame

[Base of an Cable Tool Rig]

Description: Postcard of the base of a large cable tool rig. The crew is posing in front of the wooden well and a train is visible in the background. On the back of the postcard, "Dear Brother, Your card recieved last week I don't no when I will get home we have got 550 ft to go yet. We have not had any rain up here yet. We had a good boxing match and a wrestling match here last night they wrestled two hours and forty minutes and nobody got a boll."
Date: unknown
Partner: Permian Basin Petroleum Museum, Library and Hall of Fame

[Tanks Burning Franghot Lease]

Description: Postcard of a tank fire creating a large cloud of dark smoke which takes up almost half the image, and a wooden derrick stands to the left while a larger storage tank stands on the right and another wooden derrick is visible in the background and a crowd of people stand in the right foreground. The caption on the image reads: "Kiefer, O.K. Copyright 1910 by [illegible] H. Wehr May, 6 '10 Tanks Burning Franghot Lease."The inscription on the back reads: "C.H. Wehr, Photographer and Photo Supplies… more
Date: 1910~
Creator: Wehr, C. H.
Partner: Permian Basin Petroleum Museum, Library and Hall of Fame

[Postcard of Desdemona, Texas]

Description: Postcard of a landscape of a town littered with wooden derricks. One building, in the center of the image, has a sign on its roof that reads "First National Bank." The caption on the image reads "DESDEMONA, TEXAS."
Date: unknown
Location: 32.270843 -98.550608
Partner: Permian Basin Petroleum Museum, Library and Hall of Fame

[Street in Ranger, Texas]

Description: Postcard of a street scene in Ranger, Texas. A wagon is loaded with hay and is stuck in the mud and the team of horses is covered in mud. in the background, several buildings are visible with additional people watching the scene.
Date: unknown
Location: 32.469852 -98.678948
Partner: Permian Basin Petroleum Museum, Library and Hall of Fame

[Oil Field at Borger, Texas]

Description: Postcard of an oil field at Borger, Texas. There are derricks and tanks visible in the image and the caption on the image reads "In the oil fields, Borger, Texas (ZINN)."
Date: unknown
Creator: Zinn
Partner: Permian Basin Petroleum Museum, Library and Hall of Fame

[Postcard of Badgitt #1 Oil Rig]

Description: Postcard of a wooden oil rig and derrick with either oil or steam. The caption on the image reads "Badgitt #1. Mitchell Co. Oil Corp. Colorado -- Texas."
Date: unknown
Partner: Permian Basin Petroleum Museum, Library and Hall of Fame

[Block 47 Oil Field]

Description: Postcard of an oil field with four large cylindrical structure in the fore ground, a dirt ground and numerous oil derricks and houses in the mid ground, and numerous oil derricks and houses in the back ground. The print on the bottom of the front reads: ' Block 47, Buck Burnett Tex". The writing on the back reads: "Thru here Sat eve. 8pm. On way to Luvton. Sun - stayed in Luvton all night [Illegible]. H.O. Badger 5804 Anderson Kan City [illegible].
Date: unknown
Partner: Permian Basin Petroleum Museum, Library and Hall of Fame

[Oil Storage Tanks]

Description: Postcard of three old wooden storage tanks and an old wooden oil derrick. The writing in the bottom right corner reads: "Thrope #3. 15 million gasser. Loury, Texas".
Date: unknown
Creator: Thrope
Partner: Permian Basin Petroleum Museum, Library and Hall of Fame

[Pile Up in Ranger, Texas]

Description: Postcard of a street in Ranger, Texas. The storefront lined street is overly crowded with early model automobiles and people. The caption on the image reads "Main St. Ranger Tex 1919."
Date: 1919
Partner: Permian Basin Petroleum Museum, Library and Hall of Fame

[Main Street, 1919]

Description: Postcard of a muddy street where several early model automobiles are on the street which is lined is with store fronts and telegraph lines and poles line one side of the street in Ranger, Eastland County, Texas. The caption on the image reads " Main Street 1919, Ranger Texas."
Date: 1919~
Location: 32.470214 -98.680016
Partner: Permian Basin Petroleum Museum, Library and Hall of Fame

[Cattle on a Ranch]

Description: Postcard of a landscape with numerous heads of cattle in the foreground. The caption of the image reads "A Ranch Scene Near Pecos, Texas."
Date: unknown
Partner: Permian Basin Petroleum Museum, Library and Hall of Fame

[Mexia Oil Field]

Description: Postcard of a bird's eye view of landscape that is dotted with derricks and storage tanks. A road bisects the image on the left and several buildings line the road, the caption on the image reads "Mexia oilfield, Mexia - Waco Pike. Mills' Coses."
Date: unknown
Partner: Permian Basin Petroleum Museum, Library and Hall of Fame

[Tank Struck by Lightening]

Description: Postcard of a large cloud of smoke and fire on a flat landscape. The caption on the image reads "P. F. Co.'s 55,000 bbl. Tank struck by lightening Aug 5 1912 Electra Texas Loden Foto."
Date: unknown
Creator: Loden Foto
Location: 34.029259 -98.918957
Partner: Permian Basin Petroleum Museum, Library and Hall of Fame

[Street in McCamey, Texas]

Description: Postcard of a street scene in McCarney, Texas. The dirt street is lined with storefronts and early model automobiles. The caption on the image reads "Fifth Street Looking East - McCarney. Ringle Photo - - Texon."
Date: unknown
Location: 31.132252 -102.222206
Partner: Permian Basin Petroleum Museum, Library and Hall of Fame

[Wooden Derricks and Tanks]

Description: Postcard of landscape with snow on the ground and numerous wooden derricks and tanks.
Date: unknown
Partner: Permian Basin Petroleum Museum, Library and Hall of Fame
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