Latest content added for The Portal to Texas History Collection: A. F. Weaver Collectionhttps://texashistory.unt.edu/explore/collections/AFWC/browse/?start=24&display=grid&fq=untl_institution:BDPL2009-11-12T15:16:28-06:00UNT LibrariesThis is a custom feed for browsing The Portal to Texas History Collection: A. F. Weaver Collection[The Interior of The First National Bank]2009-11-12T15:16:28-06:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth60923/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth60923/"><img alt="[The Interior of The First National Bank]" title="[The Interior of The First National Bank]" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth60923/small/"/></a></p><p>This picture shows the interior of the First National Bank around the year 1930. It was located at the corner of NE 1st Avenue and Hubbard Street. The picture may be found in in A.F. Weaver's "TIME WAS in Mineral Wells" on page 146.</p>[First Country Club]2009-11-12T15:16:28-06:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth60919/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth60919/"><img alt="[First Country Club]" title="[First Country Club]" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth60919/small/"/></a></p><p>Illustrated here is a picture of the first Mineral Wells Golf country club, taken about 1950. The picture shows it on the shore of a lake that was located about three miles east of Mineral Wells. Further information is,sadly,lacking.</p>The Bank of Mineral Wells2009-11-12T15:16:28-06:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth60922/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth60922/"><img alt="The Bank of Mineral Wells" title="The Bank of Mineral Wells" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth60922/small/"/></a></p><p>The Bank of Mineral Wells, the first of its kind, was located at 102 SE 1st Avenue. The quality of this picture is parlous: The upper story of the building appears to have been heavily retouched by an unknown hand.</p>[First National Bank]2009-11-12T15:16:28-06:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth60921/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth60921/"><img alt="[First National Bank]" title="[First National Bank]" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth60921/small/"/></a></p><p>Shown here is the Teller's wicket in the original First National Bank. It was located at the corner of Throckmorton and Mesquite streets (Later: SE. 1st Avenue and SE 1st Streets). The identities of the people pictured are as yet [2014] unknown.
The picture appears in "Time Was in Mineral Wells" on page 1146.</p>[ A Crazy Hotel Pamphlet]2009-11-12T15:16:28-06:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth60932/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth60932/"><img alt="[ A Crazy Hotel Pamphlet]" title="[ A Crazy Hotel Pamphlet]" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth60932/small/"/></a></p><p>This is a photograph of a Crazy Water Hotel Pamphlet, stating what entertainments could be found in the hotel, and what millions of others have done. The manager at the time was A. H. Hoaldridge.</p>[A Crazy Water "Oxidine" Bottle Label]2009-11-12T15:16:28-06:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth60930/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth60930/"><img alt="[A Crazy Water "Oxidine" Bottle Label]" title="[A Crazy Water "Oxidine" Bottle Label]" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth60930/small/"/></a></p><p>A bottle label for Oxidine (apparently a medication for malaria), manufactured by the Crazy Water Company, with directions for use, is illustrated here.</p>Crazy Well at Mineral Wells, Texas2009-11-12T15:16:28-06:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth60933/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth60933/"><img alt="Crazy Well at Mineral Wells, Texas" title="Crazy Well at Mineral Wells, Texas" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth60933/small/"/></a></p><p>Shown here is the Crazy Well drinking pavilion, as it appeared around 1908, looking at the North and East (back) sides, after remodeling and the removal of a residence. The house was removed still stands at 715 NW 1st Avenue.
The photograph was taken across Oak Avenue. Note the top of the first Texas Carlsbad Well in the background.</p>[A Crazy Hotel Brochure]2009-11-12T15:16:28-06:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth60934/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth60934/"><img alt="[A Crazy Hotel Brochure]" title="[A Crazy Hotel Brochure]" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth60934/small/"/></a></p><p>This photograph illustrates a fold-out brochure of the Crazy Hotel with various scenic views of things to see and do around the city, along with different modes of transportation to and from Mineral Wells.</p>Inside a Howard Department Store2009-11-12T15:16:28-06:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth60917/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth60917/"><img alt="Inside a Howard Department Store" title="Inside a Howard Department Store" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth60917/small/"/></a></p><p>This picture shows the interior of an A.L. Howard business that was located where the Baker Hotel stands today [2012]. Howard himself is shown standing behind the umbrella case.
