[Child with chickens at well camp house]
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Undated image of small child surrounded by chickens in front of a wooden and canvas structure (house?). PBPM 79-039.045.01
Inscription (on back): W. J. (Bill) Thomson's camp near Abrams (Texas & Pacific) Well No. 1 discovery well Westbrook Field, Mitchell County, Texas.
Billy Jr. in foreground
Picture of primitive "house" of W. J. ("Bill") Thomson, and his wife Clara near location of Underwriters Producing & Refining Company's Abrams (Texas & Pacific Land Trust) Well No. 1 near Westbrook, Mitchell County, Texas. Billy Thomson, Jr., youngest child of W. J. and Clara Thomson in foreground. This picture was taken in 1919 or 1920. See HF files on the Thomsons for more details.
October 19, 1979 Lee Jones. Jr.
Note: Bill Thomson was the head driller on and of the Underwriters Producing & Refining Company's Abrams (Texas & Pacific Railway Co. Land Trust) Well No. 1 which was the first paying producer of oil in the entire Permian Basin, spudded in 1919 and completed in 1920.
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The images in this collection are for study purposes, teaching, classroom projection and research only. To use these digital files in any form, an attribution of "Photo courtesy of The Petroleum Museum, Lee Jones, Jr. Collection" must accompany the image.