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Street Scene

Description: Copy photograph of a scene of Pine Street in Abilene. Several people and horse-drawn vehicles fill the streets. Visible is a drug store, a meat market and a livery stable.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

Texas Trade Review

Description: An early street scene showing buildings and a horse-drawn wagon is shown here. Written in lower left corner is "Texas Trade Review." The sign over the sidewalk reads "D.M. Howard." There were several D.M. Howard stores (see page 122 in "Time Was...", second edition). This scene was probably on Mesquite Street in the 100 block. It is undated, but the unpaved road, and the horse-drawn wagon, suggest the latter part of the nineteenth century.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Boyce Ditto Public Library

Carlsbad Well, Mineral Wells, Texas

Description: The Texas Carlsbad Well, located at 415 NW 1st Avenue (west of the Crazy Water Well and Drinking Pavilion), is shown here. A more modern brick building was added to this wooden pavilion in 1909; both structures are visible in pictures taken during a Woodmen of the World convention in 1911. (Note: The newer Carlsbad building was taken over by the Crazy Hotel for its Laundry and Dry Cleaning when the second Carlsbad Pavilion shut down operations during World War II.)
Date: 1910?
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Boyce Ditto Public Library

[Green Avenue in 1902]

Description: Photograph of a man walking on Green Avenue in 1902. Back of photograph: "Green Avenue 1902: Green Avenue was the first street in Orange to be paved. This was done with part of proceeds of the county's first road bonds, issued in 1919. This picture was taken in 1902 between Fourth and Fifth Streets. The person in foreground is J.C. Peet."
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Heritage House Museum

[Street scene in Midland]

Description: Photograph of a busy street scene in Midland, Texas. There is a crowd of people and wagons in the middle of the street. The photograph was taken on Christmas Day. Back of photograph: "A Midland far different from the one seen among will celebrate Christmas Monday. This picture was made at Midland on Christmas Day in 1892. It has been preserved by Lum Daugherty who sent it to the Pioneer Editor of the Star-Telegram."
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

[Street scene in Midland]

Description: Photograph of a street scene in Midland, Texas. The "Ray B. Wimberly General and Merchandise Store" and "The Favorite Saloon" are shown in the photograph. There is a crowd in front of the store fronts. There is a man riding a bicycle on the left.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

[Hotels and industry near Marfa]

Description: Photograph containing two images of towns near and around Marfa. The top half features a pool hall and several unidentified buildings lining one side of a street; the lower portion features a large brick building with the words "Murphy-Walker Company" and the Hotel Saint George in the background. The image accompanied a written speech, with the caption: "The separate counties of Brewster and Jeff Davis were later carved from Presidio county by citizens who had no interests in Marfa" (p. 7).
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Marfa Public Library

[Early Marfa street scene]

Description: Copy print of an early photograph of businesses and structures on one side of a street in Marfa, Texas. A handwritten note under the image says "Marfa Street Scene - 35 years ago: Sun-Set Saloon, Marfa House Hotel, Marfa House Dining Room, Mrs. Heebie's Grocery Store." There are additional notes on the back include one that says "Early Street Scene." The image accompanied a written speech, with the caption: "An election was held as a formality, and the Marfa depot became the county seat of m… more
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Marfa Public Library

[Early photograph of Marfa]

Description: Early photograph of businesses and structures lining one side of a street in Marfa, Texas. Two unidentified men wearing dark-colored suits and bowler hats are standing on the right side of the photograph. The image accompanied a written speech, with the caption: "[J. M. Dean] then obtained the county records from Ft. Davis and moved them to Marfa because he felt the prestige of Marfa's being the county seat would increase the value of his land" (p. 6).
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Marfa Public Library

[Guadalupe Street at West 5th]

Description: Photograph of a North-facing view down Guadalupe Street near the intersection of West 5th Street. Several vehicles can be seen driving towards the camera in the foreground, and a parking garage can be seen to the right. In the background to the right, a tall, block-like building can be seen along with another parking garage partially seen behind it. In the left side back ground, a building being torn down can be seen.
Date: October 12, 1984
Creator: Mears, Dewey G.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 30.268300 -97.746597
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library
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