urn:taro:utexas.cah.00088 A Guide to the Elmer J. Edwards Photograph Album, ca. 1935-ca. 1938 Center for American History Text converted and initial EAD tagging provided by Apex Data Services, April 2001. Finding aid written in English. April 19, 2007 Major reformatting by Evan Hocker August 8, 2002 Edited with XMetaL 2 by Kristy Sorensen, according to instructions in Editing TARO EAD XML Finding Aids with XMetaL. Tue Jul 22 15:26:54 CDT 2003 urn:taro:utexas.cah.00088 converted from EAD 1.0 to 2002 by v1to02.xsl (20030505). Descriptive Summary Edwards, Elmer Judson, 1923- Elmer J. Edwards Photograph Album ca. 1935 - ca. 1938 97-018 ca. 3460 photographic prints Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin Elmer J. Edwards accompanied his father on his business travels from their home in San Antonio through Texas during the mid-1930s. Most of the photographs in this collection were taken during those travels. English. Arrangement

Arranged in original scrapbook format.

 Biographical Note

Elmer J. Edwards accompanied his father on his business travels from their home in San Antonio through Texas during the mid-1930s. Most of the photographs in this collection were taken during those travels.

 Scope and Contents

The 192-page photograph album of Elmer J. Edwards contains approximately 3,460 images from the mid-1930s. These snapshots by Edwards, an amateur photographer, portray small towns in Texas and contiguous states and street scenes of San Antonio and Austin, Texas. The photographer focused primarily on public buildings and other civic structures. Also included are pictures of parades and speeches, family friends, well-known personalities such as Adina De Zavala, and aerial views.

These boxes contain loose pages from the original scrapbook. A transcription of Mr. Edwards' typed labels, with some corrections, is provided here because the originals that remain legible are deteriorating. Missing page numbers indicate that no labels exist for those pages.

 Index Terms Subjects (Persons) Allred, James V., 1899-1959--Photographs. Davenport, Julia Chisholm--Photographs. De Zavala, Adina, 1861-1955--Photographs. Edwards, Elmer J.--Photographs. Farley, James A.--Photographs. Subjects Aerial views--Texas--Photographs. Alamo (San Antonio, Tex.)--Photographs. Banks and banking--Texas--Photographs. Billy the Kid Museum--Photographs. Bridges--Texas--Photographs. Buildings--Texas--Photographs. Church buildings--Texas--Photographs. City and town life--Mexico--Photographs. City and town life--Texas--Photographs. Courthouses--Texas--Photographs. Fortification--Texas--Photographs. Hot springs--Texas--Photographs. Hotels--Texas--Photographs. Irrigation--Texas--Photographs. Missions--Texas--Photographs. Parks--Arizona--Photographs. Parks--Texas--Photographs. Railroad stations--Texas--Photographs. Universities and colleges--Texas--Photographs. United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Monuments--Texas--Comfort--Photographs. Cite as:

Elmer J. Edwards Photograph Album, ca. 1935 - ca. 1938, Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin.

 Inventory 3Fo5 Album pages 1-10: Page 5 description [San Antonio]: 1. Milam Building from Houston Street Bridge 2. Aerial view of San Antonio 3. View westward from Alamo Bank 4. View on Market Square 5. Alamo Park from Crockett Hotel 6. Randolph Field, main building 7. Alamo Plaza 8. Transit Tower 9. Aerial view 10. [no caption] 11. President Roosevelt, June 11, 1936 12. Alamo Plaza 13. Old Twohig Home 14. The Alamo 15. Sunken Garden Theater 16. Randolph Post Chapel 17. Aerial view of Stinson Field 18. Queen of 1937 Fiesta San Jacinto 19. Alamo Plaza 20. Nix's Building 21. New Post Office Building 22. Historic Ursuline Convent 23. Aerial view from a point above the Alamo 24. Facade of the Alamo 25. Municipal Auditorium Page 6 descriptions [San Antonio]: 1. Garden of Mission San Jose 2. Panoramic view of San Jose 3. Side view of Mission Concepcion 4. Mission Espada 5. Old aqueduct 6. Old irrigation dam, mission cemetery 7. Cloisters of San Jose 8. Old walls at San Juan 9. Old Bergs Mill 10. Granary at San Jose 11. Old hacienda near San Juan 12. Old mill gallery of Gutzon Borglym 13. Rose window 14. Little Espada school 15. O'Henry House on South Presa 16. Chili stands 17. Mission Espada 18. Bastion at Espada mission 19. The Chapel of Miracles, 113 Ruiz Street 20. Travis Park 21. Rose Window 22. Mr. Hunter and Jeff Smith, Bandera Page 7 descriptions [San Antonio]: 1. Folk dancing before the Battle of Flowers Parade of 1936 2. John H. Reagan Pep squad 3. J. Croswell Hall leading the parade 4. Float depicting landing of La Salle 5. The Old Trail Drivers 6. The Old Trail Drivers 7. The Old Trail Drivers 8. Views of various bands 9. Float