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Italian-American man in chef's uniform and hat with white woman in short sleeve shirt inside restaurant with oval windows

Vincent Bruno & Ernestine Shoults

Item names and prices on white menu with black text

Bruno's Menu, 1950s

Pair of cabin buildings with rock walls and foot bridge over creek in the foreground

Burns Gables Cottages

Tree and vines covering side of single-story brick building with sign and flat roof

Burns Gables Exterior: 2010

White woman in uniform serving white man and woman at bar

Burns Gables Interior

White man standing behind display case with items on shelving behind him in shop

Burns Gables Interior

Tall chairs at counter inside abandoned restaurant with debris on the floor

Burns Gables Interior: 2010

Row of cars parked outside single-story brick building with

Burns Gables: ca. 1953

Trees and erupting oil derrick reflected in large reservoir of liquid

Busey Oil Well No. 1

White workers sitting in two rows at machines in factory

Men and women standing in front of bank with ribbon and one man holding large novelty scissors

Men observing oil gushing from ground into earthen pool

Two men standing on elevated porch of factory building with loading dock and also telephone pole in the foreground

Carlisle Creamery

Steam locomotive 239 spewing smoke into the air

Rock Island Locomotive

Rock Island Diesel Switcher

Diesel train running through banner

Two young white girls with curly hair posing in dresses

Long single story green building

Command-Aire Building

Large group of people sitting and standing in front of airplane hangar

Command-Aire Staff

Side view of steam locomotive with coal car on railroad tracks

Company Locomotive

Oil gushing from derrick in wooded area

Constantin Gusher

Three white men two white women and horse-drawn carriage outside brick laundry building

Single-story building with a series of red doors with car in parking lot

Cottage Courts Historic District

building on street with houses and cars and hanging

Cottage Courts Historic District

Single-story brick building with chair on covered porch

Cottage Courts Unit

Industrial buildings with smokestack and water tower and rail line in foreground

Cotton Oil Plant

Red and white apartment building on gravel

Cove Tourist Court

White man at brick building with chairs and tables under metal pavilion

Craig's Bar-B-Q

Blue ribbon on white apron with red and black text on red and white background

Craig's Bar-B-Q Ad

Men in three horse drawn buggies on dirt road with storefronts on left side

Cross Stewart Mercantile

Postcard featuring large industrial buildings with smokestacks and water tower

Stone house-like building with car in garage

Crystal River Tourist Court

Brick and stone house with rock wall

Crystal River Tourist Court

Cars parked outside

Older white man with glasses in suit and tie

Cars parked under canopy at dealership building

De Lamar Motor Company

People standing on porch beneath sign stating

Diamond Bear Brewery

White man in suit jacket khaki pants and glasses speaking into a microphone at lectern next to brewing machinery

Single-story storefront building with storage building on dirt street

Dierks Lumber and Coal Co.

Dining room filled with tables and chairs

Print advertisement reading

Dogpatch USA Ad

Interior of showroom with pottery for sale on tables and shelves

Dryden Pottery Showroom

Three white women in pottery factory with bowls in the background with small cups and jugs in front of them

Lumber yard with stacks of lumber raised wooden platforms carts filled with wood and outbuildings

Crittenden Lumber Co.

White man in suit and tie

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