Please observe the clerk in the background. He is wearing a jacket. The lady in the mid-foreground is equivalently dressed.
Please observe also the apparent dimness of the interior. The photograph apparently dates from the first quarter of the twentieth century.</p>Howard-&-White Dry-Goods Department2009-11-12T15:16:28-06:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth60920/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth60920/"><img alt="Howard-&-White Dry-Goods Department" title="Howard-&-White Dry-Goods Department" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth60920/small/"/></a></p><p>This picture shows a float for the Elmhurst Park Fair--around 1910. From the left are: Mr. Collier; A.L. Howard; Newt Wilson; Fred White (the owner); Pet Dotson; three Howard sisters: Helen, Floe & Eppie; Lizzie Lyles; Charlie Enzy; Joe Fleming, sitting); Mr. Phillips; Mae Howard; Mr. DeBusk; Lummie Glen; Bailey Enzy; Blake Turner; Leslie DeBusk.
This picture adorns page 124 of A.F. Weaver's "Time Was in Mineral Wells."</p>The Final page of the Minutes of the Bicentennial Committee, 19752009-11-12T15:16:28-06:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth60938/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth60938/"><img alt="The Final page of the Minutes of the Bicentennial Committee, 1975" title="The Final page of the Minutes of the Bicentennial Committee, 1975" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth60938/small/"/></a></p><p>Shown here is the final page of the minutes of the Bicentennial Committee.</p>[Taken From North Oak]2009-11-12T15:16:28-06:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth60945/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth60945/"><img alt="[Taken From North Oak]" title="[Taken From North Oak]" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth60945/small/"/></a></p><p>This information is printed on the back of photograph: "Taken from the North Oak and N. E. 3rd. Street looking North May 28, 1975 by A.F. Weaver."
Businesses that are visible in the photograph are, in order: The Crazy Water Hotel, Community Aerial Cable Company, Bennett's Office Supply and The Grand Theater.</p>Malsby Dairy Construction2009-11-12T15:16:28-06:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth60941/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth60941/"><img alt="Malsby Dairy Construction" title="Malsby Dairy Construction" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth60941/small/"/></a></p><p>The building of the Malsby Dairy.</p>The Crazy Well Water Company2009-11-12T15:16:28-06:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth60936/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth60936/"><img alt="The Crazy Well Water Company" title="The Crazy Well Water Company" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth60936/small/"/></a></p><p>This picture shows a photograph of two pages from a water-bottle-shaped brochure about Mineral Wells. The "Appendix" referred to on the verso folio refers to a series of burlesques printed on previous--unseen--pages. Recto describes the four types of the water and the various ailments that they are expected to cure. The brochure notes that number four water is purgative, and should be used in moderation, but at frequent intervals.</p>Crazy Water Bottling and Crazy Crystals Plant 19402009-11-12T15:16:28-06:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth60935/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth60935/"><img alt="Crazy Water Bottling and Crazy Crystals Plant 1940" title="Crazy Water Bottling and Crazy Crystals Plant 1940" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth60935/small/"/></a></p><p>This picture shows the facade of the Crazy Crystals Plant as it was in 1940. The water tower announces the place as the "Home of Crazy Water." The building now [2009] houses a box-making enterprise.</p>City Meat Market2009-11-12T15:16:28-06:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth60946/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth60946/"><img alt="City Meat Market" title="City Meat Market" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth60946/small/"/></a></p><p>The City Meat Market was located south of the Oxford Hotel. It faced SE 1st Street, where the entrance to the First National (Bank?) was located. Please observe the horse-drawn wagon at the right of the photograph. Modern [2016] viewers might be appalled at the sight of sides of meat hanging in the open air; but when this photograph was taken, it was standard procedure. The gentleman holding the carcasses of poultry probably does so only for the sake of the picture. The clean aprons of all the men associated with the store were probably also donned only for the picture. Otherwise, they would be heavily blood-stained. This building later housed Roger's Army Store. Information about it was taken from A. F. Weaver's book "TIME WAS in Mineral Wells", second edition, page 121.