depicting Francis Johnson at San Fernando Cathedral 10. Presidential parade, 1936 11. Surrender of Santa Anna 12. Queen's Float 13. Doggie Biscuit Wagon, Trades Parade 14. Barracks, Fort Sam Houston 15. Gallagher's Ranch, San Geronimo 16. San Fernando Cathedral 17. View from National Bank of Commerce 18. Pioneer Flour Mills 19. Transit Tower and Plaza Hotel 20. Cacti garden and Bexar County Courthouse Page 8 descriptions [San Antonio]: 1. Paul McSwueen (King Antonio), 1936 2. The King approaches the Alamo 3. The King approaches the Alamo 4. [no caption] 5. [no caption] 6. Other views on the event of the Entry of King Antonio 7. Laying of the Cornerstone of the new Post Office 8. Fete at Municipal 9. Alamo Plaza 10. Menger Hotel 11. View from Crockett Hotel 12. Patio of the Menger Hotel 13. Patio of Alamo 14. Green Diamond streamlined train 15. Rexall Train 16. Olmos Dam 18. Alamo Area Council, Boy Scouts 19. Patio, Old Governors Palace 20. Wishing Well at the Governor's Palace Page 10 descriptions [San Antonio]: 1. Villita Art Gallery 2. Lost Pond, near Von Ormy 3. Old Argyle Hotel 4. Menger Hotel 5. Thomas Jefferson 6. Missouri Pacific Station 7. Old Livestock Exchange 8. City Hall 9. Curios on old San Marcos highway 10. View of Medina River, Bandera, from Mt. Rugh 11. Falls at Highland Waters, near Bandera 12. Frontier Times Museum 13. Falls in Max Staroke Park, Seguin 14. View at Slumber Falls, New Braunfels 15. View at Gallagher Renoh 16. View on Medina River 17. Texas Military Institute 18. Old Main Ave. High School 19. Kelley Field, 1936 20. San Jose Plaza as seen from the bell tower Album pages 31-40: Page 40 descriptions: 1. Main street in Carrizo Springs 2. Main street, Eagle Pass 3. New De Zavala County Courthouse in Crystal City 4. View of Popeye Monument and square in Crystal City 5. View on main street in Carizzo Springs 6. Panorama of business district Quemado, Texas, above Eagle Pass 7. View of Eagle Pass from the Rio Grande International Bridge 8. Street scene in Eagle Pass 9. Dimmit County Courthouse on the square in Carizzo Springs 10. Old Armstrong Hotel in Hondo 11. Main street in Hondo 12. Medina County Courthouse in Hondo 13. Ruins of old Catholic church in D'Hanis old town 14. Main street in D'Hanis 15. Street scene in Piedras Negras, Coahuila, Mexico Album pages 41-50: Page 41 descriptions: 1. Entrance to old Fort Duncan at Eagle Pass 2. Street scene in Piedras Negra, Caohuila, Mexico 3. View on Juarez Plaza in Piedras Negras 4. Rio Grande as seen at site of the old pontoon bridge, at Eagle Pass 5. Hotel Eagle, Eagle Pass' leading hostelry 6. Street scene in Crystal City 7. Street scene in Piedras Negras 8. View in the heart of Piedras Negras 9. Maverick County Courthouse in Eagle Pass 10. Main street in George West, showing West Hotel on right 11. Main street in Sabinal 12. Panoramic view of business district of La Pryor 13. Main street in Uvalde, showing Kincaid Hotel in center 14. Street scene in Brackettville 15. Panorama of business district in Sabinal Page 42 descriptions: 1. Main street, Eagle Pass 2. Eagle Pass as seen from Hotel Eagle 3. Fort Inge Hill, near Uvalde 4. The Leona River at old Fort Inge 5. Nueces River near Camp Wood 6. Main street, Sansom, or North Uvalde, as it is newly called 7. Pulliam Creek Bluff on Camp Wood-Rocksprings Highway 8. View in Pulliam Canyon above Camp Wood 9. Camp Wood Highway 10. Another Pulliam Creek view, near Barksdale 11. Nueces River near Camp Wood 12. View near Barksdale 13. Uvalde County Courthouse and Kincaid Hotel, Uvalde 14. Site of Mission Candelaria at Laguna 15. Nueces River near Camp Wood 16. Street scene in Uvalde 17. Leona River below Batesville 18. Old Zavala County Courthouse at Batesville Page 43 descriptions: 1. Heart of business district of Charlotte 2. Main street, Jourdanton 3. View in Charlotte 4. Barracks at Fort Clark, Brackettville 5. View in Three Rivers 6. Former Ball Glass Company in Three Rivers 7. View in Charlotte 8. Main street in Brackettville 9. Kinney County Courthouse in Brackettville 10. Main street in Tilden 11. Main street in Three Rivers 12. Main street in George West 13. Post Office in Piedras Negras, Coahuila, Mexico 14. Street scene in Eagle Pass 15. Mc Mullen County Courthouse in Tilden, formerly known as "Dog Town" and the heart of the old South Texas Brasada Country Page 44 descriptions: 1. First Baptist Church in San Marcos 2. View, pine cabin area of Bastrop State Park 3. Campus view of Southwest Texas State Teachers College, San Marcos 4. Street scene in Lockhart 5. View in business district of Smithville 6. Wilson Hotel on Houston Highway in Luling 7. Main business street of Luling 8. Panorama of business district of Luling from Wilson Hotel 9. Old Emmanuel