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Tourists Atop Pikes Peak

Description: Photograph of eight tourists on their way to the top of Pike's Peak. The group is posing together in an open car. A sign on the running board says, "At Glen Cove on Pikes Peak, Alt. 11,425 Ft., No24, July 23 1929." There are various buildings and pine trees visible in the background.
Date: July 23, 1929
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Tarrant County College NE, Heritage Room

"Baker Hotel" Menu

Description: This photograph illustrates an October 1929 menu from the Stephen F. Austin Hotel, a "Baker Hotel" (located in Austin, Texas), similar to the one that opened in Mineral Wells in 1929 is shown here. The Baker Hotel in Mineral Wells was apparently one of a chain of hotels. This menu serves as a reminder of that fact.
Date: 1929?
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: Boyce Ditto Public Library

[D. W. Griffith]

Description: D. W. Griffith is shown standing on the roof of the new Crazy Hotel, which opened in 1927; and replaced the First Crazy Hotel, which had burned in 1925. Mr. Griffith, who produced silent movies including the "Keystone Kops" comedies, and the classic film "Birth of a Nation", was a guest at the Crazy Hotel while visiting Mineral Wells in 1929. A commemorative postage stamp was issued in his honor on May 27, 1975. Local folklore has it that Mr. Griffith was impressed by the "WELCOME… more
Date: 1929
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Boyce Ditto Public Library

We lost our job at Mineral Wells, Texas

Description: This is a picture that was found in Mr. Weaver's collection, and captioned "We lost our job at Mineral Wells, Texas." This type of advertising was used by most of the drinking pavilions in this popular health resort to tout the beneficial effects of Mineral Wells' waters. There were numerous testimonials attesting the truth of such claims. When the Food and Drug Administration began to enforce the nation's drug laws vigorously in the mid-1930's, however, there were no rigorous scienti… more
Date: 1920?/1930?
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Boyce Ditto Public Library

[Photograph of Galveston Beach]

Description: Photograph of Galveston Beach in Galveston, Texas. In the image visitors can be seen in the water and along the beach. To the right side a pier is visible with a sign on it that reads "Sunset Coffee". In the foreground a rocky edge leads onto the beach.
Date: 1926
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Photograph of Galvez Hotel]

Description: Photograph of the Galvez Hotel in Galveston, Texas. In the foreground multiple automobiles are on the roadway outside the hotel. Galvez Hotel is visible in the background with a wooded area in front of the hotel entrance.
Date: 1926
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Photograph of Rev. Charles T. Caldwell Riding Camel]

Description: Photograph of Rev. Charles T. Caldwell riding a camel in Egypt. Rev. Caldwell is pictured wearing a light color suit with matching hat while sitting on a saddle on a camel. To the right of the image a donkey is visible next to the rocky side of a pyramid. To the left of the image there are more camels and people visible.
Date: 1925
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: First Presbyterian Church of Waco
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