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California Company Men Standing in Snow

Description: Photograph of members of the California Company (William Simpson, Leonard Orynski, and Earl Cramer) standing in the snow with Colorado City banker Maxwell Thomas. The men are standing next to their car, all wearing jackets and hats.
Date: unknown
Partner: Permian Basin Petroleum Museum, Library and Hall of Fame

[Portrait of a Frank Briggs Holding a Marland Oils Sign]

Description: Photograph of Frank Briggs standing on what appears to be the top of a small mountain with a large valley behind him and at the bottom of the mountain. He is holding up a sign that is attached to two metal poles that are in the ground. The sign is an upside-down triangle shape and says Marland Oils across the middle. Briggs has one hand on one of the metal poles and the other at the bottom tip of the triangular sign. He is wearing a button-down shirt, overalls and a hat and appears to be loo… more
Date: 1928
Creator: Born, Julius
Partner: River Valley Pioneer Museum

Men on Office Porch

Description: Photograph of men (including Willard J. Classen and Bill Simpson) standing on the front porch of the California Company office in Colorado City, Texas. There are three early model cars visible in the foreground.
Date: unknown
Partner: Permian Basin Petroleum Museum, Library and Hall of Fame

California Company Office in Winter

Description: Photograph of the California Company office in Colorado City, Texas on February 16, 1923. The winter weather is apparent with snow on the ground and ice covering the tree branches. There are also two early model cars visible.
Date: February 16, 1923
Partner: Permian Basin Petroleum Museum, Library and Hall of Fame

California Company Office in Winter

Description: Photograph of the California Company office in Colorado City, Texas on February 16, 1923. The winter weather is apparent with snow on the ground and ice covering the tree branches. There are also two early model cars visible.
Date: February 16, 1923
Partner: Permian Basin Petroleum Museum, Library and Hall of Fame

Man in Snow

Description: Photograph of a geologist from the Standard Oil Company, in coat and boots, standing next to a house in the snow.
Date: unknown
Partner: Permian Basin Petroleum Museum, Library and Hall of Fame

[Port Arthur Gas Company]

Description: Photograph of an exterior view of Port Arthur Gas Company on west Nineteenth Street and Terminal Road, adjacent to Texas Company Refinery. There is a tank beside a building with smoke stacks rising from it. Text below the photograph says "Port Arthur Gas Co." and "Located - West Port Arthur ... or 19th St." Accompanying material gives additional information about the company.
Date: 1921
Partner: Port Arthur Public Library

[Returning from Deep-Sea Fishing Trip]

Description: Photograph of a large group of people, identified as employees and officials of the First National Bank and Pure Oil Company, returning from a deep-sea fishing trip sixty miles into the Gulf of Mexico. All the people are standing next to the railing of the boat, most holding their catches over the side. Several men are sitting on the life boats, pier posts, and boat awning.
Date: unknown
Partner: Port Arthur Public Library
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