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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
Partner: Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum

Burning of West Texas State Normal College, Canyon, Texas. Mar. 25, 1914

Description: Postcard depicting the fire that destroyed the West Texas State Normal College building on March 25, 1914. The image has been tinted and altered to show huge flames bursting from the roof of the building. A crowd watches the fire from the grounds of the building.
Date: 1914
Partner: Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum
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