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[Brenham Lumber Company Float]

Description: Photograph of a parade float for the Mai-Fest. The float is a small oil derrick on a trailer. There are five men on the float and one in the car pulling it. The banner at the bottom of the float says "Oil $1.50 Per. Barrel at Wells 50 Barrels Daily - Lamarque Co. Brenham Lumber Co. for Oil Derrick Lumber." Written below the float is "Mai-Fest 1925." The float is parked in front of an unknown building. The only part of the name on the building that is seen says "Reichardt &."
Date: May 1925
Creator: Winkelmann's Studio
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History

Standard of Drilling Rig

Description: Cropped copy-photograph of a drilling rig near Taft, Texas. A large wooden platform is raised off the ground. A ladder on the right leads to the top of the platform. A ramp leads up the opposite side of the platform. A large drilling rig is in the middle of the platform. In the middle of the rig is a large pulley.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Bell/Whittington Public Library

Willacy Oil Well

Description: Cropped copy-photograph of an oil well west of Portland, TX. A single drilling rig is shown in the middle of a field of wild plants and grasses. A wire fence with stone posts encloses the area around the well. The well is on a raised portion of ground devoid of any of the surrounding plants.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Bell/Whittington Public Library

Two Couples at Willacy Oil Well

Description: Cropped copy-photograph of four people at the Willacy Oil Well in Portland, TX. The well is on a large, wooden platform. Several workers are walking around the base. A machine is shown to the right of the well. The two couples are standing in front of the well. They are identified as Mr. and Mrs. Willacy and Mr. and Mrs. Smith. All four are wearing hats. The women are wearing dresses. The woman on the far right is wearing a long set of dark pearls.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Bell/Whittington Public Library

[Gas Blowout at White Point]

Description: Cropped copy-photograph of a gas blowout at White Point, eight miles west of Portland, Texas. A thick stream of gas is spewing upwards from a well. Drilling equipment surrounds the stream. Text below the image says "Great Gas Well at White Point, San Patricio Coun[ty].
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Bell/Whittington Public Library

[Well Blowout]

Description: Cropped copy-photograph of a well blowout near Taft, Texas. In the distance, there is a well to the left of the image. On the right, there is a fire. In the foreground, there is a barbed-wire fence.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Bell/Whittington Public Library

[Well at White Point]

Description: Cropped copy-photograph of three women standing on a well platform at White Point, eight miles west of Portland, Texas. The woman on the left is holding a piece of drilling equipment, and the woman on the right is holding an umbrella.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Bell/Whittington Public Library

[White Point Gas Well]

Description: Cropped copy-photograph of a gas well at White Point. A group of four people are posing in front of the well. Two people are sitting on the back of a horse-drawn wagon to the left, and two people are standing on the right. Poles are scattered about in the foreground. In the background, there are trees. Text below the image says "gas well 8-30-1[?]."
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Bell/Whittington Public Library

[1934 Weatherford College Glee Club]

Description: Photograph of the Weatherford College Glee Club, in Weatherford, Texas. The young men and women are wearing suits and dresses. From left to right, top to bottom, the members of the photograph are: Top row: Garland Lavender, Cloyce Briden, Archie Sterling, Morris Thomas, Edward Ross, Marvin Wells, Bertram Olsen, Boyce Hudleston, Blanton Bird. Bottom row: James Doss, Rowena Doss Goss, Tim Henry Gilliland, Nona Akard, Waldo Fletcher, Orman Kimbrough.
Date: 1934
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 32.741292 -97.792576
Partner: Longview Public Library

[National Honor Society Students in Front of Cleveland High School]

Description: Photograph of a group of teenage boys and girls in the 1960 National Honor Society posing in the street in front of the Cleveland High School building in Cleveland, Texas. Kneeling Row L-R: Dick McClain, Jimmy Grimmet (Vice-President) Roger Foster, John Manthey, Eugene Wright, Leon Wells, Arly Nelson, Dickie Beeson Standing Row L-R: Rosemary Matlock (President), Tom Hendrix (Sponsor), Ollie Porter, Julianne Johnson, Linda Stephens, Betty Jean Wisdom, Carlene Bagley, Joyce Bear, Martha Younger, … more
Date: 1960
Creator: Young, Moon
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Cleveland Historic Society
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