Marfa, Diversity in the Desert - 72 Matching Results

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[Photograph of Paisano Pass]

Photograph of Paisano Pass in Presidio County, Texas. A train can be seen driving through the valley with dark smoke coming from it.

Date: 1924

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Marfa Public Library

[Postcard of Sirlido Dominguez and His Family]

Postcard of Sirlido Dominguez sitting in a chair, with his wife and daughter standing on either side of him. There is nothing written on the back of the postcard.

Date: 1920~

Item Type: Postcard

Partner: Marfa Public Library

[Baby Portrait of Abel Dominguez]

Portrait of Abel Dominguez at six months old, sitting in a wicker baby carriage.

Date: 1926

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Marfa Public Library

[Photograph of Cinderella and Abel Dominguez]

Photograph of Cinderella Dominguez in a black dress outdoors holding her infant son, Abel Dominguez.

Date: 1926

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Marfa Public Library

[Photograph of Annaway DeVolin]

Photograph of Annaway DeVolin wearing a dress and dark sweater and sitting on a large rock, with a house in the background.

Date: 1921

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Marfa Public Library

[Photograph of Men at the Knights of Columbus Convention]

Photograph of a large group of men in suits outside of a brick building at the Knights of Columbus Convention in El Paso, Texas.

Date: July 14, 1929

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Marfa Public Library

[Photograph of the Dowe Home]

Photograph of a two-story house, belonging to O. C. and Millie Dowe, with a wooden fence and gate in front of it, and snow falling and covering the roof and the ground.

Date: 1928

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Marfa Public Library

[Men of the Sacred Heart Organization]

Photograph of the men in the Sacred Heart Organization of Marfa in 1924.Men in the photo have numbers written on them. These identify the following: 1. Tibursio Segura, 2. Florentino Herrera, 3. Mariano Hiner, 4. Victor Dominguez, 5. Aranasio Valenzuela, 6. Willie Urias, 7. Lucas Herrera, 8. Damian Magallanez, 9. Bill Rice, 10. Crespin Vasquez, 11. Lupe Mendias, 12. Esabel Vasquez, 13. Crespin Frias, 14. Monese Hiner, 15. Secundino Martinez, 16. Juan Perea, 17. Jose Moralez, 18. Hijinio Morale… more

Date: 1924

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Marfa Public Library

Wedding with Sisters

Photograph of two sisters married on the same day. They are Margaret Armendarez and Otelia Tercero.

Date: 1922~

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Marfa Public Library

Celia Acosta on First Holy Communion

Photograph of Celia Acosta at age 7, dressed for her first Holy Communion. The photo was taken in Grandfalls, Texas on March 29, 1923. She wears a white dress with a crown and veil and holds a candle and a little book.

Date: March 29, 1923

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Marfa Public Library

Pete and Felix Aguilar, 1928

Photograph of brothers Pete and Felix Aguilar in 1928.

Date: 1928

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Marfa Public Library

Felix Aguilar and Manuela Arlacon

Photograph of Felix Aguilar and Manuela Arlacon before their engagement party in 1928 in Presidio, Texas.

Date: 1928

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Marfa Public Library

Felix Aguilar and Manuela Arlacon

Photograph of Felix Aguilar and Manuela Arlacon just before their engagement party in 1928 in Presidio, Texas.

Date: 1928

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Marfa Public Library

Rosa A. Acosta

Studio portrait of Rosa A. Acosta, taken on March 8, 1921 in Redford, Texas.

Date: March 8, 1921

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Marfa Public Library

Annaway DeVolin

Photograph of Annaway DeVolin, school teacher at Horse Creek, Texas in 1921. She is seated outside. This photo was included in a research paper by Cynthia Lee Rogers for an American History class at Marfa High School.

Date: 1921

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Marfa Public Library

[Photograph of Men Making Sotol]

Photograph taken in Coyame, Chihuahua, Mexico in 1920. Mr. Nestor Baeza is on horseback and the other men are making sotol, a drink similar to tequilla. This was smuggled into the US during prohibition. Mountains are in the background.

Date: 1920

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Marfa Public Library

Wedding Picture from 1924

Photograph of a wedding on March 15, 1924. People in the picture are (L-R, back row): Dolores Hinojos, Josefa Doninguez, Esteban Cruz, and Pole Vaszuez. Bride and groom in front row, Efejenia and Cruz Baeza.

Date: March 15, 1924

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Marfa Public Library

LC Brite with Cattle Going to Nebraska

Photograph of L.C. Brite viewing some of the cattle he sold to A.E. Dixon of Blair, Nebraska. Photo taken on September 7, 1923 at the Brite Ranch.

Date: November 7, 1923

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Marfa Public Library

Burro named "Gansole"

Photograph of "Gansole", a faithful burro on the Brite Ranch in 1928. This animal served as a school bus, night horse, and a way to get home.

Date: 1928

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Marfa Public Library

Remuda on the Brite Ranch

Photograph of a remuda, or group of saddle horses, on the Brite Ranch in the late 1920s. Many of these horses came from the Pool Ranch near Shafter, Texas.

Date: 1928~

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Marfa Public Library

Burro "Mida Mora"

Photograph of little Tommy Wells wearing a sombrero and sitting on a burro taken in 1927. The burro, named Mida Mora, was a blue mule captured from the bandits who raided the Brite Ranch in 1917. This burro served many years a a night horse, which was a horse left in the pen at night to gather other horses for use in the morning.

Date: 1927

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Marfa Public Library

Eclipse Windmill

Photograph of an eclipse windmill, the type that was used before the steel windmills came to West Texas. It was built out of wood. There is a woman, some cattle and water tanks near the windmill.

Date: 1920~

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Marfa Public Library

Francisco Borunda

Photograph of Francisco Borunda in 1926 at the age of 25.

Date: 1926

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Marfa Public Library

Carolina Borunda at age 17

Photograph of Carolina Borunda at age 17. She later becam Carolina Borunda Humpheries. She has a contemporary hair style and wears a necklace.

Date: 1924~

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Marfa Public Library

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[Photograph of Paisano Pass]

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[Photograph of Men at the Knights of Columbus Convention]

[Photograph of the Dowe Home]

[Men of the Sacred Heart Organization]

Wedding with Sisters

Celia Acosta on First Holy Communion

Pete and Felix Aguilar, 1928

Felix Aguilar and Manuela Arlacon

Felix Aguilar and Manuela Arlacon

Rosa A. Acosta

Annaway DeVolin

[Photograph of Men Making Sotol]

Wedding Picture from 1924

LC Brite with Cattle Going to Nebraska

Burro named "Gansole"

Remuda on the Brite Ranch

Burro "Mida Mora"

Eclipse Windmill

Francisco Borunda

Carolina Borunda at age 17