</p>[Partial Minutes: Mineral Wells Bicentennial Committee, November 18, 1975]2009-11-12T15:16:28-06:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth60937/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth60937/"><img alt="[Partial Minutes: Mineral Wells Bicentennial Committee, November 18, 1975]" title="[Partial Minutes: Mineral Wells Bicentennial Committee, November 18, 1975]" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth60937/small/"/></a></p><p>First page of the minutes of the Mineral Wells Bicentennial Committee, held in the old Nazareth Hospital in 1975. It includes a list of attendees and a summary of some of the discussion points.</p>Howard's Hardware Store 19032009-11-12T15:16:28-06:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth60940/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth60940/"><img alt="Howard's Hardware Store 1903" title="Howard's Hardware Store 1903" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth60940/small/"/></a></p><p>A printed legend on the top of the photograph reads: "Howard Hardward [sic] 1903"
Please note the crowded aisles of miscellaneous articles. Also, please notice the two counters (equipped with clerks in shirt-sleeves) and the bridge above and between them that contains further articles.
A colophon at the bottom of the picture indicates that "Dan W. Evans, Photo. of Mineral Wells" took the picture.</p>A Hazy View of Mineral Wells2009-11-12T15:16:28-06:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth60955/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth60955/"><img alt="A Hazy View of Mineral Wells" title="A Hazy View of Mineral Wells" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth60955/small/"/></a></p><p>Photograph of the city of Mineral Wells, Texas, taken from a hill looking down at the buildings.</p>[The Demolition of the Convention Hall, 5 of 5]2009-11-12T15:16:28-06:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth60959/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth60959/"><img alt="[The Demolition of the Convention Hall, 5 of 5]" title="[The Demolition of the Convention Hall, 5 of 5]" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth60959/small/"/></a></p><p>The Convention Hall met its end in 1979--after forty-five years of use. The exact location of this photograph in relation to the interior of the convention hall remains unknown. The picture shows two Roman arches, which must have been stress-relieving as well as serving as portals of access to various parts of the basement. The ends of two girders, which must have helped support the floor above them, are clearly visible above the nearer arch.</p>[View from NW Mountain looking East]2009-11-12T15:16:28-06:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth60949/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth60949/"><img alt="[View from NW Mountain looking East]" title="[View from NW Mountain looking East]" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth60949/small/"/></a></p><p>View from NW mountain looking East. The North Oak Community center is visible.</p>[The Demolition of the Convention Hall: Interior, 3 of 5]2009-11-12T15:16:28-06:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth60958/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth60958/"><img alt="[The Demolition of the Convention Hall: Interior, 3 of 5]" title="[The Demolition of the Convention Hall: Interior, 3 of 5]" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth60958/small/"/></a></p><p>Shown here is a picture of an advanced state of the demolition of the convention hall. The remains of the main floor in the background sag forlornly under a load of rubble.</p>[The Water Tower]2009-11-12T15:16:28-06:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth60956/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth60956/"><img alt="[The Water Tower]" title="[The Water Tower]" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth60956/small/"/></a></p><p>A fine view of a water tower in Mineral is shown here.</p>[Yet Another View of Mineral Wells]2009-11-12T15:16:28-06:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth60957/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth60957/"><img alt="[Yet Another View of Mineral Wells]" title="[Yet Another View of Mineral Wells]" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth60957/small/"/></a></p><p>The roofs of various houses are clearly seen in this photograph. The Baker Hotel obtrudes at the extreme left.</p>[Another View of Mineral Wells]2009-11-12T15:16:28-06:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth60952/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth60952/"><img alt="[Another View of Mineral Wells]" title="[Another View of Mineral Wells]" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth60952/small/"/></a></p><p>This picture shows several different styles of house prominent in Mineral Wells, ranging from Colonial Revival (center) Queen Anne (upper tier, right), to Classical Revival (Upper tier, center). The Convention Hall is barely visible in the lower left corner, so the picture clearly antedates its demolition.</p>[The Convention Hall and its Surroundings]2009-11-12T15:16:28-06:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth60954/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth60954/"><img alt="[The Convention Hall and its Surroundings]" title="[The Convention Hall and its Surroundings]" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth60954/small/"/></a></p><p>Shown here is the back side of the convention hall. The picture antedates its demolition. The surrounding buildings have not yet [2014] been identified.