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Man with Gun by Car

Man with Gun by Car

Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Description: Copy negative of a man in boots, a sweatshirt, hat, and holding a gun posing next to an early model car in the 1920's.
Holding Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library
Army cooks on U. S. & Mexico border from 1916 to the twenties. Picture

Army cooks on U. S. & Mexico border from 1916 to the twenties. Picture

Date: unknown
Creator: Smithers, W. D. (Wilfred Dudley), 1895-1981.
Description: Illustrated descriptions of the Army field kitchens on the U. S. - Mexico border, 1916-1920, from cooking equipment loaded on mule-drawn wagons to rolling kitchens pulled by trucks. Includes recipe for El Rancho Stew and a diagram of Army Field Range #1 (cook stove).
Holding Partner: The Archives of the Big Bend
[Trucks used in Marfa during the 1920s and 1930s]

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

Date: c. 1920
Creator: unknown
Description: 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.
Holding Partner: Marfa Public Library
[Crescent wrench with an adjustable C-shaped head]

[Crescent wrench with an adjustable C-shaped head]

Date: 1920
Creator: unknown
Description: Crescent wrench that has an adjustable C-shaped head with a hole at the end of the handle.
Holding Partner: Fort Bend Museum
[Mary Jones at four months old, laying on blanket]

[Mary Jones at four months old, laying on blanket]

Date: 1920
Creator: unknown
Description: Photographic print of Mary Jones, four months old, laying on blanket in the grass. Picket fence in background; tree on left and one in center (trunk of tree on right also). White fuzzy area at bottom of photograph.
Holding Partner: Fort Bend Museum
[Mary Jones at four months old, sitting in a wicker chair]

[Mary Jones at four months old, sitting in a wicker chair]

Date: 1920
Creator: unknown
Description: Photographic print of Mary Jones, four months old, sitting in wicker chair on porch. Brick wall on left of photograph. White wood rail in background.
Holding Partner: Fort Bend Museum
[Mary Jones at four months old, sitting on a man's lap]

[Mary Jones at four months old, sitting on a man's lap]

Date: 1920
Creator: unknown
Description: Photographic print of Mary Jones, four months old, sitting on lap. Jones is wearing a white undershirt, diaper, and opened long, white gown. She is seated on a man's lap. The man, who is wearing dark pants, white shirt, is sitting in a wooden chair (to right of photo).
Holding Partner: Fort Bend Museum
[Mary Jones at four months old, sitting on a man's lap]

[Mary Jones at four months old, sitting on a man's lap]

Date: 1920
Creator: unknown
Description: Photographic print of Mary Jones, four months old, sitting in lap. Same as 1998.014.012
Holding Partner: Fort Bend Museum
[Mary Jones wearing a white gown at two months old]

[Mary Jones wearing a white gown at two months old]

Date: 1920
Creator: unknown
Description: Photographic print of Mary Jones, two months old. Mary, who has dark hair and is wearing a white gown with white socks is being held by a woman in a gingham dress. Front porch of a house (with brick support posts) in background.
Holding Partner: Fort Bend Museum
[Mary Jones lying on a quilt at two months old]

[Mary Jones lying on a quilt at two months old]

Date: 1920
Creator: unknown
Description: Photographic print of Mary Jones, two months old. Jones is lying on a quilt on the ground. She is wearing a white gown with crocheted booties. Palm (long, sharp) leaves in background.
Holding Partner: Fort Bend Museum
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