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[Information about Photograph of Manuela Dech]

Description: Information about a portrait of Manuela Dech used in a research paper written for a history class at Marfa High School in Marfa, Texas. The portrait was taken in England when she was about fifteen years old - it is unclear in what year or why Dech traveled to England.
Date: 1966
Creator: Garcia, Nellie & Melendez, Johnny
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: Marfa Public Library

[Portrait of O. C. Dowe]

Description: Portrait of O. C. Dowe in a suit standing behind an elaborately designed chair with a backdrop of a fancy courtyard behind him. Below the picture is printed the name of the photography studio: "Fey & Braunig, Cuiro & Halletsville, Texas."
Date: 1904
Creator: Fey & Braunig
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Marfa Public Library

[Portrait of Don Milton Faver]

Description: Photograph of Don Milton Faver, wearing a suit, seated next to a child partially visible on the far left. The image accompanied a written speech with the caption: "The first Anglo-American rancher in the Big Bend was Don Milton Faver" (p. 5).
Date: 1969
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Marfa Public Library

[Ben Leaton and Juana Pedraza]

Description: Portrait of Ben Leaton and Juana Pedraza posing together. Juana is wearing a dark-colored dress and is seated in a wooden chair; Leaton is wearing a dark colored suit, standing to her left, with one hand on her arm. The image accompanied a written speech, with the caption: "An exploratory group headed by John W. Spencer met in Chihuahua and came into the Big Bend" (p. 4).
Date: 1969
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Marfa Public Library

Alice Bishop

Description: This photograph shows a young woman sitting in a chair. She is wearing a flowered dress and glasses and has her hair pulled back. Behind her, there is a wall that appears to be made of brick that is partially covered in ivy and has a door to the right. The chair appears to be on a path bordering a bed of flowers and other plants. Some parts of the photograph are obscured by white light. A handwritten note on the back of the photograph says "Alice Bishop." There is a printed border around … more
Date: 1938-09~
Creator: Fox Company
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Marfa Public Library

[Photograph of Mrs. Arthur Prude & John Prude]

Description: This photograph shows two people, identified as Mrs. Arthur Prude and John Prude, standing on either side of a framed portrait of a young man with a mustache and wearing a black suit. Mrs. Prude is standing to the left of the portrait and is an elderly woman with glasses, wearing a hat and a dressy coat with a flower pinned to the front; John Prude is standing to the right of the portrait and is a middle-aged man, wearing a tie and jacket. The portrait appears to be hanging on a wall that is… more
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Marfa Public Library

[Picture of a mother and daughter]

Description: In this photograph, a mother and daughter, both in long white dresses, are standing together in front of a brick wall and flowering plants. The mother has her arm around the daughter's shoulders. In the background, to the right, a partial stairway leading to an open door and the arm of another woman are visible, A handwritten note on the back of the photograph says "Genevieve Bogle - Mrs. W. W. Bogel daughter - mother about 1916."
Date: 1916~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Marfa Public Library

[Portrait of W. W. Bogel]

Description: This photograph is a portrait of William Woodworth Bogel (visible from the chest up). He is an elderly man with a moustache dressed in a suit and tie; there is a pin through his tie and a handkerchief in his breast pocket. On the back of the photograph, there is a handwritten note that says "W. W. Bogel, Pioneer Rancher."
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Marfa Public Library

[Portrait of a Private]

Description: This photograph is a portrait of a young man (visible from the waist up) wearing the uniform of a private in World War I. The jacket of his uniform has pins on the collar and the buttons have an imprint on them. The uniform also includes a hat that has cords knotted around the brim. The photograph is mounted in a dark-colored frame which has a name handwritten on the back "Graves Bogel."
Date: 1914~/1918~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Marfa Public Library
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