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Postcard of Community

Description: 1 copy negative of 3 postcards of a community. Image A is of Sheriff Will Watson and 5 unknown women from Hardin-Simmons Riding School. They are on top horses holding up flags. Behind them is a large sign. In image B is the US post office and court house building on a street corner. It is a multiple story building. Image C is the Pine Street Underpass. Cars and delivery trucks are traveling under the overpass. In the background are multiple story buildings.
Date: unknown
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

Postcard of Community

Description: Copy negative of two postcard pictures of Abilene, Texas. The first is a view of an underpass at pine street, looking north. There are streets, landscaping, and buildings. The second picture is an aerial view of Camp Barkeley with roads, buildings, and the natural landscape.
Date: unknown
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

Men at Construction

Description: Copy negative of two images, in them included are Dr. Surface, Mr. Ewing, Rev Snider, Mr. Lockhart, Hal Leverton, J. A. Owen and Bland. The top image shows a big group of men with shovels and seem to be digging, around them there seems to be some sort of construction going on. The bottom image shows another group of men working with construction tools on some sort of building.
Date: unknown
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

Building Exterior

Description: Copy negative of the new T. & P. R. R. Station. The train station is brick. There are several people visible along with a few wagons and an electric pole as well as railroad tracks. Text surrounding the photograph reads "The Abilene Independent Telephone and Telegraph Company of which Gus H. Klotz of Abilene is Local Manager, in addition to its central district office in Abilene now has several private exchanges in and near the County each one with a large list of patrons; as for instance at… more
Date: unknown
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[Clipping: Critical Sewer Line Planned]

Description: Newspaper clipping of an article about Abilene's plans for the city's sewer system, including a map of the planned sewer line in relation to the layout of the city. On the same page are advertisements for Grissom's couturier and drinking glasses, as well as an article about Abilene High School.
Date: November 17, 1960
Creator: McAda, Bill
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

Laying Storm Sewers in Downtown Abilene

Description: Copy negative of the construction of a storm sewer system at N. Second and Pine St. in Abilene. There are trucks and cranes at the work site. A police officer and pedestrians are near the buildings which include Bond clothing, Presley Jewelers, Lewis' foot health shop, and Queen theater.
Date: unknown
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

Street Scene

Description: Copy negative of Pine Street in Abilene, Texas. There are buildings, an unpaved road, people walking, and horse carriages. The text surrounding the image reads in part "Fraternal Organizations. Abilene is very noticeably a fraternal town, having its full complement of fraternal organizations, including the Masons, Odd Fellows, Modern Woodmen of America, Woodmen of the World..." and "...each month at Carnegie Library Hall, where not only 'the boys who wore the gray' in the war between the St… more
Date: unknown
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library
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