</p>[A View of the Baker Hotel]2009-11-12T15:16:28-06:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth60950/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth60950/"><img alt="[A View of the Baker Hotel]" title="[A View of the Baker Hotel]" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth60950/small/"/></a></p><p>Shown here is yet another view of the Baker Hotel in its days of glory.</p>[A View of Mineral Wells]2009-11-12T15:16:28-06:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth60951/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth60951/"><img alt="[A View of Mineral Wells]" title="[A View of Mineral Wells]" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth60951/small/"/></a></p><p>A set of buildings is shown here. The only buildings that have been identified with confidence are the Crazy Water Hotel, and the Nazareth Hospital, both at the right. The Baker occupies a small position on the extreme right.</p>[The Convention Hall and Its Surroundings]2009-11-12T15:16:28-06:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth60953/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth60953/"><img alt="[The Convention Hall and Its Surroundings]" title="[The Convention Hall and Its Surroundings]" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth60953/small/"/></a></p><p>This picture shows the quondam Convention Hall in it glory days after its erection in 1925, and before its demolition in 1976. A house in the (possibly)the Colonial Revival style is visible. Another large house on a hill appears to be in the Neoclassical style.</p>[Construction of the Malsby Dairy]2009-11-12T15:16:28-06:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth60942/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth60942/"><img alt="[Construction of the Malsby Dairy]" title="[Construction of the Malsby Dairy]" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth60942/small/"/></a></p><p>Construction of the Malsby Dairy is shown here, going on apace. Steel girders are being put in place, presumably to support a future roof. It was located at 300 SE 1st Street. Construction began (it is conjectured) in the late 1940's. The building once housed a newspaper (in the 1960's) called "The Advance", and then the "Mineral Wells Index." The "Index" still [2007] occupies the building.
Please note that only half of the men in the picture are shown wearing hard hats. Please note also the derrick mounted on the back of a truck.
A hand-written legend on the photograph reads: "Malsby Creamery"</p>[Milling's Sanitarium and Water Well ]2009-11-12T15:16:28-06:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth60948/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth60948/"><img alt="[Milling's Sanitarium and Water Well ]" title="[Milling's Sanitarium and Water Well ]" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth60948/small/"/></a></p><p>The gazebo-like structure shown in the picture protects a water pump in front of the Milling Sanitarium. The sanitarium was built about 1929 on what was then the 2500 block of Southeast 6th Avenue. It later became the Irvine Sanitarium. The Veterans of Foreign Wars (Post 2399) occupies the building as of 2010. The fate of the structure shown here is unknown.</p>[Ashburn Ice Cream Company]2009-11-12T15:16:28-06:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth60943/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth60943/"><img alt="[Ashburn Ice Cream Company]" title="[Ashburn Ice Cream Company]" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth60943/small/"/></a></p><p>The interior of the Ashburn Ice Cream Company, taken about 1942, is shown here. The ice cream company appears to be a chain of stores, as the Denison press reports an Ashburn Ice Cream Company to be in their town during the period of 1940's. Please note the prices on the wall. The lower left-hand corner appears to be taken up with a folded banner that announced the opening of the store. The identity of the smiling man in the background is not yet known.</p>Mineral Wells Sanitorium2009-11-12T15:16:28-06:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth60939/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth60939/"><img alt="Mineral Wells Sanitorium" title="Mineral Wells Sanitorium" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth60939/small/"/></a></p><p>An early edition of the Mineral wells "Index" states that two doctors have leased this building, but further details are not as yet [2014] forthcoming.</p>The Oaks2009-11-12T15:16:28-06:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth60887/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth60887/"><img alt="The Oaks" title="The Oaks" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth60887/small/"/></a></p><p>Once located at NW 3rd Avenue and 3rd Street, the Oaks met its doom in a fire that destroyed it--and the nearby Presbyterian church--in 1908. A different picture of the hotel appears in A.F. Weaver's "Time Was in Mineral Wells on page 103.
