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[Three children of Jesus Cabezuela in a family portrait]

Three daughters of Jesus Cabezuela are pictured in the year 1925. From left to right: Contributor's mother (standing, age 12), Dora Cabezuela (seated, age 1), and Aurora Cabezuela (standing, age 3).

Date: 1925~

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Marfa Public Library

[Jesus Cabezuela and his two daughters in a family portrait]

1923 photograph of Jesus Cabezuela and his two children. From left to right: Jesus Cabezuela (seated), Aurora Cabezuela (standing on chair), and contributor's mother (standing, age 10)

Date: 1923

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Marfa Public Library

Teresa Campos Family

Photographic postcard picturing the nieces and nephews of Teresa Campos (L-R) Fred Ortega, age 4; Fransica Ortega, age 5; Enedina Martinez (sitting); Nena Ortega, age 2; Maria Martinez Ortega (Enedina's daughter); and Fransico, age 6. They are at their house in Ruidosa, Texas.

Date: 1922~

Item Type: Image

Partner: Marfa Public Library

Juan Campos as a Baby

Photograph of Juan Campos as a baby in Dexter, New Mexico around 1922. This photo was included in a research paper by Herlinda Espinoza for an American History Class at Marfa High School in 1966.

Date: 1922~

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Marfa Public Library

Frank Martinez, Jr. and Manuela M. Martinez

Photograph of Fran Martinez, Jr. and his bride Manuela. This photo was taken in Terlingua in 1922. This photo was included in a research paper by Herlinda Espinoza for an American History Class at Marfa High School in 1966.

Date: 1922

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Marfa Public Library

Erasmo, Beatrize, Maria and Jesus Herrera

Photograph of Erasmo Herrera and his sister Beatrize Herrera in 1925 in Terlingua, Texas. The children are Maria and Jesus Herrera. This photo was included in a research paper by Herlinda Espinoza for an American History Class at Marfa High School in 1966.

Date: 1925

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Marfa Public Library

Arseno, Augustine, and Osmundo Campos

Photograph of Arseno, Augustine III, and Osmundo Campos, sons of Augustine, Jr. and Carolina Campos in Terlingua in 1926. This photo was included in a research paper by Herlinda Espinoza for an American History Class at Marfa High School in 1966.

Date: 1926

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Marfa Public Library

[Bob Carr in early 1920]

Photograph of Bob Carr smoking a pipe in the 1920s.

Date: 1920~

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Marfa Public Library

[Post office in Casa Piedra, 1925]

Picture of 1925 Casa Piedra post office. The post office was owned and managed by Conrado L. Vasquez. Four figures are in the photograph. From left to right: Santiago Ocon, Carmen Vasquez, Conrado Vasquez Jr., and Conrado Vasquez, Sr. To the right of the picture is a 1929 Buick owned by a shoe salesman.

Date: 1925

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Marfa Public Library

Ruperta Chavarria in 1928

Photograph of Ruperta Chavarria in a pretty dress made by Petra Nunez. She was 19 years old and getting ready to go to a dance in 1928. This photo was included in a research paper by Stella Nunez for an American History class at Marfa High School in 1967.

Date: 1928

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Marfa Public Library

Angelina Chavez and Tanis Dominguez

Photograph of Angelina Chavez and Tanis Dominguez taken in ?Shafter, Texas in 1925. The boy holds a cap in his hand and leans on an automobile.

Date: 1925

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Marfa Public Library

[Monico Cedillo at seven months]

Photograph of Monico Cedillo at age seven months. He is sitting in a small chair and is wearing a baby's gown.

Date: 1923

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Marfa Public Library

[Lilia Corrales in 1925]

Oval-shaped portrait of Lilia Corrales, around age seven, posing with a small table. She is wearing a light-colored, sleeveless, knee-length dress and is facing the camera with her body turned toward the left side of the image and has her right elbow propped on the table. A large tin canister with fresh flowers is on the table.

