I HAND PICKED A SELECTION OF VINTAGE IMAGES FOUND IN THE SLOANE COLLECTION DEALING WITH TEXAS OIL. THEY HAVE BEEN ASSEMBLED INTO A VISUAL RECORD OF THE OIL INDUSTRY ALONG THE TEXAS COAST FROM 1927 - 1955. DRILLING FOR OIL WAS A HARD AND DANGEROUS JOB. FORTUNES WERE MADE AND FORTUNES WERE LOST. MY GRANDFATHER PUNCHED MANY A HOLE INTO THE TEXAS SOIL AND A FEW IN GUATEMALA AS WELL. UNFORTUNATELY, MORE DRY HOLES THAN WET.