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Descriptive Summary
Biographical Sketch
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Administrative Information
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Erath County, Texas:
An Inventory of Photographs, 1888-1998, at the Southwest
Collection/Special Collections Library
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| Creator | Texas Tech University. Southwest
Collection |
| Title: | Erath County, Texas,
Photograph Collection,
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| Dates: | 1888-1998 |
| Abstract: | The Erath County,
Texas, Photograph Collection, dated 1888-1998, was donated by many
individuals. |
| Collection # | SWCPC 209 |
| Quantity: | 145 b/w copy prints,
53 photo prints, and 57 negatives |
| Language | English. |
| Repository: | Southwest Collection/Special Collections
Library, Texas Tech University |
Located ten miles west of Stephenville, Texas in west central Erath
County, Lingleville developed following the establishment of a nearby grocery
store by R. P. Campbell in 1884. Alliance College was established by the
Farmer's Alliance. Now a ghost town, Thurber, Texas, once boasted a population
of maybe 10,000, and was the principal bituminous coal mining town in Texas.
The townsite is seventy-five miles west of Fort Worth, Texas, in Erath County.
Coal deposits were discovered by William Whipple Johnson, an engineer for the
Texas and Pacific Railway in the mid-1880s.
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Collection contains images of Lingleville, Texas, including Alliance
College and Lingleville Christian College (1888 and 1890), miners and mining
activity, mercantile buildings, baseball team, water tank, marching band,
boarding house, snow scene, brick yard, school group portraits, locomotives,
wagons, schools, automobiles, boxers, shops, parade, saloon, mules,
associations, picnic, garage, aerial views, and families from Thurber, Texas
(19th and early 20th Century). Also included are photos from the Dublin (Texas)
Reunion and the Dr. Pepper Bottling Plant Celebration (1998), such as tractors,
antique cars, historic buildings, and advertising art.
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Access Restrictions
Open for research
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| The subject headings used by the Southwest Collectin/Special
Collections Library are derived from the Library of Congress and/or locally
developed. |
| Subjects (Persons) |
| | Anda,
Delphemia |
| | Barlow,
Wallace |
| | Beverage,
Bobby |
| | Bott, Bill |
| | Bott, Ted |
| | Clowers,
Clinton |
| | Compfield,
Rush |
| | Crawford, J. P |
| | Franks, Johnny |
| | Gerherd, Ray |
| | Harmon, Willow |
| | Kimbro, Clint |
| | McKinnon, Joe |
| | Parker, T. A. |
| | Rigsby, Hillis |
| | Roberts, Rex |
| | Shaw, Buddy |
| | Simmons, Alver |
| | Southern,
Bernadette |
| | Tankersley,
Lawrence |
| | Taylor, Jimmy |
| | Thomas, Bren |
| | Thomas, Jack |
| | Tremino, Pete |
| | Turnbow, R. F. |
| | Walters, Henry |
| | Willett, Elton
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| Subjects (Organizations) |
| | Dr. Pepper
Co.--Anniversaries, etc. |
| Places |
| | Erath County
(Tex.) |
| | Lingleville
(Tex.) |
| | Stephenville
(Tex.) |
| | Thurber (Tex.) |
| Subjects |
| | Airplanes--Photographs |
| | Clubs--Texas--Thurber--Photographs |
| | Sports
teams--Photographs |
| | Automobiles--Photographs |
| | Baseball--Texas--Photographs |
| | Blacksmiths--Texas--Erath
County--Photographs |
| | Boardinghouses--Photographs |
| | Beverage
industry--Texas--Photographs |
| | Boxing--Photographs |
| | Brick
trade--Texas--Thurber--Photographs |
| | Buildings--Texas--Photographs |
| | Carpenters--Photographs |
| | Coal--Texas--Erath
County--Photographs |
| | Universities and
colleges--Texas--Photographs |
| | Reunions--Texas--Dublin--Photographs |
| | Historic
buildings--Texas--Photographs |
| | Manufacturing
industries--Texas--Photographs |
| | Coal mines and
mining--Texas--Thurber--Photographs |
| | Musicians--Photographs |
| | Parades--Texas--Thurber--Photographs |
| | Picnics--Photographs |
| | Bars (Drinking
establishments)--Texas--Thurber--Photographs |
| | Schools--Texas--Thurber--Photographs |
| | Wagons--Photographs |
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Erath County, Texas, Photograph Collection, 1888-1998, Southwest
Collection/Special Collections Library, Texas Tech University, Lubbock,
Texas
Gifts, 1978-1982
A. Ramirez
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