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Oil Derrick

Description: Copy negative of two pictures an oil derrick during the Ranger, Texas oil boom. The picture on the left is of the base of an oil well, men working, and equipment around it in a field. The picture on the right shows the whole tower of the well, the small building at its base, men working, and equipment.
Date: 1920~
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[T&P Trains #5 & #6 Wrecked]

Description: Photograph of a head on collision between T&P trains #5 & #6 east of Cisco, Texas. The left train's engine is #706. Written below the image are "East of Cisco, Texas early 1920's T&P trains 5&6" and "Lucy Simpson Collection."
Date: 1920~/1929~
Creator: Simpson, Lucy
Partner: The Grace Museum
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