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Descriptive Summary
Biographical Sketch
Scope and Contents
Restrictions
Index Terms
Administrative Information
Description of Series
Photographs
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Brown County, Texas:
An Inventory of Its Photographs, 1880-1938 and 1956-1972, at
the Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library
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Creator |
Texas Tech University. Southwest
Collection |
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Title: |
Brown County, Texas,
Photograph Collection,
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Dates: |
1880-1938 and 1956-1972 |
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Abstract: |
Brown County, Texas,
photographs dated 1880-1938 and 1956-1972. |
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Collection # |
SWCPC 22 E1-E13 |
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Quantity: |
198 prints |
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Language |
English. |
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Repository: |
Southwest Collection/Special Collections
Library, Texas Tech University |
This is an artificial collection of photographs of Brown County,
Texas. Organized in 1856, Brown County covers the Pecan Bayou valley in central
Texas. Brownwood, the largest city, became the county seat in 1857. For many
years, Brownwood was a cotton buying center. Today, local industry depends on
livestock and agriculture.
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This collection consists of photographs of Brown County, Texas. The
collection bulks with photographs of Brownwood, Texas (1900-1925). It contains
a photograph of Santa Fe Harvey House girls (undated); interior of Renfro Drug
Store (1909); street scene in Brownwood, Texas (1880); Executive Committee of
West Texas Chamber of Commerce (1924); Zephyr cyclone (1909); Brownwood oil
field (1918); and Brownwood "Bulletin" Excursion Farmers Congress train car
(1915).
The negatives and prints are housed in separate envelopes.
Images from this collection have been digitized and can viewed at
http://hdl.handle.net/10605/7733
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Access Restrictions
Open for research
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The subject headings used by the Southwest Collection/Special
Collections Library are derived from the Library of Congress and/or locally
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Subjects (Persons) |
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Bloodworth, B.
P.--Photographs. |
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Denman,
Mose--Photographs. |
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Park
family--Photographs. |
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Subjects (Organizations) |
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Renfro Drug Streo
(Brownwood, Tex.)--Photographs. |
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Atchison, Topeka, and
Santa Fe Railway Company--Photographs. |
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Places |
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Brown County
(Tex.) |
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Brown County
(Tex.)--Photographs. |
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Brownwood
(Tex.)--Photographs. |
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Brownwood
(Tex.) |
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Zephyr (Tex.) |
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Zephyr
(Tex.)--Photographs. |
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Government
buildings--Texas--Brownwood--Photographs. |
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Cyclones--Photographs. |
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Business
enterprises--Texas--Brownwood--Photographs. |
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City and town
life--Photographs. |
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Petroleum industry and
trade--Texas--Brownwood--Photographs. |
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Floods--Texas--Photographs.
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Schools--Photographs. |
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Brown County, Texas, Photograph Collection, 1880-1938 and 1956-1972,
Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, Texas Tech University,
Lubbock, Texas
Gifts, 1970-1981
Maria Vallejo, 2011
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Photographs |
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| 1 |
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SWCPC 22 Part 1: Brownwood, Texas (60 negatives and 60
prints) |
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| 2 |
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SWCPC 22 Part 2: Brownwood, Texas (68 negatives and 68
prints) |
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SWCPC 22-E1: Brownwood, Texas - Parks Family (7
negatives and 7 prints),
1938 and
undated |
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SWCPC 22-E2: Brownwood, Texas - Gordon Wood Family (6
negatives and 6 prints),
1938 and
undated |
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SWCPC 22-E3: Brownwood, Texas - Eddie Stenson's 1st
airplane, Daniel Baker College, and Cowboy Dinner near Sherwood, Texas (4
negatives and 3 prints),
1912 and
undated |
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SWCPC 22-E4: Brownwood, Texas - Santa Fe Railroad
Station (3 negatives and 1 print),
undated |
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SWCPC 22-E5: Brownwood, Texas - Brown County (7
negatives and 1 print),
1918 |
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SWCPC 22-E6: Brownwood, Texas - Brown County (12
negatives and 12 prints),
1920s |
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SWCPC 22-E7: Brownwood, Texas - Wind and fire damage (21
negatives and 21 prints),
1971-1972 |
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SWCPC 22-E8: Brownwood, Texas - Centennial celebration
of the Texas Power and Light Company (3 prints),
1956 |
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| 12 |
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SWCPC 22-E9: Brownwood, Texas - Brownwood School (1
negative and 2 prints),
1923 |
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SWCPC 22-E10: Brownwood, Texas - B. P. Bludworth
portrait (1 negative and 1 print),
undated |
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SWCPC 22-E11: Brownwood, Texas (2 prints),
undated |
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SWCPC 22-E12: Brownwood, Texas - Parade floats, Howard
Payne (3 negatives and 3 prints),
1914-1915 |
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SWCPC 22-E13 Part 1: Brownwood, Texas - Brownwood flood
(2 negatives and 2 prints),
1900 |
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SWCPC 22-E13 Part 2: Brownwood, Texas (12 slides),
undated |
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