Desdemona, Texas:
An Inventory of Its Photographs, 1919-1966, at the Southwest
Collection/Special Collections Library
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Creator |
Texas Tech University. Southwest
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Title: |
Desdemona, Texas,
Photograph Collection,
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Dates: |
1917-1966 |
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Abstract: |
Desdemona, Texas,
photographs dated 1917-1966. |
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Collection # |
SWCPC 43 E1-E8 |
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Quantity: |
106 negatives and 92
prints |
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Language |
English. |
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Repository: |
Southwest Collection/Special Collections
Library, Texas Tech University |
Located in southeastern Eastland County, Texas, Desdemona was
originally settled in 1860. In September 1918, the Joe Duke discovery well
created an oil boom that saw Desdemona covered with a sea of oil rigs. The
Desdemona field was drilled by numerous small operators. Crowded conditions led
to increased lawlessness and by 1920, the Texas Rangers had to intervene to
reestablish order. Oil production quickly peaked at 7,375,825 barrels in
1919.
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This collection consists of photographs of Desdemona, Texas. It bulks
with photographs of the oil boom in Desdemona (c.1920). It also includes a tank
baptism and an unidentified peanut farm in Eastland County, Texas.
The negatives and prints are housed in separate envelopes.
Images from this collection have been digitized and can viewed at
http://collections.swco.ttu.edu/handle/10605/1424
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Access Restrictions
Open for research
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The subject headings used by the Southwest Collection/Special
Collections Library are derived from the Library of Congress and/or locally
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Desdemona High School
(Desdemona, Tex.)--Photographs. |
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Desdemona Motor Company
(Desdemona, Tex.)--Photographs. |
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Liberty Theatre
(Desdemona, Tex.)--Photographs. |
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Places |
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Desdemona
(Tex.)--Photographs. |
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Desdemona
(Tex.) |
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Eastland County
(Tex.)--Photographs. |
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Eastland County
(Tex.) |
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Subjects |
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Agriculture--Photographs. |
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Baptisms--Photographs. |
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Business
enterprises--Texas--Desdemona--Photographs. |
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Blacksmiths--Photographs. |
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Educational
buildings--Texas--Desdemona--Photographs. |
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Fires--Texas--Desdemona--Photographs. |
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Fox
hunting--Photographs. |
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Garages--Photographs. |
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Jewelry
stores--Texas--Desdemona--Photographs. |
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Oil
spills--Photographs. |
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Ox
teams--Photographs. |
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Peanuts--Photographs. |
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Petroleum industry and
trade--Texas--Desdemona--Photographs. |
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Theaters--Texas--Desdemona--Photographs. |
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Desdemona, Texas, Photograph Collection, 1917-1966, Southwest
Collection/Special Collections Library, Texas Tech University, Lubbock,
Texas
Gifts, 1977 and undated
Maria Vallejo, 2011
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Photographs |
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SWCPC 43-E1: Desdemona, Texas - Eastland County (95
negatives and 77 prints) |
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SWCPC 43-E2: Desdemona, Texas - Eastland County (7
negatives and 8 prints) |
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SWCPC 43-E3: Desdemona, Texas - Eastland County (2
prints) |
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SWCPC 43-E4: Desdemona, Texas - Eastland County (1
print) |
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SWCPC 43-E5: Desdemona, Texas - Eastland County (7
negtives and 7 prints) |
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SWCPC 43-E6: Desdemona, Texas - Eastland County (3
negatives and 3 prints) |
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SWCPC 43-E7: Desdemona, Texas - Eastland County (1
print, 1 postcard) |
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