Church, Lockhart, Texas' oldest Episcopal church 10. Main street, Lockhart 11. Southwest Texas State Teachers College 12. Clark Public Library in Lockhart 13. Bastrop County Courthouse in Bastrop 14. Main street, Smithville 15. Main street, Lockhart 16. Public Square in Lockhart 17. Colorado River bridge at Lockhart 18. Main street in Smithville Page 45 descriptions: 1. Reputedly the largest grapevine in the world ever, the Leona River at Batesville 2. Old Courthouse square at Batesville 3. View of old town buildings on Batesville square 4. Former headquarters of the Medina Irrigated Farms Inc, at Natalia 5. Old Zavala County Courthouse at Batesville 6. Side view of the old Batesville Courthouse 7. Live Oak County Courthouse, George West 8. Street scene, Piedras Negras 9. High school in Piedras Negras 10. Old Ranger Building at Sabinal 11. Street scene, Hondo 12. Panorama of Calliham 13. Main street in Eagle Pass 14. Main street in Eagle Pass 15. Main street scene, in Eagle Pass 16. Brick company at D'Hanis 17. Medina County Courthouse, Hondo 18. Main street and city hall, Crystal City Page 46 descriptions: 1. View of San Xavier, Arizona from Cross Hill 2. Mission San Xavier 3. Old Governor's Mansion, Tucson 4. Side view, Mission San Xavier 5. Views in old Tubac 6. Views in old Tubac, the oldest town in Arizona 7. - 9. Views of the mountain splendor and beauty at Ladera Springs, near Balmorhea, Texas 10. Culberson County Courthouse at Van Horn 11. View of the Pecos Valley 12. View of Albuquerque from Hilton Hotel 13. View in Tijeras Canyon near Albuquerque 14. View of Tijeras Indian trading post near Albuquerque 15. Looking out towards University of New Mexico, Albuquerque 16. Bernalillo County Courthouse, Albuquerque 17. View of Sandia Mountain range, Albuquerque 18. Main street, Van Horn Page 47 descriptions: 1. Panorama of Mexican village above Nogales, Arizona 2. View of Mission Tucumcari, near Nogales, Arizona 3. Main street, Nogales 4. Main street, Tombstone 5. Old Courthouse, Tombstone 6. Old opera house, in Tombstone 7. Mitre Park, near Alpine, Texas 8. Approach to Madera Springs, in Davis Mtns. 9. Boothill Cemetery, Tombstone 10. Ruins of old Musquiz Home, near Fort Davis 11. Approach to Madera Springs and the Davis Mnts. 12. View in Boothill Cemetery, Tombstone 13. Main street, Tombstone 14. Old Bird Cage Theater, Tombstone 15. Main street, Tombstone 16. Old Saint David's Church, Tombstone 17. Old buildings in Tombstone 18. Rose trellis, Tombstone, reputedly largest rose bush in the world, of Lady Banksia variety Page 48 descriptions: 1. Congress Avenue, Austin 2. Lake Austin and Mount Bonnell [Austin] 3. Old Coronel Institute, San Marcos 4. Austin Public Library 5. Old Austin home of O'Henry 6. View on Congress Avenue, Austin 7. View on Congress Avenue, Austin 8. Old Land office Building, Austin 9. Old Austin Dam 10. View in Heart of Austin on Congress Avenue 11. View in Heart of Austin on Congress Avenue 12. Deep eddy on Colorado River, near Austin 13. Norwood Building, Austin 14. Old S.P. [Southern Pacific] Station, Austin 15. - 18. General views on Austin's Congress Avenue, flanked by the Texas state capitol building Page 49 descriptions: 1. Cafe & Hotel Pines, Smithville 2. Main street scenes in Smithville 3. Main street scenes in Smithville 4. Old city hall in Smithville 5. Main street in Luling 6. Post Office in Lockhart 7. - 9. Views on main Street in Bastrop 10. Main street in Martindale 11. Bastrop Inn Hotel, in Bastrop 12. Mirror Lake in Bastrop State Park, near Bastrop 13. Gregory [Gym], University of Texas at Austin 14. Colorado River bridge, Austin 15. Old Driskill Hotel, Austin 16. Texas State School for the Deaf, Austin 17. Interior and panoramic view of Texas Memorial Stadium, Austin 18. Looking down Congress Avenue, Austin Page 50 descriptions [San Antonio]: 1. Old Twohig Home 2. Temporary and new Post Office 3. View from South Texas Bank Building 4. View from Majestic Theatre 5. View from Houston Building 6. View from Shrine of the Little Flower 7. View from Travis Building 8. Houston Street from Hotel Palms 9. Trades Parade view 10. View from Frost Bank Building 11. View of La Villita Bend 12. View of Presidential parade, 1936 13. View of Venetian Night, 1936 14. La Villita Bend 15. View from Joske's of Alamo Plaza 16. View of Venetian Night, 1936 17. Houston Street 18. Menger Hotel columns Album pages 51-60: Page 51 descriptions [San Antonio]: 1. Old James mansion, near Stinson Field 2. Old Brackenridge Mansion 3. Post hospital, Fort Sam Houston 4. San Antonio River at Willow Way 5. Willow Way Road 6. Old rrigation dam, Mission Cemetery 7. Old water moccasin, near Twohig Home 8. Medina Dam 9. Irrigation dam, Mission Cemetery 10. Alamo Park 11. Rear view, Mission