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[Photograph of Oil Field Apparatus]

Description: Photograph of a completed well with salt-water separation tank (center, horizontal drum), natural gas separator (slender vertical column to right), and gas flare (column in left foreground). Steps to far right are to the crude oil storage tank ready to ship.
Date: 1951
Creator: Fisher, Larry Jene
Partner: Lamar University

[Derricks in Orangefield, Texas]

Description: Photograph of several large, metal derricks at the Orangefield oil field in Orange County, Texas. A pile of rubber and dirt occupies the foreground. A building as well as several holding tanks are visible in the distance.
Date: unknown
Creator: Lewis, David P.
Partner: Lamar University

[Mechanism on Derrick Floor in Orangefield]

Description: Photograph of a mechanism on the derrick floor in an oil field in Orangefield, Texas. The mechanism sits on a concrete base and features a gear and a motor. Poles extend up from the mechanism. An electrical box is visible in the background on the right side of the frame.
Date: unknown
Creator: Lewis, David P.
Partner: Lamar University

[Wheel in an Ada Belle Oil Field Pumphouse]

Description: Photograph of the mechanisms of a wheel used to operate sucker rods in the Ada Belle Oil Field. The ground below the wheel is littered with oil, debris, and various metal parts. The wheel is comprised of three sets of spokes stacked on top of one another.
Date: February 13, 1977
Creator: Lewis, David P.
Partner: Lamar University

[Pump House Complex at Ada Belle Oil Field]

Description: Photograph of the pump house complex at Ada Belle Oil Field in Batson, Texas. Several one-story structures and wooden oil tanks are visible in the distance. Power lines run above the buildings. Bare dirt and several large puddles of water occupy the foreground.
Date: February 13, 1977
Creator: Lewis, David P.
Partner: Lamar University
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