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- [A 1949 Mercury]
- Illustrated here is a photograph of a 1949 Mercury that was owned by A.F.Weaver, Jr. when he sold Crazy Water Crystals in the Houston and New Orleans areas. Mr. Weaver's father moved to Mineral Wells in the 1930's to manage the Crazy Water Company's operations. Art, Jr. became a salesman for Crazy Water Crystals following World War II.
- Camp Wolters - Texas
- Illustrated here is a panoramic view of Camp Wolters, Texas. Labels on photograph identify (left to right) Area No. 4, Sports Arena, Service Club, Area No. 5, Area No. 3, Area No. 2, and Area No.1. Platoons of soldiers are marching on the left side of the photograph.
- [The Crazy Bottling Plant]
- The Crazy Water Bottling Plant and Crazy Water Tower are shown here. The plant was built in 1919 at a cost of $85,000, and is located at 300 NW 7th Street. The location was once the original site of the Sangcura-Sprudel Wells Pavilion. The Sangcura-Sprudel Pavilion was moved and converted into a rooming house, which burned in 1973. Notice the home in the background. The date on back of photograph is given as 1940.
- [The Crazy Gang Bus]
- A radio show, broadcast at noon and advertising Crazy Water Crystals over the Texas Quality Network, became so popular that the radio gang found themselves in great demand for personal appearances. To accommodate their audiences, the band traveled in their own bus, shown here. On the back of the photograph is stamped "A. F. Weaver Photography 412 North Oak Avenue Mineral Wells, Texas 76067." Dated: 1940. Please note: ZIP codes were not in existence in 1940. Its appearance here with the date of 1940 cannot be easily explained.
- Crazy Hotel
- The east side of the second Crazy Hotel in the 400 block of N. Oak Avenue is illustrated here. Across NE 3rd. street, to the left, is Renfro's Drugs (at 319 north Oak Street). The low building on the right is the Hotel's drinking pavilion, and has a sign on it proclaiming a public auction of homes, business sites and farm land to take place January 20-21-22. This is a rare view (from the North-East) of the north back side of the hotel. Cars, of the late 1930's, are double-parked and visible in the middle of the street along the east side of the Crazy. (Head-in angle parking in Mineral Wells was changed to parallel parking in 1938, shortly before America was drawn into World War II.)
- [The Crazy Laundry]
- In the 1930's, the Carlsbad Building (once a spa for taking the mineral waters. See "The Texas Carlsbad" for details)was taken over by the Crazy Hotel for use as a laundry. Note the painted windows that still proclaim the waters, and the original Texas Carlsbad building. The Panel truck in front was driven by L. C. Ely and the other truck was driven by his father R. C. Ely. This picture was taken sometime in 1940.
- Crazy Paper Box Company
- The Crazy Water Company built a plant in 1919 to extract minerals from its water, box the crystals, and sell them nationwide as Crazy Water Crystals. Part of the crystal enterprise included a box factory. Following an action by the Food and Drug Administration in the late 1930's, crystal operations were reduced and the box operation was diversified. A Mr. Breidling bought the machinery to construct boxes in 1940. He remained with the factory when it was sold to Pollock (A subsidiary of Regis). They added 22000 square feet to the plant, over and above the 56000 square feet already in existence.. They introduced two new machines into the plant, and got rid of the old ones. The plant continues (2016) to produced boxes for Christmas presents. Rumor has it (2016) that the Crazy Water industry plans to re-open the plant to produced Crazy Crystals again. "'Treetop' Erwin, left, was the driver of the Crazy Box Company truck" is written on the back of the photograph. The photograph is dated 1940, and can be found in A. F. Weaver's book, "TIME WAS In Mineral Wells", First Edition, 1974, on page 28. Special note: By magnifying the picture so as to be able to read the license plate of the truck, the date "42" becomes visible.
- [The Crazy Water Company - Stock Certificate]
- A certificate for 250 shares of Capital Stock in the Crazy Water Company, that once belonged to Boyce Ditto is shown here.
- [The Crazy Water Crystal Factory]
- Shown here is an interior view of the Crazy Crystals Plant. "Crazy Water" was evaporated, and the dissolved solids precipitated as crystals which were then packaged and shipped all over the United States, Canada, England and Australia. By dissolving the Crazy Water crystals in water, the purchaser was able to reconstitute "mineral water" and secure the benefits of one of the earliest "instant" beverages without the added cost of the supplying company's shipping water.
- KORC 1140 On Your Dial
- A picture of a KORC-KBS Microphone--"1140 on your dial" is shown here. Mineral Wells' radio history dates back to the 1930's when Mr. Hal Collins, owner of the Crazy Hotel, began sponsoring broadcasts originating in the hotel lobby. The radio station was founded and owned by Mr. Achilles Corcanges, and aired its first broadcast on December 5, 1946. Radio station KMWT-FM began broadcasting from Mineral Wells in 1970. The broadcasts were aired nationwide, at noon daily, over the Texas Quality Network. It advertised Crazy Water Crystals. Both stations' call letters were changed in 1983 to KJAS-AM and KYXS-FM. Many show business luminaries appeared on the shows. For instance, Mary Martin of Weatherford began her singing/acting career here.