Espada 12. Slumber Falls, near New Braunfels 13. - 15. Views of Medina Lake 16. Public library, side view 17. Stinson Field 18. Old home of George [Brackenridge], at Incarnate Word College Page 52 descriptions: 1. Main street, Waxahachie 2. Street scene in Waxahachie 3. Street scene in Waxahachie 4. Angelina County Courthouse, Lufkin 5. - 7. Street scenes in Lufkin 8. Old Houston home in Smede's Valley, Huntsville, Walker County 9. Stephen F. Austin State Teachers College, Nacogdoches 10. - 12. Street scenes in the business district of Nacogdoches 13. - 14. Views of replica of Mission San Francisco de los Neches et Texas, near Weches 15. View of Mission Valley from forest tower at Weches 16. Main street in Many, Louisiana 17. View at Los Adaes, first capital of Spanish Texas, near Nacogdoches 18. Site of old Fort Seldon, above the Blue Hole, near [Nacogdoches] Page 53 descriptions: 1. View at Louisiana State Normal College, Natchitoches 2. View on Front Street in Natchitoches 3. View in Natchitoches 4. Old Houston Home in Huntsville 5. View on Front Street, Natchitoches 6. View of Old Balcony Building, Natchitoches 7. Main street, Huntsville 8. Main Building, Sam Houston State Teachers College, Huntsville 9. Walker County Courthouse, Huntsville 10. Street scene, Huntsville 11. Grave of Sam Houston, Huntsville 12. Sam Houston Memorial Museum 13. View on Plaza at Paris 14. Main street scene in Corsicana 15. Main street scenes in Corsicana 16. Panorama of Marshall from top of Hotel Marshall 17. [label missing] Page 54 descriptions: 1. Main Square [Jefferson] 2. Cypress Bayou, Old Jefferson 3. Old Excelsior Hotel, Jefferson 4. Front view of the Old Excelsior Hotel, Jefferson 5. Old Baptist Church, Jefferson 6. Old wharves on Cypress Bayou, Jefferson 7. Old Marion County Courthouse, Jefferson 8. McClennan County Courthouse, Waco 9. Old Texas Cotton Palace, Waco 10. Austin Avenue, Waco 11. Austin Avenue from atop Amicable Building 12. Old mission site on Burleson Hill, San Marcos 13. San Marcos panorama from the Baptist Academy 14. View of Main Street and Kyle Hotel, Temple 15. Temple's main business district 16. View in Temple 17. Grave of Sam Bass in old Round Rock cemetery 18. Franklin Street, Waco Page 55 descriptions: 1. Congress Avenue, Austin, from Scarborough Building 2. Main Street in West 3. Waco Hall, Baylor University, Waco 4. - 9. Views from atop the the University Administration and Library Building of the University of Texas, Austin 10. - 15. Views in the Memorial Day Parade, San Antonio, May of 1936 13. Taft High School 16. San Patricio County Courthouse, Sinton 17. Bee County Courthouse in Beeville 18. Karnes County Courthouse in Karnes City Page 56 descriptions: 1. Old Campbell Home at Old Campbellton 2. View in business district of Beeville 3. - 5. Views of business district of Beeville on Main Street 6. Main street in Kenedy 7. The Goff Hotel in Kenedy 8. Main Street, Kenedy 9. Main Street, Taft 10. Looking down Taft's main street 11. Historical old Cuero Hotel 12. Main street in Cuero 13. Business street in Cuero, home of the Turkey Trot 14. Main street in Yoakum, the Tomato Center of Texas 15. View in Westhoff 16. View in downtown Port Lavaca 17. Main street scene in Rockport 18. View of North Beach Bathhouse in Corpus Christi Page 57 descriptions: 1. View in Lytle 2. Main street of Runge 3. Nueces at Three Rivers 4. View of Old Sutherland Springs Hotel 5. View on Main Street, Yorktown 6. View on Main Street, Nordheim 7. View of the Hills near Camp Bullis 8. View at the Old Sutherland Springs 9. Old swimming pool at Sutherland Springs 10. Cactus Hotel in Asherton 11. Panorama of Main Street, Three Rivers 12. The brick factory at D'Hanis 13. Main street in Pearsall 14. View of old church at Graytown near Floresville 15. Main street, Pearsall 16. View of Plaza Hotel, New Braunfels 17. Comal County Courthouse, New Braunfels 18. View in business district, Devine Page 58 descriptions: 1. Panorama of Corpus Christi downtown 2. View of Bascule Bridge, Corpus Christi 3. View of North Beach, Corpus Christi 4. View of the Old Pleasure Pier 5. The Corpus Christi Bluff and Drive 6. The Port of Corpus Christi 7. View of the Southern Alkali Plant 8. View of Corpus Bluff Crescent from Nixon Building 9. Panorama of Corpus from Breakwater Walk 10. Corpus Christi Skyline from Pleasure Pier 11. Ship entering port of Corpus Christi 12. Breakers Hotel on North Beach 13. The beachfront at Rockport 14. The Aransas Bayport at Rockport 15. Town layout of Rockport 16. Main street view in downtown Corpus 17. [no caption] 18. Corpus Christi bay from Princess Louise Hotel Page 59 descriptions: 1. Lavaca Bay at Port Lavaca 2. Main street in Palacios 3. Main street in Aransas Pass 4. Nazareth Academy