Electra, Texas:
An Inventory of Its Photographs, 1900-1930, at the Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library
Descriptive Summary | ||
| Creator | Texas Tech University. Southwest Collection | |
| Title: | Electra, Texas, Photograph Collection, | |
| Dates: | 1900-1930 | |
| Abstract: | Electra, Texas, photographs dated 1900-1930. | |
| Collection # | SWCPC 47 E1 | |
| Quantity: | 226 prints | |
| Language | English. | |
| Repository: | Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, Texas Tech University | |
Biographical Sketch
Electra, Texas, originally known as Beaver, was established in western Wichita County as a trading post for the Comanches under Quanah Parker in 1889. In 1900, W.T. Waggoner convinced the Fort Worth and Denver Railroad to build a switch in Beaver, and the town was renamed to honor his daughter, Electra. Testing for oil in 1911 set off a boom that peaked at 8,288,000 barrels in 1914. The Electra wells turned out over a million barrels per year into the 1950s.
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of photographs of Electra, Texas (1900-1973). It bulks with photographs of early town life and the oil boom days (1909-1918).
The negatives and prints are housed in separate envelopes.
Images from this collection have been digitized and can viewed at http://hdl.handle.net/10605/1903
Restrictions
Access Restrictions
Open for research
Index Terms | ||
| The subject headings used by the Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library are derived from the Library of Congress and/or locally developed. | ||
| Dixie Theatre (Electra, Tex.)--Photographs. | ||
| Electra Furniture Company (Electra, Tex.)--Photographs. | ||
| Electra Hardware Company (Electra, Tex.)--Photographs. | ||
| Hotel Electra (Electra, Tex.)--Photographs. | ||
| Michael Imoudu Institute for Labour Studies--Texas--Electra--Photographs. | ||
| Richardson's Drug Store (Electra, Tex.)--Photographs. | ||
| Robb, A.L.--Photographs. | ||
| Stidham, O.M.--Photographs. | ||
| Waggoner Bank of Electra (Electra, Tex.)--Photographs. | ||
| Places | ||
| Electra (Tex.)--Photographs. | ||
| Electra (Tex.) | ||
| Wichita County (Tex.)--Photographs. | ||
| Wichita County (Tex.) | ||
| Subjects | ||
| Banks--Texas--Electra--Photographs. | ||
| Barbershops--Texas--Electra--Photographs. | ||
| Carriages and coaches--Photographs. | ||
| Football--Photographs. | ||
| Garages--Texas--Electra--Photographs. | ||
| Hotels and taverns--Texas--Electra--Photographs. | ||
| Petroleum industry and trade--Texas--Electra--Photographs. | ||
| Schools--Photographs. | ||
| Sports--Photographs. | ||
| Telegraph--Photographs. | ||
| Theaters--Texas--Electra--Photographs. | ||
| Track and field--Photographs. | ||
Administrative Information
Preferred Citation
Electra, Texas, Photograph Collection, 1900-1930, Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas
Acquisition
Gift, undated
Digitized by
Maria Vallejo, 2011
Collection Inventory