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[Chicago "C" Ranch House]

Description: Photograph of the Chicago Ranch (also called the C Ranch) headquarters in southeastern Andrews County. In front of the house there are dead trees and a sidewalk.
Date: 1977
Creator: Orbeck, Betty
Partner: Permian Basin Petroleum Museum, Library and Hall of Fame

[Building Below a Water Tower]

Description: Photograph of a water tower behind a small, one-story building with a sign that says, "Ward County Court House, City of Monahans City Hall and Fire Department." Two automobiles are parked in front of the building and some other buildings are partially visible on the left side of the image. A handwritten note on the back says, "Temporary court house at Monahans, Tex. Used while new Court House was being built."
Date: unknown
Partner: Permian Basin Petroleum Museum, Library and Hall of Fame

[Four Men Posing with a Pipe]

Description: Photograph of four men posing next to a pipe that is ready to be lowered into a ditch. More crew members are visible in the ditch and derricks are visible in the background. The caption under the image reads "The following written on back of original: 'Just a sample of Pick and shovel crew digging pipe line ditch -- and this is not the worst, by far.'"
Date: unknown
Partner: Permian Basin Petroleum Museum, Library and Hall of Fame

[gushing oil pipe]

Description: Photograph of a pipe with oil gushing from it. There is a man squatting behind the pipe, but his head is not visible, There is a pool of oil on the ground and a house is visible at the left.
Date: unknown
Partner: Permian Basin Petroleum Museum, Library and Hall of Fame

[Hobbs, New Mexico]

Description: Photograph of a street scene in Hobbs, New Mexico. The street is lined with storefronts with two rows of automobiles in front. Several people are seen in the street.
Date: unknown
Partner: Permian Basin Petroleum Museum, Library and Hall of Fame

[Hotel Stockton]

Description: Photograph of a large three-story brick building with a sign on the facade that reads "Hotel Stockton." Several people are lined up in front of the building looking at the camera and the caption on the image reads "Hotel Stockton, Ft. Stockton, Texas."
Date: unknown
Partner: Permian Basin Petroleum Museum, Library and Hall of Fame

[Industrial Complex]

Description: Photograph of a large industrial complex. There are various rigs and structures throughout the photograph as well as shrubbery in the foreground.
Date: unknown
Partner: Permian Basin Petroleum Museum, Library and Hall of Fame

[Man Lowering Pipe]

Description: Photograph of a man lowering a pipe into the ground with the aid of a pipe horse, manila rope and a 'cat head' brake method. There is a man laying on the ground using the pole above him for shade. Below the man, "Lowering pipe into ditch with aid of pipe horse, manila rope and 'cat head' brake method Roustabout probably taking nap in shade" is printed below.
Date: unknown
Partner: Permian Basin Petroleum Museum, Library and Hall of Fame

[Men Carrying a Pipe]

Description: Photograph of a crew carrying a length of pipe. The caption under the image reads "18 men laying 10" screw pipe by hand. Front 6 men using cradle bar; other men using pipe carrying tongs."
Date: unknown
Partner: Permian Basin Petroleum Museum, Library and Hall of Fame

[Men Dressing a Bit]

Description: Photograph of two men on a rig floor, surrounded by the associated tools and equipment. Both wear hard hats and hold sledgehammers. They are in the process of dressing a bit.
Date: unknown
Partner: Permian Basin Petroleum Museum, Library and Hall of Fame

[Men Under an Oil Rigs]

Description: Photograph of three men sitting on an early model automobile's running board. The vehicle is parked in front of a rig with a steel derrick and the man in the center wears a fedora-style hat while the man to his left has his elbows resting on his knees.
Date: unknown
Partner: Permian Basin Petroleum Museum, Library and Hall of Fame

[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
Partner: Permian Basin Petroleum Museum, Library and Hall of Fame
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