Permian Basin Petroleum Museum, Library and Hall of Fame - 17 Matching Results

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[Prizing it out of the mud]

Description: Postcard of four men that appear to be trying to get an early model automobile that is stuck in the mud in the roadway out by wedging a long metal looking object under the back left tire with buildings lining both sides of the street. Caption on image reads "Prizing 'it' out of the mud. 'New Town' Oct. 26-19." Inscription on back reads: "Hello Rose. I wish you could come to stay all night with us. We trade at the store that says Newtown Grocery. Bye Bye & write to us. Jove."
Date: October 26, 1919
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[Desdemona, Texas]

Description: Photograph of a street scene in Desdemona, Texas. The image shows a line of long horn cattle walking down a muddy street with houses and wooden derricks visible in the background. The caption on the image reads "Desdemona 8/22/19 - Texas."
Date: August 22, 1919
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Oil Well on Fire

Description: Photograph on postcard an oil fire at the C.L. Perkins No. 5 oil well near Ranger in Eastland County, Texas in 1919. Smoke and flames billow into the sky, while debris from the fire can be seen strewn over the ground.
Date: 1919
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[Parade for Veterans]

Description: Photograph of a parade to welcome veterans home in Odessa, Texas. The photograph shows vehicles loaded with men in military uniforms, holding American flags. Most are looking towards behind the vehicles and a woman stands in the left foreground with her back to the camera. In the background, wooden buildings are visible and additional vehicles and early model automobiles are visible in the right background.
Date: 1919
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[Ranger Mud Hole]

Description: Postcard of a boiler, a ditching machine, and a vehicle stuck in a muddy street. In the background, are two large, two-story buildings along the main road and other buildings visible to the left; a sign on the far left says, "Phoenix Hotel" and the sign on the building at right, on the main road, says "E.B. Reid Furnitur[e]." A handwritten caption at the bottom of the image reads "A Ranger Mud Hole."
Date: 1919~
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Location: 32.471546 -98.683041

[Stuck in the Mud]

Description: Postcard of a muddy street with several wagons and early model automobiles that appear to be stuck in the mud with people walking around and some trying to get their wheels unstuck in Ranger, Eastland County, Texas. Caption on image reads "1919 Stuck In The Mud Ranger Texas."
Date: 1919~
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Location: 32.471546 -98.683041
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