in Victoria 5. View of waterfront at Palacios 6. Municipal Pier at Palacios 7. City National Building, Victoria 8. Victoria County Courthouse, Victoria 9. The Square at Victoria 10. Business district of Old Goliad 11. Main street in Yorktown 12. The Fannin Battlefield at Fannin 13. Side view of Mission La Bahia 14. Front view of Mission La Bahia, Goliad 15. The Old Goliad County Courthouse 16. Mississippi River from Huey Long Bridge, New Orleans, Louisiana 17. [no caption] 18. Rear view of Mission La Bahia, Goliad Album pages 51-60: Page 60 descriptions [unnumbered]: Red River County Courthouse in Clarksville Old Steambout House in Huntsville Main street in Houston Market street in Galveston Imperial Sugar Refinery at Sugarland Hotel Buccaneer in Galveston Gulf Building in Houston Rice Hotel of Houston Surrender Oak at San Jacinto View of the Surrender Point at San Jacinto Grave of Mrs. David Crockett at Old Acton Old Church at Panna Maria near Karnes City Las Fontanas in Landa Park in New Braunfels View of the Hanging Oak in Landa Park Mier Monument at La Grange View of Monument Hill Tomb near La Grange Album pages 61-70: Page 61 descriptions [unnumbered]: View of the Fannin Monument in Goliad Plaza Hotel and Nixon Building in Corpus Christi Main street in Victoria Pines in Bastrop State Park at Bastrop Norwood Building in Austin Closeup of the Norwood Building in Austin Madison County Courthouse in Madison Lamar County Courthouse in Paris John G. Reagan Memorial in Palestine City Bank Building in Corsicana Heart of downtown Texarkana View on the San Antonio River at San Antonio Ellis County Courthouse in Waxahachie Caldwell County Courthouse in Lockhart Mr. Hendrix at the Apelt Armadillo Farm in Comfort Rice Hotel in Houston Johnson County Courthouse in Cleburne Old City Hall in Rockdale Skyscrapers of Houston Mrs. Crosby in Villa Acune--owner of Crosby Cafe Page 62 descriptions: 1. Main entrance to Texas Memorial Museum of the University of Texas at Austin 2. Entrance to Potter County Courthouse, Amarillo 3. Main street, Wichita Falls 4. Polk Street, Amarillo 5. Herring Hotel in Amarillo 6. Eighth Street, Wichita Falls 7. Denton County Courthouse, Denton 8. Wilson County Courthouse in Floresville 9. Historical monument at old San Patricio, near Mathis 10. Clock tower in the old quadrangle at Fort Sam Houston 11. Former Governor James V. Allred speaking at Bandera Old Settler's Program 12. Front facade of Mission San Jose 13. De Witte County Courthouse at Cuero 14. Old Zavala County Courthouse at old Batesville 15. Dedication of San Antonio Post Office in 1937 16. Rose window and tower of Mission San Jose Page 63 descriptions: 1. Panorama of Galveston, showing Union Station in distance 2. View in Gavleston, showing Jean LaFitte Hotel, with old streetcar in foreground 3. Galvez Hotel 4. Fort Crockett, Galveston 5. Market Street showing the American National Life Building 6. View of Main Street, Galveston 7. Main Street, La Porte 8. Murdoch's Bath House, Galveston 9. Panorama of Galveston, showing great grain elevator in distance 10. Old Union Station in Houston 11. Main Street, Houston 12. View of bayou and Surrender Oak at San Jacinto Battleground 13. Street scene in Houston's business district 14. Gulf Building and the Esperson Building in Houston from the roof garden of the Rice Hotel 15. Street scenes in Houston's business district 16. View of South Main Street from the Gulf Building 17. Main Street, Houston 18. View of Houston from Rice Hotel Page 64 descriptions [Houston]: 1. View looking west from Houston's Gulf Building 2. Main Street, Houston 3. Houston Public Library 4. View east from atop the Gulf Building 5. View from Rice Hotel, showing old Market House 6. Sam Houston Memorial Coliseum 7. Old Sam Houston Hall and auditorium 8. Main Street, opposite San Jacinto Hotel 9. Fannin Street 10. View from atop Gulf Building 11. View from atop Gulf Building 12. Grand Central Station of S.P. [Southern Pacific] Lines 13. Old Federal Building, Houston 14. View from Gulf Building 15. Partial view of the Port of Houston 16. Main Street 17. View from Gulf Building 18. View at Rice Institute Page 65 descriptions: 1. Panorama of old Fort Davis 2. View at Paisano Encampment 3. Sam Houston Monument, Hermann Park, Houston 4. View of old Fort Davis 5. Indian Lodge in Davis Mountains 6. Jeff Davis County Courthouse at Fort Davis 7. - 8. View of Davis Mountains from atop Mount Locke, at McDonald Observatory 9. Indian Lodge in Davis Mountains 10. Main Street, Balmorhea 11. View from Mount Locke 12. McDonald Observatory 13. Main Street, Fort Stockton 14. Hotel Balmorhea 15. View of Fort Stockton from courthouse 16. Commanche Springs, at Fort Stockton 17. Pecos County Courthouse, Fort Stockton 18. View