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[The Griffin Homestead in West Texas]

[The Griffin Homestead in West Texas]

Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Description: A photograph of the Sallie (Sarah Ruth Falls) and Joe Griffin homestead in West Texas. The homestead appears to be a small rancher with a wooden door. A tractor is situated several feet from the building. Text on the back of the photograph identifies the area as "Palasky", TX.
Holding Partner: Euless Public Library
Floyd Inn location, Richardson, Texas

Floyd Inn location, Richardson, Texas

Date: c. 1973
Creator: unknown
Description: Large open field. In the foreground is a grouping of seven trees, with some shrubs or saplings, all growing in grass/weeds. Only the center tree, the one closest to the foreground, is leafed. Behind is a large open space, with cultivated areas visible on the horizon. On the left of the horizon is a large building, with a taller domed portion, part of Restland Cemetery. The note on the back states that the tree was planted in 1856. The Floyd Inn served as a stop for the stage from Dallas to Denton.
Holding Partner: Richardson Public Library
[Old pine field in east Texas]

[Old pine field in east Texas]

Date: c. 1920
Creator: Browder, H. F.
Description: Black and white (faded) of old pine field, once on plantation, in east Texas. Taken and collected by H.F.Browder, former county agent, Denton County.
Holding Partner: Courthouse-on-the-Square Museum
[Photograph of a Dead Tree]

[Photograph of a Dead Tree]

Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Description: This photograph is focused on the remains of a dead tree, still standing, in a field of dry brush. To the left is shorter tree. In the background there is a small building to the left and a telephone pole; to the right, there are more trees and mountains. A handwritten note on the back of the photograph says, "Original prayer tree died from unknown causes."
Holding Partner: Marfa Public Library
C. P. Schulze, Sr., Holding Fox Puppy, c. 1902

C. P. Schulze, Sr., Holding Fox Puppy, c. 1902

Date: c. 1902
Creator: unknown
Description: C. P. Schulze, Sr., holds a fox puppy. C. P. was a member of a Chicago, Rock Island & Gulf Railway survey crew. The crew worked in Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Texas. In Texas, they worked a ten-mile stretch between Dallas and Fort Worth. J. O. Schulze, C. P.'s brother, was crew foreman. J. O. Schulze remained in Texas and co-founded the town of Irving along the tracks in 1903.
Holding Partner: Irving Archives
[Walter Falls by a Lake]

[Walter Falls by a Lake]

Date: unknown
Creator: Fox Tone Printing
Description: A photograph of Walter Falls. He is dressed in a dark suit, pants, and shoes, and is wearing a white hat. He appears to be standing on the bank of a river or lake, looking towards the water. Walter Falls is a relative of Jett (Johnny, Jetty) Falls.
Holding Partner: Euless Public Library
John Emery Adams on Hillside

John Emery Adams on Hillside

Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Description: Photograph of John Emery Adams on a brushy hillside near Marathon, Texas. He appears to be looking at something he had picked up.
Holding Partner: Permian Basin Petroleum Museum, Library and Hall of Fame
Sproul Ranch, West Texas view

Sproul Ranch, West Texas view

Date: 2005-08-06
Creator: Belden, Dreanna L.
Description: West Texas view from the Sproul Ranch
Holding Partner: University of North Texas Libraries
Sproul Ranch, West Texas view

Sproul Ranch, West Texas view

Date: 2005-08-06
Creator: Belden, Dreanna L.
Description: Sproul Ranch, West Texas view
Holding Partner: University of North Texas Libraries
Sproul Ranch, West Texas view

Sproul Ranch, West Texas view

Date: 2005-08-06
Creator: Belden, Dreanna L.
Description: Sproul Ranch, West Texas view
Holding Partner: University of North Texas Libraries
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