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Gas Well Explosion/Water Cannon

Description: Copy negative of a picture of an unidentified man standing at a water cannon that is spraying water at an area between two hills. The man appears to be taking a photograph of the water spray as it exits the cannon.
Date: unknown
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

Gas Well Explosion

Description: Copy negative of a picture of a standing gas well with a worker standing at its base.
Date: unknown
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

Gas Well Explosion

Description: Copy negative of a gas well after an explosion. This gas well is located in Pecos. Red Adair is listed as having been present to fight the fire but is not pictured.
Date: unknown
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

Gas Well Explosion

Description: Copy negative of a picture of a gas well falling to the ground from an explosion at its base.
Date: unknown
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

Gas Well Explosion

Description: Copy negative of a picture of an unidentified man looking at smoke rising from a hill while standing in the debris of a gas well explosion.
Date: unknown
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

Gas Well Explosion

Description: Copy negative of a picture of workers performing their duties at the base of a gas well.
Date: unknown
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

Gas Well Explosion

Description: Copy negative of a gas well after an explosion. There are remains of the well scattered in piles surrounding persistent burning gas. This gas well is located in Pecos, Texas. Red Adair is listed as having been present to fight the fire but is not pictured.
Date: unknown
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[Humble Oil Well]

Description: Photograph of the workers of the Humble oil well #22. From left to right, the workers pictured are: Fowler, Ward, Bob Robinson, Dee Ferrell and Clyde Sublett.
Date: 1931
Partner: Longview Public Library

[Oil Well Fire]

Description: Photograph of the Sinclair #1 Oil Well, near Gladewater, Texas. The oil well caught fire on April 28, 1931 and killed nine men.
Date: April 28, 1931
Creator: Nicks, C. B.
Partner: Longview Public Library

[Photograph of Three Women on a Parade Float]

Description: Photograph of three women sitting on a flowered parade float, holding dark ribbons attached to a pole shaped like a drilling rig. A tall brick building can be seen behind the float.
Date: unknown
Partner: Museum of the Gulf Coast

[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
Partner: Bell/Whittington Public Library

[White Point Blowout]

Description: Cropped copy-photograph of an aerial view of a blowout in a crater at White Point. The well was ablaze for weeks before it choked itself out in the crater.
Date: unknown
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
Partner: Bell/Whittington Public Library

[Gas Well]

Description: Photograph of the first gas well in South Texas on Byrnes Ranch in McMullen County. William Donald Stephenson was the driller and it was part of the Grubstake Investment Association.
Date: 1917
Partner: Midwestern State University
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