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[Beaumier Iron Works]
Photograph of the Beaumier Iron Works Building. It is a brick building with four windows along the front. There is a train to the left.
[Beaumier Iron Works]
Photograph of the back of the Beaumier Iron Works. The building is next to the railroad tracks, and there is a pile of rocks in front. There is a man bending over working in front of the building.
[Blinn Tennis Club]
Photograph of four young men identified as Blinn Tennis Club. Three of the men are sitting, and one man is standing. They are all holding tennis rackets.
[Boy in Open Field]
Photograph of a boy standing in an open field. He is standing far from the camera, and the grass is grown up to his shoulders. In the background, there are trees.
[Boy Presenting Scepter to Queen]
Portrait of a small boy presenting a scepter to the May Queen. The queen is seated wearing a flowered dress and long train.
[Brenham Compress, Oil, and Manufacturing Company]
Photograph of the Brenham Compress, Oil, and Manufacturing Co. building. The building has a large sign on top and a smoke stack. There are railroad tracks in front, and a man is walking down the tracks.
[Brenham High School Boys Basketball]
Photograph of Brenham High School Boys Basketball Team. The young men are wearing matching sweaters with "B" emblems on the right sides. A man wearing a suit is posing in the back row.
[Brenham Lumber Company Float]
Photograph of a parade float for the Mai-Fest. The float is a small oil derrick on a trailer. There are five men on the float and one in the car pulling it. The banner at the bottom of the float says "Oil $1.50 Per. Barrel at Wells 50 Barrels Daily - Lamarque Co. Brenham Lumber Co. for Oil Derrick Lumber." Written below the float is "Mai-Fest 1925." The float is parked in front of an unknown building. The only part of the name on the building that is seen says "Reichardt &."
[Brenham Lumber Company Float]
Photograph of the Brenham Lumber Company float in the 1922 Mai-Fest. The float is pulled by two horses, and it is decorated with flowers. There are four pillars and a basket in the middle with little girls standing in it in costume. There is a man on a horse behind the float, and they are in front of a house. The banner on the bottom says "Build a House, Rose Arbors Any Style & Size, Brenham Lumber Company." Written under the float is "Mai-Fest 1922."
[Brenham Lumber Company Float]
Photograph of the Brenham Lumber Company parade float. The float is a company truck with a trailer on the back. There is a band riding on the float, and a banner with the company name around the bottom. It is parked in front of an unidentified house. The photograph is dated May 17, 1928.
[Brenham Lumber Company Float]
Photograph of the Brenham Lumber Company Mai-Fest float. The float is a decorated convertible car. There are two men and two women sitting in the car, and they are parked on a lawn. There is a sign with the company name on the float, and written at the bottom center of the photograph is "Brenham's 39th Annual Mai-Fest May 17-18 1923."
[Brenham Waterworks]
Photograph of the Brenham Waterworks building. The building has several large trees around it and there are two men standing under the ivy that stretches across the front of the building. To the left are a horse and buggy with two men inside and pair of horses behind with another man holding the reins.
[Butterfly Display]
Photograph of nine butterflies displayed in a frame. Tillie Klaerner is associated with the display.
[C. Knipstein Company, Incorporated]
Photograph of a farming business identified as C. Knipstein Company, Incorporated. Several mules and wagons filled with cotton are in front of a metal building. The building has signs on the visible sides that say "C. Knipstein, Co. Inc." In the foreground, there is a dirt road with a car parked beside it.
[Car & Cargo Wagon]
Photograph of a car and cargo wagon, both loaded with bales of cotton. There are four men and four children on and around the car, and there is a young man sitting on top of the cotton on the wagon. There is a sign on the bales of cotton on the car that says "Overland, $495 of Oceans Power, F. O. B. Toledo." They are parked in front of the Overland car dealership.
[Car - Train Collision]
Photograph of a car-train collision. To the left, one car is parked on a set of train tracks; a man is sitting in it. To the right, there is a road running across a section of tracks. A group of men are sitting on the tracks to the right of the road.
[Catholic Convent]
Photograph of a Catholic convent. The convent is a two-story building with two crosses on top.
[Ceremony at Maifest]
Photograph of an unidentified ceremony at Maifest. Several men and women are lined against a backdrop on a stage. The men are wearing suits, and the women are wearing formal gowns and holding bouquets. A man and a woman wearing a cape are standing closer to the front of the stage. Text at the bottom of the image says "20-B" and "May 18, 1932."
