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My Land, My Heritage, My Hope

Description: Paper submitted to the Junior Historical Society state writing contest held by the Texas State Historical Society, discussing historical landmarks, landscape, and people of Marfa. This written speech accompanied photographic slides (noted in the text with slide numbers).
Date: 1969
Creator: Edwards, Nancy
Item Type: Refine your search to only Paper
Partner: Marfa Public Library

Fort Davis

Description: This photograph shows a series of buildings that appear to be storefronts. The buildings are built of bricks and one has the words 'feed - water - stable' written on the side. In the foreground, there is a man with a large, old-fashioned bicycle and two dogs nearby. There are also 9 other people ranging along the front of the stores and two horses hitched to a wagon. There appear to be other buildings farther away. In the background there is a rocky cliff rising behind the buildings.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Marfa Public Library

[Group of People Near a Tree]

Description: In this photograph, there are five people standing beneath a blooming tree. To the left, there is a young man in rolled-up pants and a dark jacket; he is holding the hand of the older woman next to him who is wearing a long, dark dress. In the middle, there is another older woman wearing a light-colored dress and holding what appears to be a bunch of flowers. To the right, there are two older men, wearing suits and hats. The one to the left has a pipe in his mouth and the one to the left is… more
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Marfa Public Library

[Bloys Campmeeting]

Description: In this photograph, a group of 13 people (including two children) are standing in front of trees. All of the men and most of the women are wearing hats (and/or bonnets). At the bottom of the photograph there are several handwritten labels: "S. N. B., G. N. Bogel, Jessie B. H. [...] H. J. H. Jr., Eda Jenkins Hubbard, and W. W. Bogel" From left to right, there are: a woman in a white dress with dark-colored sleeves (S. N. B.); a man in a white shirt and bow-tie wearing dark glasses; a second w… more
Date: 1913~/1916~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Marfa Public Library

[Group of people outside a house]

Description: In this photograph, six people are standing in a rough semi-circle to the left of a brick building in an area that appears to be covered in desert scrub. From left to right, there is a woman in a white dress, a man, dressed casually, and older woman wearing a dress with her hands on the previous man's hips, a man dressed casually and wearing odd glasses holding a small child, a man with a moustache who has his hands in his pockets, and another man, also dressed casually. The men are all weari… more
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Marfa Public Library

[The Bogel Women]

Description: In this photograph, three women are standing together in what appears to be a yard. The women on the ends are both wearing white dresses with lace; the woman in the middle is wearing a checkered dress. The woman to the far right is older and has a dark tie at her throat and is holding a white, lacy parasol. Behind them, there is a tree and some bushes and several buildings are visible in the background. The names "Jessie," "Aunt Hennie," and "Granny" are handwritten from left to right over … more
Date: 1913~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Marfa Public Library

[Mr. Bogel and Ms. Hubbard at the Bloys Camp Meeting]

Description: In this photograph, an older man and woman are standing together in front of a tree. Both are dressed up: the man is wearing slacks, a striped shirt, and a tie with a hat; the woman is wearing a long white dress. They are both holding objects in their hands and the woman is looking at hers, rather than at the camera. The man is standing to the left and has his left arm around her shoulders. In the left of the photograph, an old-style automobile is partially visible. In the background to th… more
Date: 1913?
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Marfa Public Library

Gus Bogel at Sauceda Ranch

Description: In this photograph, there is a man on horseback. The man is fairly young, dressed as a cowboy (wearing chaps, a vest, loose shirt, and hat) and the horse is darkly colored with white socks. They are standing in what appears to be a desert area in front of a building that seems to be half made of adobe and half of wood with a window in the adobe portion. A handwritten note at the bottom of the photograph reads "Gus Bogel" and "Sauceda Ranch" and is repeated on the back "Gus Bogel at Sauceda R… more
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Marfa Public Library

[Family with a Wagon]

Description: This photograph shows a family that appears to be getting ready to leave in a wagon. To the left, a man wearing a suit and hat is leaning down to pick up a young girl with curls wearing a plaid shirt and white dress. The woman directly to the right is wearing a white shirt with a dark skirt and bonnet and has her hands outstretched to push the girl forward; she has a white bonnet in her right hand. There are two young boys on the right, both wearing with shirts and dark slacks. There is a l… more
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Marfa Public Library

[Spectators at the Bloys Campmeeting]

Description: In this photograph, a large audience is watching several people standing in the front of the photograph. In the foreground, the makeshift 'stage' has a podium made of crates, a long wooden bench and two chairs, as well as a blanket on the ground. There is a tree on the left. There are several people standing near the tree wearing old-fashioned clothes. A man standing to the right, directly in front of the audience, is wearing a dark suit. In the background there is a mountain and other tre… more
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Marfa Public Library

[Marfa Improvements]

Description: Photograph of Mrs. Charlie Henderson and Mrs. Roy H. Godbold examining the new litter containers placed along Highland Street in downtown Marfa in 1970. Two unknown workers in jumpsuits stand behind the two women, and a sanitation truck is in the background.
Date: 1970
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Marfa Public Library
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