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[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
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Partner: Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum

Bovina, Tex., Nov. 1914

Description: Photograph of a group of students and a teacher in Bovina, Texas. The group is posed in front of a brick building, probably the school. The teacher is standing in the back row in the center. The photograph is attached to a card and beneath the picture is a handwritten note, "To mama, from John." On the back is written, "John in first grade."
Date: November 1914
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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
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Partner: Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum

[Football players for West Texas State Normal College]

Description: Photograph of football players for West Texas State Normal College. They are posed in three rows before a wood wall. They are wearing plain jerseys, football pants, dark socks and shoes. A player in the middle row is holding the football. The coach, dressed in a suit, is seated at the right end in the middle row. The players are identified on the reverse of the photograph: Back row (l to r): John Renfro, Boyce Eidson, G. C. Childers, Honas Carey, _____ Black, J. Pat Ator, Earl Sparks. Middle ro… more
Date: 1914
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Partner: Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum

Wayside, Tex.

Description: Photograph of the Wayside School at Wayside, Texas. A group of students and teachers are posed in the front of the school. The building is built from textured concrete blocks. It has a hip roof with a deck surrounded by a low railing. The entryway is covered, the roof supported by two square columns. On the reverse of the photograph is written, "Wayside - $3000 concrete block, 20 miles from R.R.; 30 miles from Courthouse. Most interested in Farm Demonstration & Community Welfare Club work."
Date: March 5, 1914
Creator: Carr, S. C.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum

Lakeview School, Armstrong Co., Tex., 3-5-14

Description: Photograph of a small group of adults and children posed in front of the Lakeview School in Armstrong County, Texas. The wooden frame school building has a pitched roof and a double-door entryway flanked by windows. Projecting from each side of this section of the building are wings. The people stand in a loose group in the entryway, with others seated on the step and on the ground. A note on the reverse reads, "Lakeview - nine miles from town - A two-teacher school which is the centre of neig… more
Date: March 5, 1914
Creator: Carr
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
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
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum

[Ruins of West Texas State Normal College]

Description: Photograph of the ruins of the West Texas State Normal College building after its March 25, 1914, fire. The wall of one end of the building is intact, while the front wall has partially collapsed. People stand in front of the building and on the road leading to it. A horse and buggy are on the road. On the reverse is written "These walls have all fallen in now."
Date: 1914
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum

Fairview School, Armstrong Co., Tex.

Description: Photograph of of the Fairview School in Armstrong County, Texas. The school is a wood frame building with a pitched roof. In front of the school, students are posed in groups according to age, most seated on the ground, with a few standing. An adult male, probably a teacher, stands near the center rear of the children.
Date: November 18, 1914
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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
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum

West Texas State Normal College, Canyon, Texas

Description: Postcard featuring a halftone reproduction of a photograph of the main building of West Texas State Normal College, viewed from the front down a walkway lined with small trees. The front of the postcard also includes text in the margins showing the growth in registration from 1911 to 1913, describing the climate and altitude, and giving the date of the fourth summer session of 1914.
Date: 1914
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum

Lowrey-Phillips School, University Heights, Amarillo, Texas

Description: Tinted picture postcard showing the Lowrey-Phillips School in Amarillo, Texas. The building is primarily brick, with stone accents. A flight of steps leads to the front entryway at the second level, over a half-basement. Bicycles are parked in the front of the building and a windmill is visible behind the building. On the back of the post card there is a note dated 3/10/1914 to Mrs. G. A. F. Parker, Hereford, Texas.
Date: 1914
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum

Joseph A. Thompson

Description: Photograph of Joseph A. Thompson wearing the baseball uniform of West Texas State Normal College. He is standing in an open field, and wears a baseball glove on his left hand.
Date: [1914..1918]
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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
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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
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Partner: Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum

Starting to clear away the ruins

Description: Photograph of a wagon pulled by a team of four horses, on the site of the West Texas State Normal College building. The wagon is loaded with debris left when the building was destroyed by fire in March 1914. A man driving the team is seated in the wagon, another man stands by the team, and a third man stands to one side. The damaged walls of the building are visible and the ground is strewn with rubble.
Date: 1914
Creator: Fountan, A. E.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum

West Texas State Normal College faculty and students

Description: Photograph of student members of the Guenther Literary Society and faculty advisers at West Texas State Normal College. They are posed in rows, most seated, with those in the back row standing. Those appearing in the photograph are, front row, left to right: D.A. Shirley, F.P. Guenther, Sid Reid, Clarence Bell; second row, Bert Mathis, William Younger, Earl Traylor, Clifford Brown, Francis Locke, Carl Boston; third row, Henry Starr; Clanton Reynolds, Lloyd Blake, Raymond Hurn, Robert Heatley;… more
Date: 1914~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum
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