[Christmas 1929]
Photograph of a man and woman standing outside a wooden house. There is snow on the ground and rooftop. Trees surround the home. Text on the bottom-right side of the image says "Christmas 1929."
[Coronation Stage]
Photograph of the coronation stage for the Mai-Fest in 1930. The stage is decorated with sets and flowers and has a long catwalk coming out from the front. There are chairs in front. There is a piano to the right below the stage. The photograph is dated May 28, 1930.
[Crowd at Maifest]
Photograph of a crowd at Maifest. Several wooden tables with cups on them are set up. A group of six men are gathered around one table in the foreground. A large group of people are gathered behind a row of tables in the background.
[Crowd at Maifest]
Photograph of a crowd at Maifest. Men and women are gathered around a covered patio.
[Crowd at Maifest]
Photograph of a crowd at Maifest. The crowd is gathered on a road with a line of cars driving through. In the background, there are buildings. In the foreground, there are lines of flags hanging above the crowd. Text at the bottom-right of the image says "May 9, 1929" and "15."
[A. D. Milroy Company]
Photograph taken inside the A. D. Milroy Co. building. There are three men standing toward the back of the building, and the tables around them are covered with cotton. There is a large skylight in the ceiling, and there are light bulbs hanging down. Written at the bottom center of the photograph is "A. D. Milroy Co. 1916."
[Dancing Group]
Photograph of two men and one woman wearing unidentified ethnic European costume. One man is sitting on a prop brick fence, and is playing a stringed instrument. The woman and second man are dancing. In the background, there is a painted backdrop.
[Decorated Car]
Photograph of a car decorated for the Maifest. The car is covered in streamers, and there are baskets of flowers on it. Riding inside the car are four children and a driver. Behind the car is another float that says "Astor." The photograph is dated May 18, 1928.
[Decorated Car]
Photograph of a decorated car for the Maifest. The car is covered in streamers, and there is large group of people inside. The photograph is dated May 17, 1928.
[Dodge Brothers Float]
Photograph of the Dodge Brothers float for the Mai-Fest. The float is a convertible car decorated with plants, flowers, and streamers. The sign on the side of the car says "Dependability Dodge Brothers." There are five people riding in the car. Written at the bottom center of the photograph is "Brenham's 39th Annual Mai-Fest, May 17-18 1923."
[Eickenhors "636" Float]
Photograph of the Eickenhors "636" float. The float is built on a car. There is a man standing next to the car wearing a "ten gallon" hat. The photograph is dated May 17, 1928.
[Exterior View of F. Ruetz Residence]
Photograph of the F. Ruetz residence. The wooden house is one-story tall, with an awning on the left side. A man and woman are posing outside the house. Plants and trees surround the home.
[F. A. Windhausen Groceries and Feed]
Photograph of the F. A. Windhausen Groceries and Feed store. The brick building is at the corner of a block. There are large windows in front on either side of the door and an awning above. There is a sign for flour painted on the brick at the corner as well as a large sign in German.
[Farmers & Merchants Lumber Company Float]
Photograph of the Farmers & Merchants Lumber Co. float in the Mai-Fest Parade. The float is made to look like a small house with a covered front porch, and brick on the bottom. The sign on top says "Johns-Manville Asbestos Shingles." On the side of the house it says "Farmers & Merchants Lumber Co. 'The Home Builders'" and "Sherwin-Williams Paints and Varnishes." The float is parked in front of unidentified stores.
[Fink Brothers Float]
Photograph of the Fink Brothers float in the 1922 Mai-Fest parade. There are two men and a woman in the float. It is covered in signs for Tidal Wave Flour and "New Way" Flour. The large signs on the front and right side say "We sell these Famous all purpose Flours." There are sacks of flower in the float. Written under the float is "Mai-Fest 1922." The float is in front of some unknown buildings.
[Fire at Wangemann - Reichardt Company, Incorporated]
Photograph of a fire at Wangemann-Reichardt Company, Incorporated. Smoke is coming from a building with Wrigley's Spearmint and Coca-Cola advertisements painted on the side. Firemen are spraying the building with hoses. In the foreground, there are other buildings. Text at the bottom of the image says "Fire of Wangemann-Reichardt Co. Inc.[,] Sept. 25, 1922" and "Photo Winkelmann's Studio."
