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[West Texas State Normal College]

Description: Photograph of the first building of West Texas State Normal College in Canyon, Texas. The front and one side of the three-story brick building are visible, with the tank of a water tower appearing beyond the roof line. Several small trees are planted on the surrounding grounds.
Date: 191X
Partner: Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum

[West Texas State Normal College fire]

Description: Photograph of the main building of West Texas State Normal College burning in 1914. The building is shown from the front with a large column of smoke rising from the center of the structure. A crowd stands watching, with objects that were rescued from the building.
Date: March 25, 1914
Partner: Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum

[West Texas State Normal College fire]

Description: Photograph of the fire that destroyed the main building at West Texas State Normal College in Canyon, Texas. The fire has spread throughout the building, and the roof and upper story of the front facade have collapsed. Heavy smoke rises from the building.
Date: March 25, 1914
Partner: Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum

"Sheep sheds," 1914

Description: Photograph of temporary buildings, or "shacks," that were used as classrooms and administration offices after the West Texas State Normal College building was destroyed by fire in 1914. Two one-story unpainted frame buildings are visible, with a windmill in the foreground. Two or three men are standing between the two buildings, one of them identified as Dr. J. A. Hill.
Date: 1914
Partner: Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum

R. B. Cousins, Pres., W.T.S.N.C., Canyon, Texas

Description: Photograph of the West Texas State Normal College Administration Building with a portrait of college president R. B. Cousins superimposed on the upper right. The image shows the front and one side of the building and the surrounding grounds, which include numerous small trees, a road and pathway enclosed by a rail fence. On the reversed is a printed message signed "Britain and Wife," promoting their photographic studio in Canyon, Texas.
Date: 1917
Creator: Photo Car Studio
Partner: Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum

The steel frame of the new building

Description: Photograph of the construction of the new Administration Building at West Texas State Normal in Canyon, Texas. The steel frame of the three-story building is in place, and some of the stonework at the ground level has been completed.
Date: 1915
Partner: Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum

[West Texas State Normal College fire]

Description: Photograph of the West Texas State Normal College building burning. A plume of smoke rises from the building, and the walls are still intact. Spectators are clustered around the building, as are horses and buggies, automobiles and bicycles.
Date: March 25, 1914
Partner: Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum

[West Texas State Normal College fire]

Description: Photograph of the West Texas State Normal College building burning. A large cloud of black smoke is rising from the structure. There a small group of spectators, with a line drawn on the image to one individual, identified as "me." To the right of the structure is a water tower.
Date: March 25, 1914
Partner: Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum

[West Texas State Normal College fire]

Description: Photograph of the West Texas State Normal College building burning on March 25, 1914. A large cloud of smoke is rising above the building while spectators watch from the grounds. Pieces of furniture and other objects, probably removed from the building, are scattered around the grounds.
Date: March 25, 1914
Partner: Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum

[Students' Army Training Corps, Canyon, Texas]

Description: Photograph of Students Army Training Corps recruits participating in a drill on the West Texas State Normal College campus in Canyon, Texas. Men in uniform stand in a row before the college main building, with three others standing in the foreground, at the foot of a flagpole. A small group of men holding musical instruments stands to one side.
Date: 1918
Partner: Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum
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