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[Photograph of Paisano Pass]

Description: Photograph of Paisano Pass in Presidio County, Texas. A train can be seen driving through the valley with dark smoke coming from it.
Date: 1924
Partner: Marfa Public Library

[Photograph of a Group of Men and Boys]

Description: Photograph of a group of men and boys standing and sitting under a tree in front of a field. There is a blanket with food in front of them, and several men are holding instruments, including guitars and a banjo. George Dawson is identified by a handwritten arrow pointing to him.
Date: May 24, 1925
Partner: Marfa Public Library

[Photograph of Annaway DeVolin]

Description: Photograph of Annaway DeVolin wearing a dress and dark sweater and sitting on a large rock, with a house in the background.
Date: 1921
Partner: Marfa Public Library

[Photograph of the Dowe Home]

Description: Photograph of a two-story house, belonging to O. C. and Millie Dowe, with a wooden fence and gate in front of it, and snow falling and covering the roof and the ground.
Date: 1928
Partner: Marfa Public Library

[Jose Cenicero transports school children on two trucks for a picnic]

Description: Jose Ceniceros takes two trucks full of school children on a picnic. Approximately 45 individuals are in the photograph. Three men are standing the center of the photograph and in the far right corner three women and one man is standing. The remaining individuals are on the two trucks.
Date: 1920~
Partner: Marfa Public Library

Card from Lizzie Crosson's Funeral

Description: Copy photo of a card from Lizzie Crosson's funeral with an illustration of an angel to the left and a curtain drawn back by two cherubs on the other. The angle is leaning on a gravestone with the text "Mrs. Lizzie Crosson, Born Aug. 25, 1844. Died Nov, 17, 1924. Age 80 years 2 mos. 22 D."; the text of the poem is written on a lower part of the stone with "In Loving Remembrance" at the very bottom.
Date: November 1924
Partner: Marfa Public Library

[Store belonging to Max Cortez]

Description: Interior of a store with shelves and display cases. Three men stand at the back. Left to right are: Max Cortez, Jacobo Villaba, and Philipe Cortez (Max Cortez's brother).
Date: June 30, 1921
Partner: Marfa Public Library

[Three children of Jesus Cabezuela in a family portrait]

Description: Three daughters of Jesus Cabezuela are pictured in the year 1925. From left to right: Contributor's mother (standing, age 12), Dora Cabezuela (seated, age 1), and Aurora Cabezuela (standing, age 3).
Date: 1925~
Partner: Marfa Public Library

[Photograph of Gus Bogel]

Description: In this photograph, a young man (identified as Gus Bogel on the back of the photograph in a handwritten note) is standing in an area that appears to be a garden or backyard. The man is wearing a loose shirt and slacks, a tie, and cowboy boots. He is standing on grass and there are trees to either side. Behind him, there is some sort of wooden structure and a wooden swing or bench. There is a printed border around the outside of the photograph.
Date: 1927~
Creator: Fox Company
Partner: Marfa Public Library

Angelina Chavez and Tanis Dominguez

Description: Photograph of Angelina Chavez and Tanis Dominguez taken in ?Shafter, Texas in 1925. The boy holds a cap in his hand and leans on an automobile.
Date: 1925
Partner: Marfa Public Library

[Post office in Casa Piedra, 1925]

Description: Picture of 1925 Casa Piedra post office. The post office was owned and managed by Conrado L. Vasquez. Four figures are in the photograph. From left to right: Santiago Ocon, Carmen Vasquez, Conrado Vasquez Jr., and Conrado Vasquez, Sr. To the right of the picture is a 1929 Buick owned by a shoe salesman.
Date: 1925
Partner: Marfa Public Library

[Men's Society of St. Joseph at St. Joseph's Day procession]

Description: A parade of more than fifty men are marching in the Men's Society of St. Joseph's Day Procession outside St. Mary's Catholic Church rectory. The rectory is in the left corner of the photograph. Several older model cars from the early 20th century are also in the photograph.
Date: 1920~
Partner: Marfa Public Library

Carolina Borunda at age 17

Description: Photograph of Carolina Borunda at age 17. She later becam Carolina Borunda Humpheries. She has a contemporary hair style and wears a necklace.
Date: 1924~
Partner: Marfa Public Library

Marfa Headquarters of the U.S. Border Patrol

Description: Photograph has two images of the U.S. Border Patrol Headquarters in Marfa, Texas built in 1924. An automobile is parked outside the building near a picket fence.
Date: 1924~
Partner: Marfa Public Library

U.S. Border Patrolmen in Marfa, Texas in 1930

Description: Photograph of U.S. Border Patrolmen.Top Row: Peterson, Hunter, Dill, Jack Prather, Kyle, Pierson, and Daniel. Second Row: Ogden, Jesse Hill, Earl Fallis, Jack Starkey, unknown, Baird, Brooks, Dorn, and Jackson. Bottom Row: Jack DeVolin, James Metcalf, Joe Dill, C.C. Courtney (Chief), Shelly Barnes (Assistant Chief), Ware Hord, and George Dennis.
Date: January 1928
Partner: Marfa Public Library

St. Mary's Catholic Church Altar, c. 1920

Description: Photograph of the altar of St. Mary's Catholic Church in Marfa, Texas around 1920. It has candles and statues around it and a decorative dome above it.
Date: 1920~
Partner: Marfa Public Library

[Knights of Columbus, 1928]

Description: Photograph of the Caballeros de Colon or Knights of Columbus in 1928. Top row (L-R): first, Mr. Jones, second, Mr. Tiburcio, Sixth, Mr. Tarsado, tenth, Mariano Jiner, eleventh, Pete Waren, thirteenth, Victor Dominguez, fourteenth, Lorenzo Quintania, fifteenth, Manuel Franco, sixteenth, Atanosio Balenzuela, and eighteenth, Artudo Barrera. Middle row (L-R): first, Beto Udiace, second, Lucas Herrera, third, Mr. Jones, fourth, Mr. Martinez, sixth, Bill Rice, seventh, Johnny Parace, eighth, Esavelo … more
Date: 1928
Partner: Marfa Public Library
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