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Building in Port O'Connor, Texas

Photograph of construction work in Port O'Connor,Texas, located in southern Calhoun County. The town was established in 1909 on land formerly owned by Thomas M. O'Connor.

Date: March 25, 1910

Creator: Mitchell, J. D.

Item Type: Photograph

Breakfast [at] Sweet Bay Mott, Calhoun County

Photograph of an unidentified man having breakfast at a camp site at Sweet Bay Mott in Calhoun County.

Date: March 25, 1910

Creator: Mitchell, J. D.

Item Type: Photograph

Camp [at] Sweet Bay Mott, Calhoun County

Photograph of a campsite at Sweet Bay Mott in Calhoun County. A buggy can be seen behind a tent.

Date: March 25, 1910

Creator: Mitchell, J. D.

Item Type: Photograph

Public water works

Photograph of a half-dozen cattle and two horses drinking from a watering hole. The horses are harnessed to a buggy loaded with goods; the driver sits beneath an umbrella.

Date: March 25, 1910

Creator: Mitchell, J. D.

Item Type: Photograph

Grade Brahmin yearlings

Photograph of a herd of Brahman yearlings and cattle at McFaddin Ranch.

Date: May 5, 1910

Creator: Mitchell, J. D.

Item Type: Photograph

Steamboat John J. Welder

Photograph of the steamboat "John J. Welder" on the Guadalupe River, in Victoria, Texas.

Date: October 10, 1910

Creator: Mitchell, J. D.

Item Type: Photograph

Bank of the Guadalupe River ahead of snag boats

Photograph of tree limbs on the bank of the Guadalupe River prior to being cleared by snag boats. A snag boat can be seen in the background.

Date: January 16, 1910

Creator: Mitchell, J. D.

Item Type: Photograph

United States Snag Boat Number Two on Guadalupe River near Victoria, Texas

Photograph of United States Snag Boat Number 2 on the Guadalupe River six miles below Victoria, Texas. The boat is tied up for Sunday. People are standing on the boat; a rowboat is in the water nearby.

Date: January 16, 1910

Creator: Mitchell, J. D.

Item Type: Photograph

United States Snag Boat Number One on Guadalupe River near Victoria, Texas

Photograph of United States Snag Boat Number 1 on the Guadalupe River five miles below Victoria, Texas. The boat is tied up for Sunday. Men and women stand on the boat; wash hangs on a clothesline. A rowboat is nearby in the water.

Date: January 6, 1910

Creator: Mitchell, J. D.

Item Type: Photograph

Dredge Boat Number One on the Guadalupe River

Photograph of Dredge Boat Number 1 at work on the Guadalupe River near Victoria, Texas.

Date: February 10, 1910

Creator: Mitchell, J. D.

Item Type: Photograph

Placing engines in steamboat John J. Welder

Photograph of workers on board the "John J. Welder" installing engines in the steamboat built at the shipyard in Victoria, Texas.

Date: September 29, 1910

Creator: Mitchell, J. D.

Item Type: Photograph

General view of shipyard, Victoria, Texas

Photograph of the shipyard at Victoria, Texas. Various kinds of boats, some at rest and some in movement, are pictured. Workers can be seen on the decks.

Date: October 10, 1910

Creator: Mitchell, J. D.

Item Type: Photograph

[Steamboat John J. Welder under construction]

Photograph of the boat, "John J. Welder" under construction at the shipyard, Victoria, Texas. Workers can be seen on the boat.

Date: September 29, 1910

Creator: Mitchell, J. D.

Item Type: Photograph

Steamboat and barges docked on the Guadalupe River

Photograph of a steamboat and two barges docked on the Guadalupe River at the shipyard, Victoria, Texas.

Date: October 10, 1910

Creator: Mitchell, J. D.

Item Type: Photograph

Shipyard, Victoria, Texas

Photograph of men and boats at the shipyard at Victoria, Texas.

Date: September 29, 1910

Creator: Mitchell, J. D.

