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[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.
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Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[Man Holding a Torpedo]

Description: Photograph of a man holding a nitro-shoot torpedo. The camera is looking up and a metal derrick is visible towering above the man's head. The inscription on the back reads "Preparing to drop torpedo loaded with nitroglycerin into borehole. This is an earlier method of stimulating a well to increase production."
Date: unknown
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Partner: Permian Basin Petroleum Museum, Library and Hall of Fame

[Sailors Loading Torpedo Into Tube]

Description: Photograph of four sailors in a line loading torpedo into tube on destroyer or cruiser. The man closest to the left is bending over a railing, the two in the center are turned to the right and scrunched close together, the man on the right is facing the others and standing slightly above them. All the men wear long shirts and pants and white sailors' hats. Printed int he upper right-hand corner "Teamwork and the American "Mac"' and in the bottom left-hand corner is "Time, inc. Photo Approved by… more
Date: [1941..1945]
Creator: United States. Navy
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Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
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