1921. Carlsbad Well, Mineral Wells, Texas
Date: c. 1910
Creator: unknown
Description: The Texas Carlsbad Well at 415 NW 1st. Ave., across NW 1st. Ave. and west of the Crazy Water Well and second Crazy Drinking Pavilion. The number on the picture appears to be a picture number and not a date. (The gasoline powered "Dinky Car" tracks which served this area of NW 1st. Ave. from 1905 to 1909 were still visible in some 1915 photographs. The city streets were paved in 1914.) A more modern brick building was added to this wooden pavilion in 1909; both structures are visible in pictures taken during a Woodmen of the World convention in 1911. (Note: when the second Carlsbad Pavilion shut down during World War II, the newer Carlsbad building was taken over by the Crazy Hotel for its Laundry and Dry Cleaning.)
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[Aerial View of Mineral Wells (2 of 2)]
Date: c. 1910
Creator: unknown
Description: Aerial Photo adjacent to and south of AWO.0367Na. Photo taken from West Mountain looking southeast. Chautauqua theater is on the upper left of the picture. The Crazy Flats Drinking Pavilion (which burned March 15, 1925) is below right of the Chautauqua. Area in foreground is a residential area of west Mineral Wells, TX.
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Carlisle House, Mineral Wells, Texas
Date: c. 1913
Creator: unknown
Description: Carlisle House owned and managed by Mrs. A. E. Carlisle. located in Nazareth Hospital Block. Destroyed by big fire on July 4, 1914 per notes with picture.
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[Carlsbad Well, Second Building]
Date: c. 1915
Creator: unknown
Description: The Carlsbad Well building around 1915. *Note that stained glass windows have been installed and the "Ben Hur" street car tracks have been removed. This picture appears in Weaver, A. F., "TIME WAS ...", 1st Edition, p. 73. The Carlsbad was on the S.W. corner of N.W. 1st Ave. and N.W. 4th St., directly across the street west of the Crazy Hotel. From 1903 to 1909, the Mineral Wells Lakewood Park Scenic Railway provided gasoline powered motor, "Dinky Car", service every 1/4 hour to Lake Pinto . The "Ben Hur" was the last and largest of the "Dinky Cars" whose tracks, on N.W. 1st St., passed the Carlsbad pavilion and turned west on NW 6th St. After the drinking pavilion was closed, the building was taken over by the Crazy Hotel for the Crazy Laundry and Dry Cleaning.
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Co. 1, 4th Texas Infantry
Date: 1916
Creator: unknown
Description: Typed under picture - "FIFTY YEARS AGO-Co. 1, 4th Teas Infantry, was patrolling the Mexican Border. The company's home base was in Mineral Wells. Later it was called into federal service and designated as Co. 144th Infrantry, 36th Division, with combat duty in France on the Meuse-Argone Campaign and the Argone Forest. In the picture is the company pet donkey, about to consume a copy of the Daily Index, on the left Bill Cameron and right Spencer Heath. The picture was made in Marathon, Texas in 1916." Bill Cameron was employed by the paper for many years in various capacities. At the time of his death, 1976, he was the business manager.
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[The Crazy Flats and First Crazy Hotel]
Date: c. 1914
Creator: unknown
Description: View of early Mineral Wells from East Mountain with the Crazy Flats in the foreground and the first Crazy Hotel to its left rear. The small building to the right rear of the Crazy Flats housed the "Crazy Woman's Well" that contributed the "Crazy Water" name to the local mineral water. Crazy Flats, the second Crazy Drinking Pavilion with "Rooms for Rent" on the second floor, was built in 1909. The first Crazy Hotel was built in two sections; the first section, to the left rear of Crazy Flats, was built in 1912, and the second section, to its left was built in 1914 and joined to the first. The low building to the left of Crazy Flats and in front of the Hotel was the Crazy Bath House and Drugstore. A fire started in the drugstore March 15, 1925, and destroyed this whole city block! The second Crazy Hotel covering the entire city block opened in 1927. The original Crazy Well is now in the sidewalk at the northwest corner of the Hotel with a cover over it. The second Crazy Hotel is now a Retirement Home. Also visible in the picture are the "Old High school", the "Little ...
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[Crazy Hotel Lobby]
Date: 1913
Creator: unknown
Description: The First Crazy Hotel Lobby, 1913. The first Crazy Hotel was built in two sections; the first section, which coontained this lobby, was built in 1912. The second section was added in 1914 and joined to the first. A fire March 15, 1925, destroyed the first Crazy Hotel along with all the other related business houses in this block. The second Crazy Hotel, covering the entire city block, opened in 1927, and is now a Retirement Home.
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Crazy Theatre
Date: c. 1914
Creator: unknown
Description: Crazy Theatre, located at 400 North Oak Avenue, on the east side of the street opposite the Crazy Hotel. The sign says: "Week Commencing Monday June 22." The street does not appear to be paved, which dates the picture prior to 1914. The building is now home to the Faith Covenant Church. The Crazy Theatre was later named the Grand Theatre.
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Crazy Theatre With Car
Date: c. 1918
Creator: unknown
Description: This photo is found in A. F. Weaver's Book, "Time Was...", 2nd edition, on page 17. It is captioned "Crazy Theatre, 400 North Oak Avenue, photo around 1918."
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[Crowd at Race]
Date: c. 1910
Creator: unknown
Description: A note on the back of the picture identifies this scene as Elmhurst Park, and the rails on either side indicate this was a race track. It is known that two race tracks operated at different times in Elmhurst Park, and one was for harness racing. In this picture the crowd appears to be eagerly awaiting the appearance of the contestants.
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