Nolan, Jack, Photograph Collection, 1915-1935
Permanent URI for this collectionhttps://hdl.handle.net/10605/370804
Title: Jack Nolan Photograph Collection
Date(s) (Inclusive): 1915-1935
Collection # SWCPC 313
Extent(s): 29 copy prints.
Language(s): English.
Repository: Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, Texas Tech University
Biographical Sketch: Professional photographer Jack Nolan came to Odessa, Texas, from Seattle, Washington, during the oil boom of the 1920s. He opened a studio in Odessa, specializing in photographs of oil and utility company operations. In 1936, Nolan established the first daily newspaper, the Odessa Daily Bulletin.
Scope and Contents: Consists of photographs of the Texas oil industry and early boom towns (1920-1935). These include photos of railroad cars shipping oil (undated); a mounted "Petroleum Patrolman" of the Texas National Guard returning from inspection of 1600 oil wells under martial law in East Texas (undated); "18 gallons of fire water going to jail for being caught in a Ford Coupe" (ca. 1920); the first Home Economics class, Odessa, Texas (ca. 1920); and the Odessa Fire Department putting out a fire (undated).
Access Restrictions: Open for research.