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[The Odessa Brass Band]

Description: Photograph of the Odessa Brass Band, in uniforms with instruments, sitting on the front porch of a building. Several members are not looking at the camera.
Date: unknown
Creator: Bill Shoopman Photography

[Photograph of the LeSure Well]

Description: Photograph of the LeSure well in Mitchell County, Texas. A view of the steel derrick and well site can also be seen within the photograph.
Date: 1922
Creator: Classen, Willard

[Photograph of a Rig Building Crew]

Description: Photograph of a rig building crew, there are five men all in long-sleeve tops and overalls with hats. Around them are multiple piles of wood. Two of the men are identified as Tom Gleason, rig contractor and John Dawn, crew pusher.
Date: unknown
Creator: Crawford Photo

[Photograph of Rig Contractors]

Description: Photograph of five rig contractors on the rig floor. They are all wearing long-sleeve shirts with overalls and hats and are facing the camera. The caption on the image reads "Tom Gleason - Rig Contractor. Clare Rayson - Crew Pusher."
Date: unknown
Creator: Crawford Photo

[Aerial View of Midland]

Description: Photograph of an aerial view of Midland, Texas.
Date: 1928
Creator: Fairchild Aerial Survey, Inc.

[El Paso Products Complex]

Description: Photograph of an aerial view of the El Paso Products Complex located south of Odessa, Texas. Interstate twenty is shown in the background.
Date: 1975
Creator: Heron, Clyde

[Gushing Oil Valve]

Description: Photograph of a pipe that is busting with oil. There are multiple valves and in the background there is a field.
Date: 1930~
Creator: Holbrook

Burning Oil Tank

Description: Photograph of a 55,000 barrel oil tank burning. Thick smoke is billowing from the top of the tank.
Date: unknown
Creator: Jack Nolan

Camp Through Trees

Description: Negative of a group of oil tanks with a view of wooden shacks behind a line of trees. The camp belongs to Humble Oil and was located near Kilgore in Gregg County, Texas.
Date: unknown
Creator: Jack Nolan

[Photograph of a Well Site]

Description: Photograph of a well site, a wooden derrick and rig stand on the right side with a dog house in the center. The boiler house is on the left with a large chimney pipe emitting dark smoke, pipe casing is visible in the center foreground and an early model automobile is parked on the far left.
Date: unknown
Creator: Martin, W. P.

Oil Field

Description: Photograph of an oil field on a brushy plain. Several derricks are visible above the numerous oil wells stretching across the flat land.
Date: unknown
Creator: Newsom Photo

West Texas Oil Refinery

Description: Photograph of the West Texas Refinery. The photograph is from the air and shows the railroad with tanker cars stopped next to the refinery.
Date: 1922
Creator: Newsom Photo

[Ector County Courthouse]

Description: Photograph of the Ector County Courthouse on the square surrounded by a fence. Early model automobiles are parked along the perimeter and the caption on the image reads "Ector County Court House Odessa Texas Jack Nolan 03."
Date: 1927
Creator: Nolan, Jack

[Group of People Outside of Crane Lots]

Description: Photograph of numerous people (mostly men but women and children as well) in a dirt road next to a tin building which advertisers for Crane lots. The caption at the bottom reads, "JAN -1- CRANE CITY 15 DAYS OLD KEEP YOUR EYE ON CRANE".
Date: January 7, 1927
Creator: Nolan, Jack

[Hazel Mountain]

Description: Photograph of a mountain in a desert landscape. The caption on the image reads "367 Hazel Mountain in the Davis Mountains near Van Horn Tex. Home of a large rich silver mine. (c) Jack Nolan."
Date: unknown
Creator: Nolan, Jack

[Landreth Strip in Crane County]

Description: Photograph of a row of storage tanks and derricks. The caption on the image reads "The Famous Landreth Strip Crane County, Texas Jack Nolan Photo."
Date: 1927
Creator: Nolan, Jack

[Men with Automobile]

Description: Photograph of two men standing on either side of an automobile. The caption on the image reads "18 GALLONS OF FIRE WATER GOING TO JAIL FOR BEING CAUGHT IN A FORD COUPE 194 JACK NOLAN."
Date: unknown
Creator: Nolan, Jack

[The New Business District of Kermit, Texas]

Description: Photograph of a street with buildings on either side, there are cars on the street. "THE NEW BUSINESS DISTRICT OF KERMIT TEXAS MANY WISE OIL FIELD FOLKS ARE PLANNING ON THIS AS THE NEXT BIG BOOM TOWN (JACK NOLAN ODESSA TX)."
Date: unknown
Creator: Nolan, Jack

[The Odessa Fire Department]

Description: Photograph of a fire truck in front of a line of men holding hoses which are spouting water towards a field. In the background, houses, a windmill and telephone poles are visible. The caption on the image reads "Odessa Texas Fire Department Photo by Jack Nolan."
Date: unknown
Creator: Nolan, Jack

[Oil Derrick Explosion]

Description: Photograph of a well fire engulfing a derrick. Men are seen on the right foreground running towards the camera. The caption on the photograph reads "Skelly-Amarada Univ. No. 1 Ector County Photo taken the instant the well burst into flames - Jack Nolan."
Date: April 26, 1930
Creator: Nolan, Jack

[Oil Field Scene in Ector County]

Description: Photograph of an oil field scene in Ector County. Several trucks loaded with pipes are visible on the right foreground. In the background, on the left, is a series of storage tanks and in the center background, two derricks are visible. The caption on the image reads "Oil Field in Ector County Photo by Jack Nolan Odessa, Tex."
Date: unknown
Creator: Nolan, Jack

[Oil Rig in Winkler, Texas]

Description: Photograph of the first oil rig in Winkler, Texas. To the right of the photograph there is an oil rig. In the background of the photograph there are five grain silos and a shack, on the top of the photograph "First oil well in Winkler Field."
Date: unknown
Creator: Nolan, Jack

[Oil Well Supplies to W. Texas Oil Fields]

Description: Photograph of a large cylindrical object loaded onto a wagon, being pulled by a large team of mules. The caption on the image reads "Oil Well Supplies to W. Texas Oil Fields."
Date: unknown
Creator: Nolan, Jack

[Photograph of Andrews, Texas]

Description: Photograph of a street in Andrew, Texas. There are multiple stores on the right of the street as well as several cars parked. On the left of the street there are no stores but two cars parked. At the bottom of the postcard, "ANDREWS TEXAS WHERE THE NEWEST OIL BOOM IS NOW IN PROGRESS JACK NOLAN PHOTO" is printed.
Date: 1930
Creator: Nolan, Jack
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