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Alex Bain Blacksmithing

Description: Photograph of Alex Bain's blacksmith shop, showing a view from the street with three men in front of the shop, with horses and carriages in the street. A sign on the second story of the building reads "Horse Shoeing Shop."
Date: 190X

Antique Cars in Taylor Parade

Description: Photograph of antique cars in Taylor Christmas Parade. The older 4 vehicles are early 1900's models, the last car in the line is a 1958 Ford.
Date: 195X

Austin's Horseless Carriage Club

Description: Photograph of the Austin's Horseless Carriage Club in the Taylor Rodeo Parade July 24, 1958. The old cars included 1905 and 1914 Cadillacs and a 1924 Ford
Date: July 24, 1958

Automobile Accident at 7th & Howard

Description: Photograph of an automobile accident involving two vehicles at the intersection of 7th and Howard Streets, October 22, 1957.
Date: October 22, 1957

The Baby Eagle

Description: Photograph of the Baby Eagle in the parade, Second Street, Taylor, Texas. Called the Baby Eagle,this train is half the size of the Missouri Pacific Line's Eagle trains. Featured in the Rodeo Parade, August 1956.
Date: August 1956

The Baby Eagle

Description: Photograph of the Baby Eagle in Rodeo Parade, Main Street, Taylor, Texas, on July 24, 1958. This is a half-size version of the Missouri Pacific Line's Eagle Trains.
Date: July 24, 1958

Bartlett Wreck

Description: Photograph of a traffic wreck near Bartlett, April 1956, with a truck going off a narrow bridge. Vehicle identified as late 1940's Ford Truck.
Date: 1956

Birdseye View Looking No. West

Description: Photograph of early Taylor, looking to the northwest from an unidentified location. Earlier dating of 1896 is incorrect, as the 1905-1935 Taylor City Hall is visible on the horizon.
Date: 1906

Bledsoe House

Description: Photograph of workers building the Bledsoe House, located at 724 Huff Street, Taylor, Texas. A group of workers is standing in a line near one corner of the house holding buckets and there are ladders propped against the house; a horse-drawn carriage is next to them, to the right. Handwritten text on the back says "unverified if this is the Bledsoe home -- a surgeon who moved to Taylor in 1911 & left in 1927. Address: 724 Huff Street."
Date: 191X

Booth Residence

Description: Photograph of the Booth's residence located at 2112 West Lake Drive, Taylor. Shows the Booth family in front with a dog and a horse.
Date: 190X

Boy Scout Troop 169

Description: Photograph of float by Boy Scout Troop 169, sponsored by the Taylor Optimist Club in the Taylor Rodeo Parade, Sept 14,1950. Picture taken from office window of Dr. E.M. Krenek, Dentist at 217 1/2 N. Main Street, Taylor.
Date: September 14, 1950

Brethren Church Bible School

Description: Photograph of students and teacher of the Brethren Church Bible school. Note behind the students, a residential street and parked car, a 1940's model.
Date: 195X

Brunner & Williams Drugstore

Description: Photograph of Brunner & Williams Drugstore, 207-209 N. Main. There are signs for other businesses in the building, such as Dr. Doak's offices. This building burned in December 1953.
Date: September 29, 1947

Brushy Exceeds Spring Floods

Description: Photograph of Brushy Creek flooding higher than the flood in spring of 1957. Picture taken at 2:15 pm Monday, October 14, 1957 at Highway 95 near Coupland.
Date: 1957

Buggy Dressed for Parade

Description: Photograph of a decorated wagon with two women aboard. A man stands at the front, holding the horse's bridle. Note the muddy roads.
Date: 1913

Car Damaged at Thorndale

Description: Photograph of a car damaged at Thorndale as result of a collision, April 13, 1958. Car identified as 1957 Ford.
Date: 1958

Car in the Taylor Rodeo Parade

Description: Photograph of a car in the Taylor Rodeo Parade, Sept 14,1950. Picture taken from second story office window of Dr. E.M. Krenek, Dentist at 217 1/2 N. Main Street, Taylor.
Date: September 14, 1950

Car Wreck: Two Killed

Description: Photograph of a car wreck near Barlett, August 17, 1957. Two were killed in the wreck.
Date: 1957

Chamber of Commerce Membership Drive

Description: Photograph of the Taylor Chamber of Commerce's membership drive with unidentified individuals around the bus. The bus is from the Roark Bus Lines
Date: 195X

Charlie Shultz and his Crazy Ford

Description: Photograph of Charlie Schultz and his Crazy Ford is one of the specialty acts in the Rodeo. Part of the Rodeo Parade, Main Street, Taylor, Texas, August 3, 1956.
Date: August 3, 1956

Christmas Lights in Thorndale

Description: Photograph of the Christmas lights at night in Thorndale, Texas. Vehicles on street are early 1950's model cars.
Date: 195X

Christmas Parade

Description: Photograph of a Christmas float by the Cub Scouts, Pack 167. Float has a large layer cake in the center, flanked by two smaller Christmas trees. The float is labeled "Christ's 1957 Birthday." Note bystanders at the top of the picture, standing in front of parked cars.
Date: 1957

Christmas Parade

Description: Photograph of a Christmas Parade entry by the Girl Scouts, Troop 11. The entry is a live nativity scene on the back flat bed of a pickup truck. Note the bystanders along the top of the photo.
Date: 1957
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