The picture appears to have been excerpted from an advertising bulletin. Copy found around the negative's picture does not appear to relate directly to the hotel, but further text (that was not conserved) may have mentioned this particular hotel.
A colophon in the lower right-hand corner of the photograph identifies it as the work of "Evans Photo Mineral Wells."</p>The Fairfield Hotel2009-11-12T15:16:28-06:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth60885/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth60885/"><img alt="The Fairfield Hotel" title="The Fairfield Hotel" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth60885/small/"/></a></p><p>The Fairfield Inn, at 814 North Oak Street, was built by Colonel Walter H. Boykin. The hotel was built into the side of East Mountain facing West, and it is said each floor had a ground level entrance. The date of construction of the hotel is not known, but Colonel Boykin built himself a home at 1301 SE 4th Avenue in 1904.</p>[The Star House]2009-11-12T15:16:28-06:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth60888/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth60888/"><img alt="[The Star House]" title="[The Star House]" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth60888/small/"/></a></p><p>The Star House was built by Mr. and Mrs. J.J. Ramsey about 1900, and contained 34 rooms. Copy around the picture (unfortunately not visible here) lists the rates at $1.25 per day, or $7 to $8 per week.
A.F. Weaver (in "TIME WAS in Mineral Wells...") locates this hotel at "315 Coke Street" [sic], but Polk's Directory for 1909, 1920 and 1927 list no such person as "J.J. Ramsey", or a "Star House" located at the address given by Weaver.
The 1909 Polk's Directory lists a "Star House" at 209 Elm Street (NW 2nd Avenue), with the proprietor named as "R. L. Neal."</p>The Period Hotel2009-11-12T15:16:28-06:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth60886/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth60886/"><img alt="The Period Hotel" title="The Period Hotel" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth60886/small/"/></a></p><p>A postcard of the Period Hotel, a two-story building with Neo-classical architecture which was located at the corner of NW 4th Avenue and 6th Street, in Mineral Wells, Texas is shown here. There is a horse-drawn carriage parked in front of the hotel and various people standing on the sidewalks around the building. A printed note at the top of the picture reads: "7698. The Period Hotel, Mineral Wells, Texas."</p>[The Foster House]2009-11-12T15:16:28-06:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth60881/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth60881/"><img alt="[The Foster House]" title="[The Foster House]" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth60881/small/"/></a></p><p>This picture depicts a hotel--done in Queen Anne style (Spindle-work sub-type). Please note the unusual two-story wraparound porch, also with spindle-work.
It appears to have been excerpted from a fragment of advertising copy that gives the name of the building as "The Foster", and extols the owner (Mr. T[homas] J[efferson] Foster) as "...an old hotel hand of large acquaintance and wide experience, who has studied the wants and needs of his guests[,] and loses no opportunity of making them comfortable."
Another picture (this from the June 5, 1903 "Daily Index") remarks that the hotel was opened in 1902, and that it is "[L]ocated just right to catch the trade--right among the wells and bath houses--as int invalid desires invariably desires to be centrally located as possible."
Rates are given at $2 per day, and $12 per week.