- The Last Days of Camp Wolters, 15 August 1946
- This pamphlet describes the last eight months of Camp Wolters, during which time it was closed down, and its personnel were transferred to positions in other places.
- The Longhorn (Camp Wolters, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 1, Ed. 1 Friday, June 30, 1944
- Weekly newspaper from Camp Wolters, Mineral Wells, Texas that includes news of interest to United States Army personnel at Camp Wolters.
- The Longhorn (Camp Wolters, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 2, Ed. 1 Friday, July 7, 1944
- Weekly newspaper from Camp Wolters, Mineral Wells, Texas that includes news of interest to United States Army personnel at Camp Wolters.
- The Longhorn (Camp Wolters, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 3, Ed. 1 Friday, July 14, 1944
- Weekly newspaper from Camp Wolters, Mineral Wells, Texas that includes news of interest to United States Army personnel at Camp Wolters.
- The Longhorn (Camp Wolters, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 4, Ed. 1 Friday, July 21, 1944
- Weekly newspaper from Camp Wolters, Mineral Wells, Texas that includes news of interest to United States Army personnel at Camp Wolters.
- The Longhorn (Camp Wolters, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 5, Ed. 1 Friday, July 28, 1944
- Weekly newspaper from Camp Wolters, Mineral Wells, Texas that includes news of interest to United States Army personnel at Camp Wolters.
- The Longhorn (Camp Wolters, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 6, Ed. 1 Friday, August 4, 1944
- Weekly newspaper from Camp Wolters, Mineral Wells, Texas that includes news of interest to United States Army personnel at Camp Wolters.
- The Longhorn (Camp Wolters, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 7, Ed. 1 Friday, August 11, 1944
- Weekly newspaper from Camp Wolters, Mineral Wells, Texas that includes news of interest to United States Army personnel at Camp Wolters.
- The Longhorn (Camp Wolters, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 8, Ed. 1 Friday, August 18, 1944
- Weekly newspaper from Camp Wolters, Mineral Wells, Texas that includes news of interest to United States Army personnel at Camp Wolters.
- The Longhorn (Camp Wolters, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 9, Ed. 1 Friday, August 25, 1944
- Weekly newspaper from Camp Wolters, Mineral Wells, Texas that includes news of interest to United States Army personnel at Camp Wolters.
- The Longhorn (Camp Wolters, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 10, Ed. 1 Friday, September 1, 1944
- Weekly newspaper from Camp Wolters, Mineral Wells, Texas that includes news of interest to United States Army personnel at Camp Wolters.
- The Longhorn (Camp Wolters, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 11, Ed. 1 Friday, September 8, 1944
- Weekly newspaper from Camp Wolters, Mineral Wells, Texas that includes news of interest to United States Army personnel at Camp Wolters.
- The Longhorn (Camp Wolters, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 12, Ed. 1 Friday, September 15, 1944
- Weekly newspaper from Camp Wolters, Mineral Wells, Texas that includes news of interest to United States Army personnel at Camp Wolters.
- The Longhorn (Camp Wolters, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 13, Ed. 1 Friday, September 22, 1944
- Weekly newspaper from Camp Wolters, Mineral Wells, Texas that includes news of interest to United States Army personnel at Camp Wolters.
- The Longhorn (Camp Wolters, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 14, Ed. 1 Friday, September 29, 1944
- Weekly newspaper from Camp Wolters, Mineral Wells, Texas that includes news of interest to United States Army personnel at Camp Wolters.
- The Longhorn (Camp Wolters, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 15, Ed. 1 Friday, October 6, 1944
- Weekly newspaper from Camp Wolters, Mineral Wells, Texas that includes news of interest to United States Army personnel at Camp Wolters.
- The Longhorn (Camp Wolters, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 16, Ed. 1 Friday, October 13, 1944
- Weekly newspaper from Camp Wolters, Mineral Wells, Texas that includes news of interest to United States Army personnel at Camp Wolters.
- The Longhorn (Camp Wolters, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 17, Ed. 1 Friday, October 20, 1944
- Weekly newspaper from Camp Wolters, Mineral Wells, Texas that includes news of interest to United States Army personnel at Camp Wolters.
- The Longhorn (Camp Wolters, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 18, Ed. 1 Friday, October 27, 1944
- Weekly newspaper from Camp Wolters, Mineral Wells, Texas that includes news of interest to United States Army personnel at Camp Wolters.
