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One Wrong Cut

Date: 1976-12
Creator: Polson, Rink
Description: This report relates an anecdote about Edward "Speck" Bogel, the son of a rancher in Marfa, Texas.
Holding Partner: Marfa Public Library
[Bishop Family House]

[Bishop Family House]

Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Description: This photograph shows a house situated on a lawn. In the foreground, there are low bushes and plants lining the yard which is grassy and has scattered plants throughout. The house is a single story with several windows and a patio with several posts and a low wall enclosing it. There is ivy covering the near corner of the house and several of the posts around the patio. In the background, there are several tall trees. There is a handwritten note on the back of the frame: "Made adobes. Bishop house where Audrey Minms lives now."
Holding Partner: Marfa Public Library
Alice Bishop

Alice Bishop

Date: c. 1938-09
Creator: Fox Company
Description: This photograph shows a young woman sitting in a chair. She is wearing a flowered dress and glasses and has her hair pulled back. Behind her, there is a wall that appears to be made of brick that is partially covered in ivy and has a door to the right. The chair appears to be on a path bordering a bed of flowers and other plants. Some parts of the photograph are obscured by white light. A handwritten note on the back of the photograph says "Alice Bishop." There is a printed border around the photograph.
Holding Partner: Marfa Public Library
Charley Bishop: "A Western Pioneer"

Charley Bishop: "A Western Pioneer"

Date: 1964
Creator: Bentley, Mary Helen
Description: This report is a brief biography of Charley Bishop, starting with his parents and describing his entire life.
Holding Partner: Marfa Public Library
[Secretary for Lignon Insurance Agency at work]

[Secretary for Lignon Insurance Agency at work]

Date: c. 1974
Creator: unknown
Description: Interior of the Ligon insurance agency. Estella Madrid is sitting behind a large wooden desk in an office. A typewriter is in front of her.
Holding Partner: Marfa Public Library
[Josephina Colomo in her late teens]

[Josephina Colomo in her late teens]

Date: c. 1916
Creator: unknown
Description: Josephina Colomo, the youngest of the Colomo family, poses for a picture in her late teens. Picture was taken after her marriage to Carlos Spencer. She is wearing a dark dress and is sitting down.
Holding Partner: Marfa Public Library
[Jose Ceniceros and Happy Godbold at Godbold, Inc.]

[Jose Ceniceros and Happy Godbold at Godbold, Inc.]

Date: 1946
Creator: unknown
Description: Jose Ceniceros and Happy Godbold at the loading dock of Godbold, Inc. Godbold and Ceniceros are talking on the loading dock. To the left of Godbold and Ceniceros, a large truck is awaiting cargo.
Holding Partner: Marfa Public Library
[Wedding photograph of Luis and Nieves Colomo]

[Wedding photograph of Luis and Nieves Colomo]

Date: 1917-09-19
Creator: unknown
Description: Nieves Marquez and Luis Colomo on their wedding day. Nieves is wearing a wedding dress created by her two sisters, Carlota and Dorotea Marquez. Both Nieves and Luis are standing. Nieves is to the left of Luis. Luis is wearing a suit with no tie. Nieves was sixteen in the photograph and Luis was twenty-one years of age.
Holding Partner: Marfa Public Library
[Wayne Cartledge is riding his horse in Castolon]

[Wayne Cartledge is riding his horse in Castolon]

Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Description: Wayne Cartledge is riding his horse in Castolon.
Holding Partner: Marfa Public Library
[Wayne Cartledge standing besided restored engine and boiler in Castolon]

[Wayne Cartledge standing besided restored engine and boiler in Castolon]

Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Description: Wayne Cartledge standing beside restored engine and boiler. The engine and boiler were repainted and stands as a tourist attraction in Castolon.
Holding Partner: Marfa Public Library
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