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[Scrapbook Page: South Texas]

Description: Photographs of various scenes of South Texas. The top left photo is of an irrigation ditch with some water in it and men working on both sides. The top right photo is of a group of small shacks in Mexico. The middle photo is of the Church at Laguna Seca, Texas, with a row of small tents and a man in front of it. The bottom left photo is of a family sitting on the porch of a small house. The bottom right photo is of a small hut in a field next to a tree.
Date: 1916/1917
Creator: Cook, Frank Lauderdale
Partner: Museum of South Texas History

[Scrapbook Page: South Texas Scenes]

Description: Photographs of various scenes in South Texas. The top left photo is of a man in a military uniform standing in front of a house with a wrap-around porch. The top middle photo is of a military man with a rifle standing on "International Bridge." The top right photo is of a house made of sticks with people standing in the yard. The bottom left photo is of a man standing in front of the Hidalgo County Courthouse, with more men sitting on the front porch of the building. The bottom middle photo is … more
Date: 1916/1917
Creator: Cook, Frank Lauderdale
Partner: Museum of South Texas History

[Tronera (Gunport)]

Description: Photograph of an inside view of a tronera (gunport). Troneras were common in casas mayores in South Texas until the 1860s.
Date: unknown
Creator: Graham, Joe Stanley, 1940-1999
Partner: Texas A&M University Kingsville

[Cattle Roundup by Helicopter]

Description: Photograph of an aerial view of a cattle roundup by helicopter on a South Texas ranch.
Date: unknown
Creator: Graham, Joe Stanley, 1940-1999
Partner: Texas A&M University Kingsville

City Christmas Parade

Description: Photograph of a Christmas parade float for South Texas Lumber. The float consists of a star attached to a hill at the back of the float, and a man standing and a woman sitting on a fake donkey at the front of the float. There are fake plant branches dispersed in the front of the float, and text below them says "It Came Upon A Midnight Clear." On the side of the float, text says "Letter Carrier's Auxiliary" and "South Texas Lumber." In the background, there is a crowd of people standing in f… more
Date: 1955
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[Scrapbook Page: Mexican Shacks]

Description: Photographs of shacks in Mexico. The top left and bottom right shacks are made of logs, and have wooden fences around the yards. The top right and bottom left shacks are made of sticks with thatched roofs, with a horse in one photo and a man in the other.
Date: 1916/1917
Creator: Cook, Frank Lauderdale
Partner: Museum of South Texas History

Statue of Padre José Nicolás Ballí

Description: Statue of Padre J. Nicolas Balli Located on South Padre Island. Historical Marker on base reads: "Padre Island, off the South Texas coast, is named for Padre Jose Nicolas Balli (177?-1829), whose family migrated from Spain in 1569 and became large landowners in the Lower Rio Grande Valley. In 1800 Balli applied to King Charles IV of Spain for 11 1/2 leagues of land on the island, and in 1804 started its first settlement, Rancho Santa Cruz. Padre Balli served as collector of finances for all th… more
Date: June 26, 2018
Creator: Hicks, William
Location: 26.085132 -97.167429
Partner: UNT Libraries

[Scrapbook Page: Military Scenes]

Description: Photographs of scenes of military life. The top left photo is of men standing behind a large cactus plant. The top right photo is of two bulls pulling a cart on a dirt road with shacks in the background. The middle and bottom left photos are of men standing in trenches next to the Rio Bravo. The bottom right photo is of General Wilson and several other men in a camp with tents and a car behind them.
Date: 1916/1917
Creator: Cook, Frank Lauderdale
Partner: Museum of South Texas History

Shale Formation

Description: Copy negative of a dry creek bed winding near the Eagle Ford area of South Texas.
Date: unknown
Partner: Permian Basin Petroleum Museum, Library and Hall of Fame

[Coldwall Calvert on Horseback]

Description: Photograph of Coldwell Calvert on horseback with a fence and trees in the background.
Date: April 1961
Partner: Cattle Raisers Museum

[Cattle in the Street]

Description: Photograph of a herd of cattle on Wall and Colorado streets being driven from South Texas to Lubbock for the opening of The Ranch Headquarters there.
Date: 1976
Location: 31.997346 -102.077915
Partner: Permian Basin Petroleum Museum, Library and Hall of Fame

Home Place on the Farm

Description: Photograph of life on the Rendleman Farm. The farm is an example of a typical South Texas farm with a windmill, cistern, a shop, and barns or sheds.
Date: unknown
Partner: Bee County Historical Commission

The John Clark Wood Home

Description: Photograph of John Clark Wood's home located at 315 North Adams. John Clark Wood was a pioneer settler in South Texas. The house is the present site is the home of Dr. and Mrs. Frank Dehnisch.
Date: unknown
Partner: Bee County Historical Commission

Police Officer with Prisoner

Description: Photograph of a uniformed police officer holding the arm of a man wearing a hat and jacket. They are standing in front of an open door which contains a barred cell.
Date: unknown
Partner: Palo Pinto County Historical Association

[Gas Well]

Description: Photograph of the first gas well in South Texas on Byrnes Ranch in McMullen County. William Donald Stephenson was the driller and it was part of the Grubstake Investment Association.
Date: 1917
Partner: Midwestern State University

[Graduate Student Graduation Selfie]

Description: Photograph of graduate student Richard Quiroz in their graduation regalia, date unknown.
Date: unknown
Creator: Quiroz, Richard
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

SpaceX S-band tracking station antennas in Boca Chica Village

Description: Photograph of two S-band tracking station antennas at the SpaceX South Texas Launch Site at Boca Chica Village, TX on State Highway 4. Site is located near Brownsville between Las Palomas Wildlife Management Area, Boca Chica State Park and Brazos Island State Park.
Date: June 27, 2018
Creator: Hicks, William
Location: 25.992509 -97.175894
Partner: UNT Libraries

[Photograph of a Mexican Hut]

Description: Photograph of a small hut with a thatched roof in Mexico, with two military men and a Mexican family with small children standing near the hut.
Date: [1916,1917]
Creator: Cook, Frank Lauderdale
Partner: Museum of South Texas History

[Postcard of the 23rd Infantry Baseball Team, 1916]

Description: Postcard of the 23rd Infantry baseball team, a group of ten men who won the Texas Championship in 1916. The men's last names are listed on the back of the postcard, but are mostly illegible.
Date: 1916
Creator: Cook, Frank Lauderdale
Partner: Museum of South Texas History

[Bayview College Students]

Description: Cropped copy-photograph of a group of Bayview College Students. They are posing in five rows outside of a wooden building. The college was founded by Thomas M. Clark and Alice Yantis Clark for the scattered South Texas ranching children. The college opened in September 1894, teaching primary through Junior College students. Most buildings were destroyed by a hurricane in 1916, and the college closed in 1917.
Date: unknown
Partner: Bell/Whittington Public Library

[Photograph of a Car in a River]

Description: Photograph of a bull hitched to a rope pulling a car out of a river, with several men standing around the bull and one man sitting in the car.
Date: [1916,1917]
Creator: Cook, Frank Lauderdale
Partner: Museum of South Texas History

[Photograph of a Mexican Saloon]

Description: Photograph of a Mexican saloon with a large group of horses, wagons, and people in front of it. A sign above the saloon says "La Estrella, Guerra & Co, Comerciantes."
Date: [1916,1917]
Creator: Cook, Frank Lauderdale
Partner: Museum of South Texas History
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