[First National Bank Building]
Photograph of the First National Bank building. It is a large brick building on the corner of a block. There are power lines in front of the building and a fire escape on the left side. There is a sign on the sidewalk to the left of the doors that says "Central Contracting Company General Contractors and Engineers Dallas, Tex., Houston, Tex.-Shreveport, LA."
[First National Bank Building]
Photograph of the First National Bank building. It is a large brick building on the corner of a city block. The sign on the sidewalk to the left of the door says "Central Contracting Company General Contractors and Engineers Dallas, Tex., Houston, Tex. - Shreveport, LA." The older looking building to the right also says "First National Bank." The Fink Bros. building is visible in the background to the left. The photograph was taken from across the street in front of the bank building, and there are plants in the bottom right corner.
[G. Hermann Furniture Company Float]
Photograph of the G. Hermann Furniture Company float in the Maifest parade in 1922. The float looks like a boat with flowers on it. There is a flag with the furniture company's name on the front and an American flag on the back. "Hermann's" is written at the front below the flag. The float is parked in front of a store. There are three men and a woman kneeling in front, and a woman, a man, and a child are sitting inside the float. "Mai-Fest 1922" is written on the photograph just below the back of the float.
Giddings Bank
Photograph of an Giddings bank building in Brenham. It is a large building on the corner of a city block. There is a bicycle leaning against the curb in front of the building, and there is a clothing store to the right. One window says W. W. Searcy Attorney, and another window says D. C. Williams Real Estate Insurance.
[La Grange Float]
Photograph of the La Grange float in the Maifest parade in 1922. The float is a convertible car with flowers all over it and a sign that says "La Grange." A man and a woman are sitting in the car, and they are parked in front of some unknown houses. There is another car in the background.
[Green's Brigade Reunion]
Photograph of four men wearing hats; they are identified as the Thirty-third Annual Green's Brigade Reunion. One man is identified as M. Jones. Three men are standing, and one man is sitting in front. The standing men are wearing ribbons that say "Reunion."
[Group at Washington County Fair]
Photograph of a group of people at Washington County Fair. The group is standing near a row of farming equipment. In the background, there is a building with text along the top that says "Farmers [-] Merchants Lumber...." Text at the bottom-left of the image says "Washington County Fair[,] Brenham, Tex. Oct. 10-11-12-1934."
[Group of Men on Farmland]
Photograph of a group of five men posing on a dirt road in farmland. One man is standing on a piece of farming equipment. One man is standing on the left side of it, and three men are standing on the right. Barbed-wire fences surround both sides of the road.
[Group of Turkeys]
Photograph of a large group of turkeys. A man is standing on top of crates in a wagon in the middle of the turkeys. In the background, there are several people under an awning of a building. A. A. Hacker is associated with this image.
[Group of Young Percussionists]
Photograph of a group of children in band uniforms. They are holding various percussion instruments. On the back row, three boys are wearing suits, and one girl is wearing a dress. The group is posing on stairs in front of a doorway.
[T. H. Quelle Residence]
Photograph of the T. H. Quelle residence. The wooden house is one-story tall with a porch on the left side. In the foreground, there are trees in the yard.
[Heath and Milligan Float]
Photograph of the Heath and Milligan float. The float is a truck decorated with a trellis and ivy. There are two signs on the back, one that says "Heath & Milligan," and one that says "H. A. Wood Local Distributor Established 1881." There is a man driving the truck, and it is parked in front of an unidentified house.
[Henry A. Wood - Lumber Float]
Photograph of the Henry A. Wood Lumber float. The float is decorated with flowers, streamers, and Chinese lanterns. There is a bench on the back of the float with five children sitting on it, and a man is in the cab driving. The float is parked in front of an unidentified house. The photo is dated May 17, 1928.
[Home Interior After a Fire]
Photograph taken inside a home after a fire. The old refrigerator is burnt on the outside, but the food inside appears to be fine. There are eggs, butter, meat, and bottled drinks inside.
[Howard Wood Building]
Photograph of the Howard Wood building. It is a two-story building on the corner of a city block. There are power lines in front of the building. There is a sign on the pole at the corner that says "R. F. Ball, General Contractor, First National Bank Room 28."
[Hy Mueller Birthday]
Photograph of a group of children at Hy Mueller's birthday party. Four women are sitting in the back row. In the background, there is a picket fence and house.
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