Company Camps	Legacy Companies
Credits for the pictures	Click Ondas del Lago
	Early Mene Grande Office Building
	Mene Grande San Tome Camp in Venezuela
	Mene Grande Rig with Al Frothingham on the right and his son Bud on the left. Man in center is not known. Somewhere on Lake Maracaibo Venezuela
	Marge & Al Frothingham at our Mene Grande Company house across the street from the Club
	Marge Frothingham - & Nurse Wilma in Venezuela
	Picture of the Mene Grande Camp in 1936 from Skid Frothingham
	Mene Grande Oil Company
	Richmond Exploration Camp in Venezuela in 1946. This company was owned by Standard Oil of California
	View of the Richmond Exploration Camp from the air.
	L.U. Gourley by his house in the Richmond Exploration Camp. He was the Personnel Manager from 1946-48. He then transferred to Caltex in Indonesia.
	Leta Gourley, wife of L.U. Gourley relaxing at pool ca 1946-1948
	Ann Gourley September 1946 drinking a Coke at the Creole Club or the Vella Visa Club. Picture taken on Wednesday afternoon after school when she would go to the Creole Cluv for cheeseburgers and a swim and later attend the movie. She donated the Richmond Exploration pictures.
	Picture of the pool at Creole Oil Company Camp. Apparently it was a gathering place for children from other company camps.
	The movie that people enjoyed in Venezuela.
	Street-level view of the Gourley home, Casa 11, at the Richmond Exploration Camp, circa 1946-1948
	A Texaco PBY Sea Plane being used to transport supplies to Pedernales. Picture belongs to Houston Floyd.
	Shari Norsworthy and Steve Sleightholm enjoying the Mene Grane Camp Pool
	Before Fair Trade Laws people that wanted to smoke American Cigarettes would utilize smugglers. Cigarettes would be smuggled in from Aruba.
	Commissary for Mene Grande Company employees
	Staff Housing in Mene Grande
	Hospital at Mene Grande
	Mene Grande Headquarters in Caracus Venezuela
	Lagunnillas Camp down the coast from the main base. Town was not much but camp had the usual amenities.
	Mene Grande Refinery was located at Puerto la Cruz about 105 miles north of San Tome. This was the major port for Gulf Oil to ship products and to receive supplies.
	Mene Grande Lagunilla Hospital in the foreground and the camp in the background
	Texaco Venezuela Campo Mata Circa 1960. Picture from Thomas F. Crawford
	Aguaro Fishing Roblecito Venezuela Texaco Operated Petmer Field Circa 1955 Thomas F Crawford standing by Permer pickup truck.
	Campo Mata Circa1957 I climbed the water tower and took this picture. Picture from Thomas F. Crawford