A barely-legible colophon, appearing to read "FONE" appears in the lower left-hand corner.</p>Colonial Hotel2009-11-12T15:16:28-06:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth60882/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth60882/"><img alt="Colonial Hotel" title="Colonial Hotel" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth60882/small/"/></a></p><p>The Colonial Hotel at 115 W. Hubbard Street was built by rancher J.T. Holt for his second wife, who would not live in the country, despite the fact that he had bought a ranch (near Mineral wells) of five thousand acres about the year 1900. The hotel was traded to Agnew and Bessie Damron for a ranch about 1917, and its name was changed to The Damron Hotel. The popular hotel burned down December 22, 1975 along with several other adjoining businesses.</p>Mineral Wells Sanitarium2009-11-12T15:16:28-06:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth60880/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth60880/"><img alt="Mineral Wells Sanitarium" title="Mineral Wells Sanitarium" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth60880/small/"/></a></p><p>The Mineral Wells Sanitarium was located at 315 NW 1st Avenue. It was built by Mssrs. Blake Barber and H. M. Coleman, who were fashioning the "First building of this magnitude erected at Mineral Wells." It was listed in 1905 as being leased by Doctors J.M. Massie, and R. G. Braswell. It was later owned and operated by B.H. Milling before he built the Milling Sanitarium. The building burned in June of 1907, (as reported by the El Paso Daily Times in July 1907) with a loss estimated at $40,000. The inmates were all rescued--some narrowly. The fire started at the skating rink of the Palace Amusement Company, (a building valued at $5,000) which had just been finished, but not opened to the public. The Mineral Wells Bath House (which was empty at the time) was also a total loss, as was the Lithia Pavilion. Part of the Wann Hotel was destroyed along with thirty small frame structures. The total loss will be about $100,000 (as the same newspaper reports it). It was later torn down and replaced by Willimann's Pharmacy. The area was vacant before the sanitarium was built. Donkeys were pastured on it, but the wind brought notice of them to the guests in the Crazy Hotel, and they were forcibly removed. Currently [2010], the Woodsmen of the World club resides at this location.</p>The Davis Wells; The Davis Baths2009-11-12T15:16:28-06:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth60884/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth60884/"><img alt="The Davis Wells; The Davis Baths" title="The Davis Wells; The Davis Baths" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth60884/small/"/></a></p><p>Pictured here is a semi-ornate brick building (with a socle presumably of stone), advertising the Davis Wells and the Davis Baths. This enterprise is not listed in A.F. Weaver's "TIME WAS in Mineral Wells...."
The picture appears to have been excerpted from a larger photograph, as the legend "Davis Baths" (not visible in the picture) appears on the negative.
Polk's Directory for 1920 lists "Davis Mineral Baths" (proprietor, Dr. Eldred A.--the "A" stands for "Albany"--Davis) at "210 1/2 N. Oak Avenue." The business cannot be found in the 1909 or 1914 Polk's Directories. However, the 1914 Polk's Directory shows a Dr. Davis as living at 514 East Throckmorton [presently, in 2014, NE 1st Street] with his wife, Helen. The name of the bath house was changed to the "Buck Head" (or "Buckhead", as some sources have it) at some as yet unknown date.</p>[The Presbyterian Church: First Building]2009-11-12T15:16:28-06:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth60896/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth60896/"><img alt="[The Presbyterian Church: First Building]" title="[The Presbyterian Church: First Building]" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth60896/small/"/></a></p><p>The first Presbyterian Church building at NW 4th Avenue and Second Street is shown here, with a gentleman in early 20th-century clothes standing in front of it. The great fire of 1908 destroyed it. The building was replaced (at the same site) with another, stone church, which was itself demolished and replaced by a third structure that remains to this day [2011] at the same address. Pictures of both buildings occur in A.F. Weaver's book on page 143. Detailed pictures of the second building may be found in this collection.</p>[The Lezine House2009-11-12T15:16:28-06:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth60895/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth60895/"><img alt="[The Lezine House" title="[The Lezine House" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth60895/small/"/></a></p><p>A large house is shown here. The original photograph is not in good condition. A black man (in shirtsleeves) may be seen on the first floor, next to a seated black lady. Two black men, more formally dressed, stand on the second floor.
The building was owned by John Lezine, who began as a cook, and ended up owner. The hotel (and later private building) was operated as a hotel for black people.