- The Longhorn (Camp Wolters, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 19, Ed. 1 Friday, November 3, 1944
- Weekly newspaper from Camp Wolters, Mineral Wells, Texas that includes news of interest to United States Army personnel at Camp Wolters.
- The Longhorn (Camp Wolters, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 20, Ed. 1 Friday, November 10, 1944
- Weekly newspaper from Camp Wolters, Mineral Wells, Texas that includes news of interest to United States Army personnel at Camp Wolters.
- The Longhorn (Camp Wolters, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 21, Ed. 1 Friday, November 17, 1944
- Weekly newspaper from Camp Wolters, Mineral Wells, Texas that includes news of interest to United States Army personnel at Camp Wolters.
- The Longhorn (Camp Wolters, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 22, Ed. 1 Friday, November 24, 1944
- Weekly newspaper from Camp Wolters, Mineral Wells, Texas that includes news of interest to United States Army personnel at Camp Wolters.
- The Longhorn (Camp Wolters, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 23, Ed. 1 Friday, December 1, 1944
- Weekly newspaper from Camp Wolters, Mineral Wells, Texas that includes news of interest to United States Army personnel at Camp Wolters.
- The Longhorn (Camp Wolters, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 24, Ed. 1 Friday, December 8, 1944
- Weekly newspaper from Camp Wolters, Mineral Wells, Texas that includes news of interest to United States Army personnel at Camp Wolters.
- The Longhorn (Camp Wolters, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 25, Ed. 1 Friday, December 15, 1944
- Weekly newspaper from Camp Wolters, Mineral Wells, Texas that includes news of interest to United States Army personnel at Camp Wolters.
- The Longhorn (Camp Wolters, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 26, Ed. 1 Friday, December 22, 1944
- Weekly newspaper from Camp Wolters, Mineral Wells, Texas that includes news of interest to United States Army personnel at Camp Wolters.
- The Longhorn (Camp Wolters, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 27, Ed. 1 Friday, December 29, 1944
- Weekly newspaper from Camp Wolters, Mineral Wells, Texas that includes news of interest to United States Army personnel at Camp Wolters.
- The Longhorn (Camp Wolters, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 28, Ed. 1 Friday, January 5, 1945
- Weekly newspaper from Camp Wolters, Mineral Wells, Texas that includes news of interest to United States Army personnel at Camp Wolters.
- The Longhorn (Camp Wolters, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 29, Ed. 1 Friday, January 12, 1945
- Weekly newspaper from Camp Wolters, Mineral Wells, Texas that includes news of interest to United States Army personnel at Camp Wolters.
- The Longhorn (Camp Wolters, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 30, Ed. 1 Friday, January 19, 1945
- Weekly newspaper from Camp Wolters, Mineral Wells, Texas that includes news of interest to United States Army personnel at Camp Wolters.
- The Longhorn (Camp Wolters, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 31, Ed. 1 Friday, January 26, 1945
- Weekly newspaper from Camp Wolters, Mineral Wells, Texas that includes news of interest to United States Army personnel at Camp Wolters.
- The Longhorn (Camp Wolters, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 32, Ed. 1 Friday, February 2, 1945
- Weekly newspaper from Camp Wolters, Mineral Wells, Texas that includes news of interest to United States Army personnel at Camp Wolters.
- The Longhorn (Camp Wolters, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 33, Ed. 1 Friday, February 9, 1945
- Weekly newspaper from Camp Wolters, Mineral Wells, Texas that includes news of interest to United States Army personnel at Camp Wolters.
- The Longhorn (Camp Wolters, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 34, Ed. 1 Friday, February 16, 1945
- Weekly newspaper from Camp Wolters, Mineral Wells, Texas that includes news of interest to United States Army personnel at Camp Wolters.
- The Longhorn (Camp Wolters, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 35, Ed. 1 Friday, February 23, 1945
- Weekly newspaper from Camp Wolters, Mineral Wells, Texas that includes news of interest to United States Army personnel at Camp Wolters.
- The Longhorn (Camp Wolters, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 36, Ed. 1 Friday, March 2, 1945
- Weekly newspaper from Camp Wolters, Mineral Wells, Texas that includes news of interest to United States Army personnel at Camp Wolters.
- The Longhorn (Camp Wolters, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 37, Ed. 1 Friday, March 9, 1945
- Weekly newspaper from Camp Wolters, Mineral Wells, Texas that includes news of interest to United States Army personnel at Camp Wolters.
- The Longhorn (Camp Wolters, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 38, Ed. 1 Friday, March 16, 1945
- Weekly newspaper from Camp Wolters, Mineral Wells, Texas that includes news of interest to United States Army personnel at Camp Wolters.
- The Longhorn (Camp Wolters, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 39, Ed. 1 Friday, March 23, 1945
- Weekly newspaper from Camp Wolters, Mineral Wells, Texas that includes news of interest to United States Army personnel at Camp Wolters.