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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~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

Men Placing Boilers

Description: Photograph on postcard of men setting up boilers to put out an oil fire at the C.L. Perkins No. 5 oil well in Eastland County, Texas in 1919. Smoke from the fire can be seen over the workers.
Date: 1919
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: Permian Basin Petroleum Museum, Library and Hall of Fame

Oil Well on Fire

Description: Photograph on postcard an oil fire at the C.L. Perkins No. 5 oil well near Ranger in Eastland County, Texas in 1919. Smoke and flames billow into the sky, while debris from the fire can be seen strewn over the ground.
Date: 1919
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: Permian Basin Petroleum Museum, Library and Hall of Fame

Burning Oil Well

Description: Photograph on postcard of the C.L. Perkins No. 5 oil well on fire near Ranger, Texas in 1919. Fire and smoke reach high in the sky, towering over the nearby trees.
Date: 1919
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: Permian Basin Petroleum Museum, Library and Hall of Fame

[Cause No. 11687: Oral Deposition of B. C. McDonald, October 17, 1925]

Description: Document in cause no. 11687, Jake L. Hamon Jr. vs. United States Torpedo Company, transcribing the deposition of B. C. McDonald. McDonald recounts his recollections regarding the shooting of an oil well by J. H. Rapp in Eastland County, Texas. There is a receipt from the United States Torpedo Company included in the document.
Date: October 17, 1925
Creator: Cunningham, Tom J.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Legal Document
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

Cause No. 11551: Plaintiff's Petition]

Description: Document in cause no. 11551, Tomlinson, Paschall & Colvin vs. The Independent Torpedo Company, detailing the complaints of Mollie Lee Tomlinson, W. R. Tomlinson, Crigler Paschall, and J. D. Colvin against the Independent Torpedo Company. The plaintiffs seek recourse for damage to their oil well in Erath County, Texas by the shooting done by the Independent Torpedo Company.
Date: unknown
Creator: Chastain & Judkins
Item Type: Refine your search to only Legal Document
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[Cause No. 11687: Deposition of J. H. Rapp]

Description: Document in cause no. 11687, Jake L. Hamon Jr. vs. United States Torpedo Company, transcribing the deposition of Jack H. Rapp. Rapp's testimony discusses his association with the United States Torpedo Company and his shooting of an oil well in Eastland County, Texas.
Date: October 16, 1925
Creator: Cunningham, Tom J.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Legal Document
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[Cause No. 11687: Plaintiff's Second Original Petition]

Description: Document in cause no. 11687, Jake L. Hamon, Jr. and Frank R. Ellis vs. United States Torpedo Company, describing Hamon and Ellis's complaints of the torpedo company and listing the damages they claim they are entitled to. The suit regards damage to Hamon's and Ellis's oil well in Eastland County, Texas caused by a representative of the United States Torpedo Company.
Date: 1925~
Creator: Sayles & Sayles
Item Type: Refine your search to only Legal Document
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[Clipping: American Glycerin Company et al. v. Kenridge Oil Company et al., No. 301]

Description: Journal clipping discussing cause no. 301, American Glycerin Company and Nelson Mosier vs. Kenridge Oil Company et al., in the Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Eastland, heard on April 29, 1927. The original cause was brought by Kenridge Oil Company and others for damage to an oil well due to the premature explosion of a nitroglycerin shell, and the district court's judgement in favor of the plaintiff was appealed by the American Glycerin Company and Nelson Mosier.
Date: 1927~
Creator: Hickman, J.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Clipping
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[Photograph of Oil Derrick]

Description: Photograph of an oil derrick at an oil field in Pioneer, Texas with buildings behind it and stacks of pipes in front of it. A note typed on the photo says: "Seaman Co's Webb No. 2 - Pioneer."
Date: 1922~
Creator: Rogers, J. R.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Dublin Historical Museum

[Photograph of Oil Well]

Description: Photograph of an oil derrick and oil field. Notes on the photo say "18000 BBLS, 44 Gravity Oil, 1450 Ft., Slick's Eakin No. 4, Pioneer, Tex." and "most remarkable oil well on earth."
Date: 1922~
Creator: Rogers, J. R.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Dublin Historical Museum
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