The presumed street in the front does not appear to be paved.</p>Central Christian Church2009-11-12T15:16:28-06:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth60894/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth60894/"><img alt="Central Christian Church" title="Central Christian Church" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth60894/small/"/></a></p><p>Shown here is Central Christian Church: NW 1st Street. This picture is taken from a collage that illustrates several [Protestant] churches in Mineral Wells.</p>The Methodist-Episcopal Church2009-11-12T15:16:28-06:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth60893/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth60893/"><img alt="The Methodist-Episcopal Church" title="The Methodist-Episcopal Church" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth60893/small/"/></a></p><p>Photograph of a large, brick Methodist Episcopal church located at 301 NE 1st Street in Mineral Wells, Texas. It has pointed-arch windows lining the sides and square towers in each corner. The image is enclosed in an oval, surrounded by decorative leaves, with the text "Methodist Church" in the lower-right corner.</p>A Camera Trip Through Camp Wolters2008-08-25T15:14:00-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth39261/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth39261/"><img alt="A Camera Trip Through Camp Wolters" title="A Camera Trip Through Camp Wolters" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth39261/small/"/></a></p><p>Shown here is a booklet of 15 folios, 9 1/4" x 6 1/8", detailing life for the inmates of Camp Wolters. The booklet displays no copyright date, but the illustrations strongly suggest World War II. The booklet is in poor condition, and it is probably perishing from old age.</p>Souvenir Views of Mineral Wells, Texas2008-08-25T15:13:50-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth39258/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth39258/"><img alt="Souvenir Views of Mineral Wells, Texas" title="Souvenir Views of Mineral Wells, Texas" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth39258/small/"/></a></p><p>Shown here is a bottle-shaped souvenir of Mineral Wells. It consists of fourteen folios, showing various views of the attractions found in Mineral Wells. The clothing of the people photographed suggests a date of the early twentieth century.</p>Famous Mineral Water "At the Sign of of the Old Well"2008-08-25T14:58:14-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth39260/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth39260/"><img alt="Famous Mineral Water "At the Sign of of the Old Well"" title="Famous Mineral Water "At the Sign of of the Old Well"" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth39260/small/"/></a></p><p>Shown here is the title page of a booklet, about 6 3/16" by 3 7/16", of eight folios extolling the virtues of the waters obtainable in Mineral Wells. An analysis of the mineral water, a notarized statement by one J[asper] C. Liles (1873-1931), attesting to the purity of the water, and a brief description of the method by which the water is obtained, adorn the first two folios.
An advertisement for Dismuke's Pronto-Lax (Complete with an illustration of a specimen bottle) fills the bottom of folio 2, verso. The rest of the booklet is given over to letters from satisfied customers, attesting to the efficacy of the waters in the alleviation of various complaints.
The booklet ends with a notice of where to obtain Dismuke's Pronto-lax should it not be found locally.
Finally, a violet stamp reading: Mrs. Dola Blaffer 3412 Knight Street Phone 5-6602 Dallas, Tex." fills out the final page. A colophon at the very bottom reads: "Hendrix Printing Co. Mineral Wells, Texas."</p>Baker Hotel Swimming Pool2008-08-25T14:45:41-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth39156/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth39156/"><img alt="Baker Hotel Swimming Pool" title="Baker Hotel Swimming Pool" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth39156/small/"/></a></p><p>None</p>[The Baker Hotel at Night]2008-08-25T14:45:27-05:00https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth39155/<p><a href="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth39155/"><img alt="[The Baker Hotel at Night]" title="[The Baker Hotel at Night]" src="https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth39155/small/"/></a></p><p>This picture shows the Baker--in its great days--at night. According to William O. Gross, Jr. ("Mineral wells, Texas: A Sampler, 1997) the hotel is properly named "Hotel Mineral Wells", the name "Baker" refers to the Baker Hotel Corporation of San Antonio, Texas, which operated nine hotels at the time.
Legend has it that a female guest jumped to her death. Her ghost is supposed to be resident in the building, but substantial evidence for the existence of the ghost remains to this date [2014] lacking.
A legend on the front of the photograph states that it was colorized by A. F. Weaver in 1940.</p>