Descriptive Summary
Texas Tech University. Southwest
Collection
Cisco, Texas, Photograph
Collection,
1918-1920
Cisco, Texas,
photographs dated 1918-1920.
SWCPC 156
Southwest Collection/Special Collections
Library, Texas Tech University
7 prints
English.
Biographical Sketch
In 1881, Cisco, Texas, was established at the junction of the Texas
and Pacific railroad and the Missouri, Kansas, and Texas in northwestern
Eastland county. After suffering several setbacks, such as the cyclone that
struck the town in 1893, Cisco became part of the oil boom at Ranger in 1917.
The town remains a shipping point for petroleum.
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of photographs of Cisco, Texas, during the
oil boom (1918-1920).
The negatives and prints are housed in separate envelopes.
Images from this collection have been digitized and can viewed at
http://hdl.handle.net/10605/7733
Index Terms
The subject headings used by the Southwest Collection/Special
Collections Library are derived from the Library of Congress and/or locally
developed.
West Texas Utilities
Company.
Places
Cisco
(Tex.)--Views.
Cisco (Tex.)
Eastland County
(Tex.)--Views.
Eastland County
(Tex.)
Subjects
Automobiles--Texas--Photographs.
Dwellings--Texas--Cisco--Photographs.
Ice
industry--Texas--Cisco--Photographs.
Oil
wells--Texas--Photographs.
Petroleum industry and
trade--Texas--Cisco--Photographs.
Power-plants--Texas--Cisco--Photographs.
Trucks--Texas--Cisco--Photographs.
Acquisition
Gifts, undated
Access Restrictions
Open for research
Preferred Citation
Cisco, Texas, Photograph Collection, 1918-1920, Southwest
Collection/Special Collections Library, Texas Tech University, Lubbock,
Texas
Digitized by
Maria Vallejo, 2011
Collection Inventory
Photographs
1
SWCPC 156: Cisco, Texas - Downtown scenes, oil derrick,
oil field scene, Walter Ray's residence, Cisco Ice Trucks, and men with hitched
horses (6 negatives and 7 prints),
1918-1920