of Fort Stockton from courthouse Page 66 descriptions: 1. Old Sheffield, "The Last of the old West" 2. Pecos River at Sheffield 3. Silk Stocking Street, Ozona 4. Ozona Rodeo Stadium 5. Main Street, Ozona 6. Ozona Hotel, Ozona 7. View on Main Street, Ozona 8. View on Main Street, Ozona 9. Ozona City Park 10. Ozona High School 11. Crockett County Courthouse in Ozona 12. View of City Park from Ozona Hotel 13. Sutton County Courthouse in Sonora 14. Homes in Ozona 15. Silk Stocking Street, Ozona 16. Main street, in Sonora 17. Views on Sonora's main business street 18. View of Enchanted Rock near Fredericksburg Page 67 descriptions: 1. Gholson Hotel and main street in Ranger 2. Main street in Ranger 3. Main street in Rising Star 4. Main street in Ranger 5. View of Ranger from Gholson Hotel 6. Main street in Ranger 7. Eastland County Courthouse in Eastland 8. Main Street in Cisco 9. Panorama of Courthouse square in Eastland from atop Connelley Hotel 10. Main Street in Cisco 11. Lake Cisco from dam 12. Street scene in Eastland 13. - 15. Views on Main street in business district of Cisco 16. Birch Hotel and main street in Breckenridge 17. View on Upper Main Street, Cisco 18. View on Main Street in Cisco Page 68 descriptions: 1. [caption missing] 2. [caption missing] 3. Panorama of Breckenridge from atop the Birch Hotel 4. Stephens County Courthouse 5. Street scene in Graham 6. View on the courthouse square in Graham 7. Graham County Courthouse 8. View on the Graham public square 9. Main building of West Texas State Teachers College of Canyon 10. Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum 11. Armstrong County Courthouse at Claude 12. Main street in Claude 13. Main street in Tulia 14. Courthouse at Tulia, county seat of Swisher county 15. View in the heart of Tulia 16. Main Building of Wayland on the south plains at Plainview 17. Main street in Plainview 18. Hale County Courthouse at Plainview Page 69 descriptions: 1. Street scene in business district of Plainview 2. View of courthouse square in Plainview from atop the Hilton Hotel 3. View of Plainview business district from Hilton Hotel 4. View of business district and the Hilton Hotel as seen from Hotel Lubbock 5. Lubbock County Courthouse in Lubbock 6. Courthouse square in Plainview 7. Federal building and Hotel Lubbock 8. Heart of business district of Lubbock 9. Main street from Hotel Lubbock 10. Hilton Hotel in Lubbock 11. Administration Building of Texas Technological College in Lubbock 12. View of Texas Tech Campus 13. - 15. Views on Main street and in the Lubbock business district 16. Main street of Chillicothe 17. Main street in Canyon 18. Randall County Courthouse Page 70 descriptions: 1. Main street, Chillicothe 2. Main street in Estelline 3. Main street in Staton 4. Garza County Courthouse in Post 5. Algerita Hotel in Post 6. Main Street in Post 7. Street scene in Goldthwaithe 8. Panoramic view of Goldthwaithe 9. Mills County Courthouse in Goldthwaithe 10. Main street in Goldthwaithe 11. Street scene in Electra 12. Heart of business district of Electra 13. - 15. Views of business district of Quanah 16. Hardeman County Courthouse in Quanah 17. Archer County Courthouse in Archer City 18. [no caption] Album pages 71-80: Page 71 descriptions: 1. Amtro Hotel in Clarendon 2. Main street in Clarendon 3. Donley County Courthouse in Clarendon 4. Main street in Vernon 5. City Hall in Vernon 6. Street scene in Vernon 7. Lake Wichita near Wichita Falls 8. Main street in Vernon 9. Wilbarger County Courthouse in Vernon 10. Main street in Wichita Falls 11. Texas Hotel in Wichita Falls 12. Skyline of Wichita Falls 13. Main street scene in Wichita Falls 14. View on Eighth Street 15. Ross Avenue in Wichita Falls 16. Federal building 17. Wichita County Courthouse 18. View on Eighth Street Page 72 descriptions 1. [Aerial] view of Wichita Falls 2. Street scene in Wichita Falls 3. Union Station 4. Municipal Auditorium 5. Main street in Snyder 6. Public Square at Snyder 7. Scurry County Courthouse 8. Nolan County Courthouse in Sweetwater 9. Main street and Post Office in Sweetwater 10. Municipal Auditorium 11. Street scene in Sweetwater 12. Panorama of Sweetwater from Hotel Sweetwater 13. Pine Street in Abilene 14. City Hall in Abilene 15. Science Building at Hardin Simmons University in Abilene 16. Street scene opposite Wooten Hotel in Abilene 17. View of Hilton Hotel, Post Office, and WTTCC Building in Abilene 18. View on Pine Street in Abilene Page 73 descriptions: 1. Potter County Courthouse 2. - 4. Street scenes in the business district of Amarillo 5. View of Polk Street and downtown Amarillo from atop the Eakle Building 6. Panorama of Amarillo from atop the Herring Hotel 7. Polk Street in Amarillo 8. View of Palo Duro Canyon from the