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[Crowd at Maifest]

Description: Photograph of a crowd at Maifest. Several wooden tables with cups on them are set up. A group of six men are gathered around one table in the foreground. A large group of people are gathered behind a row of tables in the background.
Date: May 9, 1929
Creator: Winkelmann's Studio

[Crowd at Maifest]

Description: Photograph of a crowd at Maifest. The crowd is gathered on a road with a line of cars driving through. In the background, there are buildings. In the foreground, there are lines of flags hanging above the crowd. Text at the bottom-right of the image says "May 9, 1929" and "15."
Date: May 9, 1929
Creator: Winkelmann's Studio

[A. D. Milroy Company]

Description: Photograph taken inside the A. D. Milroy Co. building. There are three men standing toward the back of the building, and the tables around them are covered with cotton. There is a large skylight in the ceiling, and there are light bulbs hanging down. Written at the bottom center of the photograph is "A. D. Milroy Co. 1916."
Date: 1916
Creator: Winkelmann's Studio

[Dancing Group]

Description: Photograph of two men and one woman wearing unidentified ethnic European costume. One man is sitting on a prop brick fence, and is playing a stringed instrument. The woman and second man are dancing. In the background, there is a painted backdrop.
Date: unknown
Creator: Winkelmann's Studio

[Decorated Car]

Description: Photograph of a car decorated for the Maifest. The car is covered in streamers, and there are baskets of flowers on it. Riding inside the car are four children and a driver. Behind the car is another float that says "Astor." The photograph is dated May 18, 1928.
Date: May 18, 1928
Creator: Winkelmann's Studio

[Decorated Car]

Description: Photograph of a decorated car for the Maifest. The car is covered in streamers, and there is large group of people inside. The photograph is dated May 17, 1928.
Date: May 17, 1928
Creator: Winkelmann's Studio

[Dodge Brothers Float]

Description: Photograph of the Dodge Brothers float for the Mai-Fest. The float is a convertible car decorated with plants, flowers, and streamers. The sign on the side of the car says "Dependability Dodge Brothers." There are five people riding in the car. Written at the bottom center of the photograph is "Brenham's 39th Annual Mai-Fest, May 17-18 1923."
Date: May 1923
Creator: Winkelmann's Studio

[F. A. Windhausen Groceries and Feed]

Description: Photograph of the F. A. Windhausen Groceries and Feed store. The brick building is at the corner of a block. There are large windows in front on either side of the door and an awning above. There is a sign for flour painted on the brick at the corner as well as a large sign in German.
Date: 1929~
Creator: Winkelmann's Studio

[Farmers & Merchants Lumber Company Float]

Description: Photograph of the Farmers & Merchants Lumber Co. float in the Mai-Fest Parade. The float is made to look like a small house with a covered front porch, and brick on the bottom. The sign on top says "Johns-Manville Asbestos Shingles." On the side of the house it says "Farmers & Merchants Lumber Co. 'The Home Builders'" and "Sherwin-Williams Paints and Varnishes." The float is parked in front of unidentified stores.
Date: May 1927
Creator: Winkelmann's Studio

[Fink Brothers Float]

Description: Photograph of the Fink Brothers float in the 1922 Mai-Fest parade. There are two men and a woman in the float. It is covered in signs for Tidal Wave Flour and "New Way" Flour. The large signs on the front and right side say "We sell these Famous all purpose Flours." There are sacks of flower in the float. Written under the float is "Mai-Fest 1922." The float is in front of some unknown buildings.
Date: May 1922
Creator: Winkelmann's Studio

[Fire at Wangemann - Reichardt Company, Incorporated]

Description: Photograph of a fire at Wangemann-Reichardt Company, Incorporated. Smoke is coming from a building with Wrigley's Spearmint and Coca-Cola advertisements painted on the side. Firemen are spraying the building with hoses. In the foreground, there are other buildings. Text at the bottom of the image says "Fire of Wangemann-Reichardt Co. Inc.[,] Sept. 25, 1922" and "Photo Winkelmann's Studio."
Date: September 25, 1922
Creator: Winkelmann's Studio

[First National Bank Building]

Description: Photograph of the First National Bank building. It is a large brick building on the corner of a block. There are power lines in front of the building and a fire escape on the left side. There is a sign on the sidewalk to the left of the doors that says "Central Contracting Company General Contractors and Engineers Dallas, Tex., Houston, Tex.-Shreveport, LA."
Date: 1929~
Creator: Winkelmann's Studio

[First National Bank Building]

Description: Photograph of the First National Bank building. It is a large brick building on the corner of a city block. The sign on the sidewalk to the left of the door says "Central Contracting Company General Contractors and Engineers Dallas, Tex., Houston, Tex. - Shreveport, LA." The older looking building to the right also says "First National Bank." The Fink Bros. building is visible in the background to the left. The photograph was taken from across the street in front of the bank building, and there… more
Date: unknown
Creator: Winkelmann's Studio

[G. Hermann Furniture Company Float]

Description: Photograph of the G. Hermann Furniture Company float in the Maifest parade in 1922. The float looks like a boat with flowers on it. There is a flag with the furniture company's name on the front and an American flag on the back. "Hermann's" is written at the front below the flag. The float is parked in front of a store. There are three men and a woman kneeling in front, and a woman, a man, and a child are sitting inside the float. "Mai-Fest 1922" is written on the photograph just below the back… more
Date: May 1922
Creator: Winkelmann's Studio

Giddings Bank

Description: Photograph of an Giddings bank building in Brenham. It is a large building on the corner of a city block. There is a bicycle leaning against the curb in front of the building, and there is a clothing store to the right. One window says W. W. Searcy Attorney, and another window says D. C. Williams Real Estate Insurance.
Date: 1929~
Creator: Winkelmann's Studio

[La Grange Float]

Description: Photograph of the La Grange float in the Maifest parade in 1922. The float is a convertible car with flowers all over it and a sign that says "La Grange." A man and a woman are sitting in the car, and they are parked in front of some unknown houses. There is another car in the background.
Date: May 1922
Creator: Winkelmann's Studio

[Green's Brigade Reunion]

Description: Photograph of four men wearing hats; they are identified as the Thirty-third Annual Green's Brigade Reunion. One man is identified as M. Jones. Three men are standing, and one man is sitting in front. The standing men are wearing ribbons that say "Reunion."
Date: 1914
Creator: Winkelmann's Studio

[Group at Washington County Fair]

Description: Photograph of a group of people at Washington County Fair. The group is standing near a row of farming equipment. In the background, there is a building with text along the top that says "Farmers [-] Merchants Lumber...." Text at the bottom-left of the image says "Washington County Fair[,] Brenham, Tex. Oct. 10-11-12-1934."
Date: 1934-10-10/1934-10-12
Creator: Winkelmann's Studio

[Group of Men on Farmland]

Description: Photograph of a group of five men posing on a dirt road in farmland. One man is standing on a piece of farming equipment. One man is standing on the left side of it, and three men are standing on the right. Barbed-wire fences surround both sides of the road.
Date: July 1925
Creator: Winkelmann's Studio

[Group of Turkeys]

Description: Photograph of a large group of turkeys. A man is standing on top of crates in a wagon in the middle of the turkeys. In the background, there are several people under an awning of a building. A. A. Hacker is associated with this image.
Date: November 1919
Creator: Winkelmann's Studio

[Group of Young Percussionists]

Description: Photograph of a group of children in band uniforms. They are holding various percussion instruments. On the back row, three boys are wearing suits, and one girl is wearing a dress. The group is posing on stairs in front of a doorway.
Date: unknown
Creator: Winkelmann's Studio
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