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Cars on Street

Description: Negative of a street in Midland, Texas during the early 20th century. Many cars line the street while others drive down it. Businesses are visible lining the street, the most obvious being the Llano Hotel on the left side.
Date: unknown
Partner: Permian Basin Petroleum Museum, Library and Hall of Fame

Cars on Street

Description: Negative of a street in Midland, Texas during the early 20th century. Many cars line the street while others drive down it. Businesses are visible lining the street, the most obvious being the Llano Hotel on the left side.
Date: unknown
Partner: Permian Basin Petroleum Museum, Library and Hall of Fame
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[News Clip: Midland]

Description: Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: December 21, 1981, 6:00 p.m.
Duration: 3 minutes 16 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Oil]

Description: Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: March 17, 1983, 10:00 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 37 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Oil preview]

Description: Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: March 17, 1983, 6:00 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 46 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Midland arrests]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about the arrests of four men in Midland in connection with a theft scheme.
Date: April 29, 1971, 6:30 a.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Photograph of Billowing Smoke]

Description: Photograph of large billowing smoke, rising from the ground. A windmill with a tank and a piece of heavy equipment are visible in the foreground. The caption on the image reads, "Tank Farm Fire Midland, Texas 5-17-'28."
Date: May 17, 1928
Partner: Permian Basin Petroleum Museum, Library and Hall of Fame

[News Script: Oil Pipeline]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story of oil pipeline which burst into Trinity River North of Liberty in South East Texas, causing an oil slick that extended 30-miles downstream.
Date: January 25, 1974, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Midland Attitude]

Description: Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story by reporter Linda Frederick about a parade honoring baby Jessica McClure and the rescue workers who rescued her from a well in Midland, Texas. Frederick discusses how this event has positively impacted the town which was affected by an economic recession. The story aired at 5:00 P.M.
Date: October 29, 1987
Duration: 1 minute 52 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: West Texas gasoline shortage]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about a delegation from Midland and Odessa who went to Washington with facts and figures about gasoline shortage in the Permian Basin in West Texas.
Date: March 7, 1974, 8:25 a.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

["Woods #1", Oil Well]

Description: Photograph of industrial implements around a large oil well in Midland, Texas. Notes on the back indicate that the well is being re-fracked. Numerous trucks loaded with equipment are piped to each other in front of the well. Caption on the back: "Woods #1 5/56 Re-Frac. 40,000 gals @ 3# sd. Cost about $12,000. Tubing standing in work-over rig. Dowells 6 or $800,000 worth of equipment Not all equipment shown 4-500 Bbl. tanks not shown. Tank batter right hand (upper corner." [sic]
Date: May 1956
Partner: Midland Historical Society
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