Date: 1925

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Marfa Public Library

[St. Mary's Catholic church before first renovations]

Architecture of St. Mary's Catholic church before the 1920s renovations.

Date: 1920~

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Marfa Public Library

[Interior of St. Mary's Catholic church in the late 1920s]

Interior of St. Mary's Church in the late 1920s. The church had been redecorated.

Date: 1927~

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Marfa Public Library

[Men's Society of St. Joseph at St. Joseph's Day procession]

A parade of more than fifty men are marching in the Men's Society of St. Joseph's Day Procession outside St. Mary's Catholic Church rectory. The rectory is in the left corner of the photograph. Several older model cars from the early 20th century are also in the photograph.

Date: 1920~

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Marfa Public Library

[Altar of Sacred Heart Catholic Church]

Altar of Sacred Heart Catholic Church.

Date: 1920~

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Marfa Public Library

[Estella Matamoros in 1923]

Marfa dressmaker Estella Matamoros Cortez on her wedding day. She is standing in a garden. To her right is part of a house.

Date: 1923

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Marfa Public Library

[Jose Cenicero transports school children on two trucks for a picnic]

Jose Ceniceros takes two trucks full of school children on a picnic. Approximately 45 individuals are in the photograph. Three men are standing the center of the photograph and in the far right corner three women and one man is standing. The remaining individuals are on the two trucks.

Date: 1920~

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Marfa Public Library

[Trucks used in Marfa during the 1920s and 1930s]

Group of four trucks used to transport goods around Marfa. These trucks were some of the first trucks in the Marfa transportation business. The four trucks are in a row in the center of the photograph. Three unknown people are also in the photograph. From left to right: On the first truck, a woman sits on a truck fender; a man stands to the right of the third truck; a man stands to the left of the fourth truck.

Date: 1920~

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Marfa Public Library

John F. Conners on Horseback in Ft. Clark, Texas

Photograph of John Francis Conners on horseback. He is wearing a uniform. This was taken on December 19, 1924 in Ft. Clark, Texas. This photo was included in a research paper by Albert Garcia for an American History Class at Marfa High School in 1969.

Date: December 19, 1924

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Marfa Public Library

[Nieves Colomo with three of her children]

Nieves Colomo is sitting in the center of the photograph, surrounded by three of her children. Elva is standing to the left of her mother. Luis is sitting on Nieves' lap and Manuel is to the right of his mother.

Date: 1927~

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Marfa Public Library

Luz and Manuel Cruz in Chihuahua, Mexico

Photographic postcard from March 19, 1921 picturing Luz Cruz and her son Manuel while on a trip to Chihuahua, Mexico. There is correspondence on the back in Spanish. This photo was included in a report by Salvador Roman, Jr. for a history class at Marfa High School in 1975.

Date: March 19, 1921

Item Type: Postcard

Partner: Marfa Public Library

Cruz Cordova at Age 15

Photograph of Cruz Cordova at the age of 15 in 1929 at Marathon, Texas. He became a carpenter, married Fita Cordova and had a daughter, Carol Cordova.

Date: 1929

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Marfa Public Library

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Erasmo, Beatrize, Maria and Jesus Herrera

Arseno, Augustine, and Osmundo Campos

[Bob Carr in early 1920]

[Post office in Casa Piedra, 1925]

Ruperta Chavarria in 1928

Angelina Chavez and Tanis Dominguez

[Monico Cedillo at seven months]

[Lilia Corrales in 1925]

[St. Mary's Catholic church before first renovations]

[Interior of St. Mary's Catholic church in the late 1920s]

[Men's Society of St. Joseph at St. Joseph's Day procession]

[Altar of Sacred Heart Catholic Church]

[Estella Matamoros in 1923]

[Jose Cenicero transports school children on two trucks for a picnic]

[Trucks used in Marfa during the 1920s and 1930s]

John F. Conners on Horseback in Ft. Clark, Texas

[Nieves Colomo with three of her children]

Luz and Manuel Cruz in Chihuahua, Mexico

Cruz Cordova at Age 15