Item Type: Photograph

Dr. Kirkham at Placido [Texas]

Photograph of Dr. Kirkham standing in front of a train depot. People are standing on the platform to the right, and behind him, including two children using crutches. A sign hanging over the doorway of the building reads, "Wells Fargo & Co. Express". The photograph caption identifies the location as Placido [sic]. Placedo is in Victoria County, Texas.

Date: 191X

Creator: Mitchell, J. D.

Item Type: Photograph

Scene on the Guadalupe River three miles below Victoria

Photograph of a short stretch of the Guadalupe River three miles below Victoria, Texas. The photograph was taken during the first decades of the 1900s when dredging had begun to make the river more navigable.

Date: 1910?

Creator: Mitchell, J. D.

Item Type: Photograph

[Deer kill at Faries Ranch, Maverick County, Texas]

Photograph of killed deer hung on a pole that is propped between a cistern stand and a tree. Lying on the ground is other game, possibly wild hogs. In the background is fencing. The scene is at Faries Ranch, Maverick County, Texas.

Date: December 30, 1915

Creator: Mitchell, J. D.

Item Type: Photograph

[Man standing at water trough at Kentucky Mott, Victoria County, Texas]

Photograph of a man standing beside a trough. Water is flowing into the trough. In background are moss-laden trees. The area is named Kentucky Mott in Victoria County, Texas.

Date: April 12, 1916

Creator: Mitchell, J. D.

Item Type: Photograph

Old Dutch Windmill, Victoria County, Texas

Photograph of a Dutch-style windmill (or grist mill) built by Fred Meiss, Sr. in 1870 on Spring Creek in Victoria County, Texas.

Date: September 3, 1911

Creator: Mitchell, J. D.

Item Type: Photograph

Mexican water works, Laredo, Texas

Photograph of two donkeys pulling a water wagon on a dusty road in Laredo, Texas. In the background are a few unpainted ramshackle houses.

Date: unknown

Creator: Mitchell, J. D.

Item Type: Photograph

Branding calves

Photograph of two cowboys branding a calf inside a pen. Other calves stand off to the side of the pen; Victoria County, Texas.

Date: July 12, 1916

Creator: Mitchell, J. D.

Item Type: Photograph

Putting cattle in corral, Dart pasture, Jackson County ,Texas

Photograph of cowboys on horseback herding cattle into a corral at Dart pasture in Jackson County, Texas.

Date: July 8, 1916

Creator: Mitchell, J. D.

Item Type: Photograph

Yours truly at lunch [at] Sweet Bay Mott, Calhoun County, Texas

Photograph of Joseph Daniel Mitchell sitting on the ground, having lunch at Sweet Bay Mott in Calhoun County Texas.

Date: May 24, 1916

Creator: Mitchell, J. D.

Item Type: Photograph

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Building in Port O'Connor, Texas

Breakfast [at] Sweet Bay Mott, Calhoun County

Camp [at] Sweet Bay Mott, Calhoun County

Public water works

Grade Brahmin yearlings

Steamboat John J. Welder

Bank of the Guadalupe River ahead of snag boats

United States Snag Boat Number Two on Guadalupe River near Victoria, Texas

United States Snag Boat Number One on Guadalupe River near Victoria, Texas

Dredge Boat Number One on the Guadalupe River

Placing engines in steamboat John J. Welder

General view of shipyard, Victoria, Texas

[Steamboat John J. Welder under construction]

Steamboat and barges docked on the Guadalupe River

Shipyard, Victoria, Texas

Dr. Kirkham at Placido [Texas]

Scene on the Guadalupe River three miles below Victoria

[Deer kill at Faries Ranch, Maverick County, Texas]

[Man standing at water trough at Kentucky Mott, Victoria County, Texas]

Old Dutch Windmill, Victoria County, Texas

Mexican water works, Laredo, Texas

Branding calves

Putting cattle in corral, Dart pasture, Jackson County ,Texas

Yours truly at lunch [at] Sweet Bay Mott, Calhoun County, Texas