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[Street in Desdemona, Texas]

Description: Photograph of a muddy street lined with stores and other buildings, the street is crowded with early model automobiles and people. Wooden derricks are visible in the background and the caption on the image reads "Desdemona, Texas 9/23/1919. Norris."
Date: September 23, 1919
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 32.270843 -98.550608
Partner: Permian Basin Petroleum Museum, Library and Hall of Fame

[Wooden Derrick and Rig]

Description: Photograph of a wooden derrick and rig. Steel cords are attached to the derrick and anchored into the ground and there are several bushes around the sparse landscape.
Date: 1958
Creator: Shoopman, Bill
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Permian Basin Petroleum Museum, Library and Hall of Fame

[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
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Permian Basin Petroleum Museum, Library and Hall of Fame

[Drilling Rig]

Description: Photograph of a drilling rig with a hill in the background and several trees in the forefront of the picture.
Date: unknown
Creator: Roberts, Paul
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Permian Basin Petroleum Museum, Library and Hall of Fame

[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
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Permian Basin Petroleum Museum, Library and Hall of Fame

[Cosden Refinery at Big Springs, Texas]

Description: Photograph of four trucks belonging to the O. H. McAllister Trucking Company, headquartered at Odessa in the early 1930's. This is a scene at the Cosden Refinery at Big Springs, Texas showing the unloading of fuel oil from tanks, which caught fire and set the McAllister trucks on fire.
Date: 1929
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Permian Basin Petroleum Museum, Library and Hall of Fame

[Oil Rig Crew]

Description: Photograph of a crew on the ground around a well rig that is under construction. There are five men to the left of the photograph that seem to be conversing in a group and several men on the right seem to be working on the rig.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Permian Basin Petroleum Museum, Library and Hall of Fame

[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
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Permian Basin Petroleum Museum, Library and Hall of Fame

[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
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Permian Basin Petroleum Museum, Library and Hall of Fame

[Cowboy Riding a Horse]

Description: Photograph of a cowboy riding on a bucking horse. There is another man behind him also on a horse. Written below the photograph is "Hook'im Cowboy - Why don' the darn thing buck? Jack Nolan."
Date: August 5, 1931
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Permian Basin Petroleum Museum, Library and Hall of Fame

[Odessa Postcard]

Description: Postcard that says "Greetings from Odessa, Texas." Inside each of the letters there are scenes of cowboys, buildings, and desert landscapes.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: Permian Basin Petroleum Museum, Library and Hall of Fame

[Postcard of Odessa, Texas]

Description: Postcard depicting Odessa, Texas. Above that "Hub City of the Vast, Rich Odessa Oil Field" is printed and below that "New Ultra-Modern Ector County Court House" is printed. To the left of the frame is an "Odessa Water Tower" and to the right is the "Court House" Below that there is a depiction of "The Busy Odessa Airport" and to the right is "Odessa High School." On the back of the postcard "Odessa, TX. (Pop. 10,000) - fast growing oil, cattle and tourist center midway between Ft. Worth and El … more
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Location: 31.845682 -102.367643
Partner: Permian Basin Petroleum Museum, Library and Hall of Fame

[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
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Permian Basin Petroleum Museum, Library and Hall of Fame

[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
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Permian Basin Petroleum Museum, Library and Hall of Fame
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