Coronado Lodge Rim 9. Municipal Auditorium in Amarillo 10. Palo Duro Canyon 11. The Capitol Formation in Palo Duro 12. Lower Polk Street in Amarilo 13. The Trassiac Point formation in Palo Duro 14. The crossing of Palo Duro Creek in Palo Duro Canyon 15. Palo Duro Creek in Palo Duro 16. Panorama of Abilene from the Wooten Hotel 17. Pine Street in Abilene as seen from the underpass 18. Panorama of Palo Duro Canyon Page 74 descriptions: 1. Taylor County Courthouse in Abilene 2. Runnels County Courthouse in Ballinger 3. Hotel Ballinger in Ballinger 4. Main street scene in Ballinger 5. General view of downtown Ballinger 6. - 7. Views in the business district of Winters 8 - 9. Views on Chadbourne Avenue in San Angelo 10. Panorama of Chadbourne Avenue and San Angelo business district 11. Main street in San Angelo 12. Another view of Chadbourne Avenue 13. Chadbourne Avenue Bridge over the Concho River in San Angelo 14. San Angelo Post Office Building 15. View looking down on Chadbourne Avenue 16. Naylor Hotel and Chadbourne Avenue Bridge 17. Main street 18. Old Fort Concho Museum in San Angelo Page 75 descriptions: 1. Tom Green County Courthouse in San Angelo 2. Saint Angelus Hotel 3. Naylor Hotel 4. Old Santa Fe Station 5. View of Modern San Angelo Buildings from grounds of Tom Green County Courthouse 6. San Angelo Municipal Auditorium 7. Courthouse at Granbury 8. Old Add-Ran College at Thorp Springs 9. Street scene in Granbury 10. Erath County Courthouse in Stephenville 11. Historic Barnard's Mill at Glenn Rose 12. Main street in Glenn Rose 13. John Tarleton College at Stephenville 14. - 15. Views in downtown business district of Stephenville 16. Main street in Hamilton 17. Hamilton County Courthouse in Hamilton 18. Courthouse square in Hamilton Page 76 descriptions: 1. German Pioneer Monument of Texas in Landa Park, New Braunfels 2. Colorado River at Marble Falls 3. Burnet County Courthouse in Burnet 4. View in CCC area of Garner State Park near Leakey 5. View in Garner Park 6. Courthouse square and jailhouse in Leakey 7. Garner Lodge below Leakey 8. Rear View of Garner Lodge 9. Frio River in Garner Park 10. Cliff View in Garner Park 11. Loving County Courthouse in Mentone 12. Main street in Mentone 13. View of Big Spring from State Park Mountain 14. Sterling County Courthouse in Sterling City 15. View at old Carlsbad Townsite 16. Big Spring 17. Old Carlsbad State Bank 18. Old Courthouse at Ward County Page 77 descriptions: 1. Officials' Stand of 1937 Battle of Flowers Parade in San Antonio 2. - 3. Views of 1936 Battle of Flowers 4. View in Pilgrimage to the Alamo 5. Battle of Governor's Palace 6. American Legion Float in the Battle of Flowers 7. San Pedro Playhouse 8. Springs at Incarnate Word College 9. Head Springs of San Antonio River 10. Camp Warnecke in New Braunfels 11. Boerne Hotel and Pool 12. Head Springs in San Pedro Park 13. Whale and penguin exhibit in San Antono in 1936 14. Old Mexican adobe Brackenridge Park 15. Snake Gardens in Brackenridge Park 16. Alamo Plaza 17. Old Twohig Home 18. Fort Sam National Cemetery Page 78 descriptions: 1. Mr. Elmer J. Edwards and Mr. J.T. Smith at Frijole 2. View of old stage stand site near Frijole 3. Main street in Pecos 4. Stacked entrance at Frijole in Guadalupe Mountains 5. C. of C. Building in Pecos, replica of the Law West of the Pecos 6. Main street in Barstow 7. - 8. Street scenes in Douglas, third largest city of Arizona 9. View in the Bisbee, Arizona Hills 10. - 12. Mountain views of Bisbee, Arizona 13. Main street in Naco Sonora, Mexico with the Bisbee Hills in the distance 14. View of the Bisbee from a town residence 15. - 18. Panoramic mountain views of Bisbee Arizona Page 79 descriptions: 1. Courthouse square in Bisbee 2. Residential street in Bisbee 3. Old wagon and theater in Tombstone, Arizona 4. Main street, Hico 5. Main street, Mason 6. Panorama of Mason from the Fort Mason Hills 7. Main street, Del Rio 8. Mason County Courthouse in Mason 9. Blanco River in Blanco State Park at Blanco 10. Pecos Rio Grande Canyon at Langtry 11. Lookout over the Pecos Canyon at Bullis Crossing 12. Main street, Del Rio 13. View of Villa Acuna Coahuila, Mexico from the hill south of the town 14. View of Del Rio from the Del Rio National Bank Building 15. Del Rio Post Office Building 16. Hotel Fountain Inn at Lake Walk near Del Rio 17. Devil's River Dam, forming Lake Walk, near Del Rio 18. Panorama of Lake Walk and the old mansion of Mr. Connie Scales Page 80 descriptions: 1. First Methodist Church of Del Rio 2. Plaza Hotel, Laredo 3. View at Sunken Gardens, San Antonio 4. Midget City at Texas Centennial, 1936 in Dallas 5. St. Augustine Cathedral in Laredo 6. St. Mary's Cathedral in San Antonio 7. Lavaca County Courthouse in Hallettsville 8. Del