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[El Paso Land]

Description: Photograph of a faint image of shack structures in El Paso. The bottom of the photo reads, "El Paso (Franklin) in 1859".
Date: 1859
Partner: El Paso Public Library

[Sugar Land Mall]

Description: Photograph of the interior of the Sugar Land Mall. Potted plants, trash cans, and benches are visible inside the mall, and trucks are visible outside.
Date: [1960..1970]
Creator: Bradly, Bill
Partner: Deaf Smith County Library

[Sugar Land Mall]

Description: Photograph of the interior of Sugar Land Mall. There are stores on both sides of the photo, and potted plants and benches in the middle. People stand to the right.
Date: [1960..1970]
Creator: Bradly, Bill
Partner: Deaf Smith County Library

[Refinery at Sugar Land]

Description: Photograph is an enlargement of the original photograph of the refinery at Sugar Land, Texas. There is a nine story building to the left of photo. Smoke stack in center blowing thick, black clouds of smoke extending across the right side of the photo. White two story building on right with porch facing right edge of photo. Photograph is mounted on white cardboard substrate with a label in black at bottom that reads: "The oldest known photograph of the refinery at Sugar Land was taken in the 189… more
Date: 1894
Partner: Fort Bend Museum

[Texico Land Office]

Description: Photograph of several men standing in front of the Texico Land Office. A sign to the left reads: "175 farms from the famous Capital Land Pastures, title perfect".
Date: February 16, 1906
Partner: Deaf Smith County Library

Southwestern Land Co. in Sharyland

Description: Excursion party posing to the left of Charles Volz's brick home
Date: March 3, 1924
Creator: Ziebel Studio
Partner: The University of Texas – Rio Grande Valley

[Children playing at Kiddie Land]

Description: Children riding on different amusement rides at Kiddie Land. There are a few adults supervising the children.
Date: June 20, 1950
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Eldridge Home in Sugar Land]

Description: Photo of the Eldridge Home, Sugar Land. Two and a half story house with closed in second story porch. Three cars are parallel parked in front of adjacent building and a truck is parked in front of the Eldridge Home. Water tower visible in upper right corner.
Date: 1962
Partner: Fort Bend Museum

["Land O'Corn" streamliner]

Description: Illinois Central Railroad's modern streamliner, "Land O'Corn", train No. 14, eastbound, enroute from Waterloo, Iowa to Chicago.
Date: 1964~
Partner: Museum of the American Railroad

[Exterior of Sugar Land Mall]

Description: Photograph of the exterior of Sugar Land Mall. Signs for stores are visible, and there are cars in the parking lot.
Date: [1960..1970]
Creator: Bradly, Bill
Partner: Deaf Smith County Library

[Mailbox at Sugar Land Mall]

Description: Photograph of a blue mailbox, potted plants, and benches inside the Sugar Land Mall. There are stores on both sides of the photograph, and a man stands to the right.
Date: [1960..1970]
Creator: Bradly, Bill
Partner: Deaf Smith County Library

[Photograph of Sugar Land Town]

Description: Photograph (copy) of "Town. Sugar Land, Tex." as written on the front of the photograph. Buildings on the left side of the street are obscured by trees and grass. Right side of the street shows several (6) buildings lined in a row. The grass on this side of street is tall , also. Large tree at the end of the street. Scanned image is of the copy.
Date: unknown
Partner: Fort Bend Museum

[First airplane to land in Wellington]

Description: Photograph of a small airplane in a field. A note on the back of the photograph reveals that it was the first airplane to land in the city of Wellington, Texas.
Date: unknown
Partner: Collingsworth County Museum

Plowed Land, Tractors and Cars

Description: Photograph of a group of men in hats standing on or around old cars, tractors, and buggies. In the foreground is a plowed field. Written on the bottom is, "About 1918".
Date: 1918
Partner: Heritage House Museum

[Toyah Valley Land Company]

Description: Photograph of a Toyah Valley Land Company building, possibly ca. 1890's. The building is three stories tall, the first story being only doors leading to and from a covered sidewalk, which contains several barrels. A short distance away from the barrels is a single-horse-drawn carriage. On the wall of the building just above the first story is a long sign advertising homes for sale in what they call "The California of Texas" They advertise things such as "cheap land," "healthy ideal climate," an… more
Date: unknown
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

[Broadside advertisement for Denton land]

Description: Photograph of a broadside advertisement for Denton land, held by UNT Special Collections as part of the Broadsides and Printed Ephemera Collection. The advertisement boasts of information that is "Safe and Profitable Investment For Capitalists or Colonists wanting land for immediate occupancy," and has a section of what is for sale which includes three bold sections: The Land Has Recently Been Divided Into Tracts of 160 Acres, The Soil Is Generally a Deep Rich Sandy Mulatto Loam, and $2 per Acr… more
Date: December 1, 2017
Creator: Sylve, Joshua & Merrill, Jeffery
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[I&GN Land Sales Poster]

Description: Photo of a poster used to attract immigrants to purchase homes in Texas along the Internation & Great Northern Railroad line.
Date: 1880~
Partner: Anderson County Historical Commission

[Meyer-Forster Land and Loan Co.]

Description: Photograph (copy) of three automobiles in front of the Meyer-Forster Land and Loan Co. The Meyer -Forster building is a two story brick building. Two men are sitting in the first car on right. Two men and one woman are sitting in second car, as a woman stands beside the car with her left hand on the back seat area. Two men in vehicle on far left. Boy next to bicycle on far left. Bottom of photo in white reads: ROSENBERG TEX. Scanned image is of the copy.
Date: 1920~
Partner: Fort Bend Museum

[I&GN Land Sales Poster]

Description: Photo of a poster used to attract immigrants to purchase homes in Texas along the Internation & Great Northern Railroad line.
Date: 1880~
Partner: Anderson County Historical Commission

Republic of Texas Land Grant Certificate

Description: This is a land grant from the Republic of Texas. It is to James Cole of Robertson County and is signed by Sam Houston.
Date: March 28, 1844
Partner: Old City Park

[Four Men on Matthews Ranch Land]

Description: Photograph of four men on Matthews Ranch land. A note written on the bottom left of the note mentions the location, the address, the date, and the photographer. The man, left, is an unidentified young man in a coat and a large hat. The man with the paper to the left is identified as Merry Howard. The older man in the three piece suit is identified as Judge J. H. Matthews. Most of the fourth man is obscured by blurred white space.
Date: May 11, 1926
Creator: Hans, O. E.
Partner: Matthews Family and Lambshead Ranch

[Men on Land-to-Water Truck]

Description: Photograph of men standing on and around an army land-to-water truck during flooding.
Date: 1958
Partner: Fire Museum of Texas
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