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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

Rosa A. Acosta

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

Date: March 8, 1921

Item Type: Photograph

Fire at Rogers #1 Oil Well

A view of the Rogers #1 fire at a distance of 70 feet from the flames. The fire burned for 9 days before being extinguished on March 20, 1921 in Eldorado, Arkansas. This photo was included in a research paper by Mike Shurley for an American History class at Marfa High School in 1968.

Date: March 1921

Item Type: Photograph

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

Branding Cattle at the Brite Ranch

Photographic postcard of cowboys branding cattle on the Brite Ranch in West Texas. It has the name "Bill Bailey" written on the back and it is addressed to Mr. C.E. Brite in Brite, Tex and it is postmarked September 1, 1921 in Marfa, Texas.

Date: 1921~

Item Type: Postcard

Ethel Brant holding baby Doug

Photograph of Ethel Bryant holding her baby, Doug. She is standing in an oil field in Eldorado, Arkansas where Rogers #1 was located.

Date: 1921~

Item Type: Photograph

[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

[Altar of Sacred Heart Catholic Church]

Altar of Sacred Heart Catholic Church.

Date: 1920~

Item Type: Photograph

[Bob Carr in early 1920]

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

Date: 1920~

Item Type: Photograph

Brite Ranch Headquarters in the 1920s.

Panoramic photograph from the 1920s of the Brite Ranch headquarters. This was a 125,000 acre ranch in Presidio County in West Texas. The photo shows (L-R): the main house, the barn, the shed, the fort, and the store. A group of unidentified people stand near the house. This photo was included in a report by Andrew Wells for an American History class at Marfa High School on January 13, 1975.

Date: 1920~

Item Type: Photograph

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

[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

[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

Mrs. L.C. Brite

Photograph of Mrs. L.C. Brite. She wears a beaded dress and necklace and holds a fan in her left hand. She also wears glasses. She was born in Missouri in 1875.

Date: 1920~

Item Type: Photograph

[Photograph of Maria and Daniel Brito in Big Spring, Texas]

Photograph of Maria and Daniel Brito standing out of doors near some plants in Big Spring, Texas around 1920.

Date: 1920

Item Type: Photograph

[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

Post Office/Store at Brite Ranch

Photograph of the Post Office and store on the Brite Ranch in West Texas. A man and woman stand in the doorway watching a child. An automobile is parked to the right. There appears to be an early gas pump outside the doorway of the building.

Date: 1920~

Item Type: Photograph

[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

St. Mary's Catholic Church Altar, c. 1920

Photograph of the altar of St. Mary's Catholic Church in Marfa, Texas around 1920. It has candles and statues around it and a decorative dome above it.

Date: 1920~

Item Type: Photograph

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

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

Date: 1920~

Item Type: Photograph

[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

Julia C. Galindo, Maria Acosta, and Angelita Campos

Photograph of two sisters, Julia C. Galindo, Maria Acosta, and their sister-in-law, Angelita Campos. This photo was taken on September 6, 1919 in Marfa, Texas. This photo was included in a research paper by Herlinda Espinoza for an American History Class at Marfa High School in 1966.

Date: September 6, 1919

Item Type: Photograph

[Colonel George T. Langhorne and Major General Joseph T. Dickman]

Photograph of Colonel George T. Langhorne and Major General Joseph T. Dickman. They are standing outside a building. There are two chairs behind them. According to a handwritten note on the back of the photograph, Langhorne is commanding the 8th Cavalry and Military District, and Dickman is commanding So. Department. The photograph was taken at the Marfa United States Military Headquarters.

Date: September 1919

Item Type: Photograph

[Five Military Men]

Photograph of five military men sitting on wooden crates. From left to right, the men are Lieutenant F. S. Estill, Lieutenant R. H. Cooper, Rayma L. "Andy" Andrews, Lieutenant W. M. "Pinky" Amis, and Lieutenant W. F. Parkin. Parkin is holding two dogs. The photograph was taken during the search for Lts. Peterson and Davis, two Army pilots stranded in Mexico after their plane crash landed.

Date: September 1919

Item Type: Photograph

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Luz and Manuel Cruz in Chihuahua, Mexico

Rosa A. Acosta

Fire at Rogers #1 Oil Well

Annaway DeVolin

Branding Cattle at the Brite Ranch

Ethel Brant holding baby Doug

[Photograph of Annaway DeVolin]

[Altar of Sacred Heart Catholic Church]

[Bob Carr in early 1920]

Brite Ranch Headquarters in the 1920s.

Eclipse Windmill

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

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

Mrs. L.C. Brite

[Photograph of Maria and Daniel Brito in Big Spring, Texas]

[Photograph of Men Making Sotol]

Post Office/Store at Brite Ranch

[Postcard of Sirlido Dominguez and His Family]

St. Mary's Catholic Church Altar, c. 1920

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

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

Julia C. Galindo, Maria Acosta, and Angelita Campos

[Colonel George T. Langhorne and Major General Joseph T. Dickman]

[Five Military Men]