Rio National Bank Building 9. Federal Building in Dallas, Texas Centennial in 1936 10. Viggo Hotel, Hebbronville 11. Houston skyline from steps of the public library 12. View from Baker Hotel, Mineral Wells 13. Old Bowie County Courthouse, Boston 14. Hotel Denison in Denison 15. Milam County Courthouse in Cameron 16. Hotel Brownwood in Brownwood Album pages 81-90: Page 81 descriptions: 1. View at Fort Clark in Brackettville 2. Las Mores Mountain in Brackettville 3. Lake Walk near Del Rio 4. Main street in Sabinal 5. Fort Clark Cemetery, Brackettville 6. Main street, Brackettville 7. Panorama of Spofford Junction, on S.P. Railroad 8. Interior of Old D'Hanis Church 9. Main street, Brackettville 10. View of Pecos River from Bullis Crossing bridge 11. Panorama of Old Langtry 12. View of Comstock 13. Bullis Crossing 14. Panorama of Pecos and Bullis Crossing 15. Rio Grande at Langtry 16. Roy Bean's tombstone 17. Cable Crossing of Rio Grande below Langtry 18. Roswell Hotel in Del Rio 19. Rio Pecos at Bullis Crossing 20. Main Street, Del Rio 21. Moore Park and swimming pool in Del Rio Page 82 descriptions: 1. Main Street, Del Rio 2. Rio Grande Canyon at Langtry 3. Devil's River Canyon near Del Rio 4. Pecos River Canyon near Del Rio and Langtry 5. Pecos River Canyon near Del Rio and Langtry 6. Lower Main Street in Del Rio 7. Main Street in Del Rio 8. Del Rio's Main Street as seen from St. Charles' Hotel 9. Main Street, Del Rio 10. Main Street, Del Rio 11. Pecos River Canyon, Del Rio 12. Cowboy atop Round Mountain, San Felipe, near Del Rio 13. Southern Pacific Railroad station in Del Rio 14. First Methodist Church facade, Del Rio 15. Losolia Street and the Val Verde County Courthouse as seen from atop the First National Bank Building in Del Rio 16. Main Street, Del Rio 17. View of Rio Grande and the Villa Acuna bridge at Del Rio 18. Saint Charles Hotel, Del Rio Page 83 descriptions: 1. Roswell Hotel, Del Rio 2. First Methodist Church, side view, in Del Rio 3. View of plaza at San Felipe at Del Rio 4. View in business district of Brackettville 5. Panoramic view of the Devil's River bridge near Del Rio 6. Panoramic view of Lake Walk, near Del Rio 7. View from the Shut-Inn Bluff, showing the Frio River near Concan, Texas 8. View of the Shut-Inn Hotel and Bluff at Concan 9. View of Happy Hollow of the Frio River on the Leakey-Uvalde Highway 10. View of the Frio River at Happy Hollow 11. The Shut-Inn Hotel and Bluff at Concan 12. Another view of the Frio at Shut-Inn Hotel 13. Main street in Leakey, county seat of Real County 14. View of basin of Frio River, near Leakey 15. View in the Garner State Park 16. Real County Courthouse in Leakey 17. View on public square at Leakey 18. Courthouse of Real County seat in Leakey Page 84 descriptions: 1. Moye Military Academy in Castroville 2. View of San Pecos River bridge in old San Patricio 3. View of the Pecos River bridge in old San Patricio, near Mathis 4. Main street in Mathis 5. Main Street, Benavides 6. Main street in Poteet, the strawberry capital of Texas 7. Old City hall in Pleasanton, the former Atascosa County Courthouse 8. Main street in Pleasanton 9. Pleasanton public square 10. - 18. Views in the business district of Benavides, the largest city of Duval county, and one of the most enterprising oil towns of south Texas. It rivals Freer, another important oil metropolis, in its importance to the south Texas border region. Page 85 descriptions: 1. - 2. Views on Main street in [Leakey] 3. Frio River at Concan 4. Remains of the old Mission Candelaria, near Camp Wood 5. - 7. Views on the main business street of Camp Wood 8. View in the business district of Barksdale, on the Nueces River below Rocksprings 9. Main street in Camp Wood 10. The Edwards County Courthouse in Rocksprings, the wool and mohair capital of Texas 11. The Balentine Hotel in Rocksprings 12. Main Street, Camp Wood 13. - 18. General views in the business district and Courthouse square in Rocksprings, the scene of the Rocksprings hurricane of 1927 Page 86 descriptions: 1. Old Spanish residence with French roof in Hebbronville 2. - 4. Views in the business district of Orange County, Texas 5. Main street and railroad loading sheds in Sandia, an important melon shipping center of South Texas 6. - 8. Views in the business district of Mathis 9. - 18. Views of Lake Corpus Christi State Park and Lake Corpus Christi, which is the principal water supply for the South Texas metropolis of Corpus Christi. The dam was named for the Honorable Lovenskiold, former mayor of Corpus Christi. The dam is located in the Nueces Valley, near the site of old Larado, the early cultural settlement of the Brasada Country. Page 87 descriptions: 1. Kohler Hotel in Beeville 2. Main street in Moore...named after...Moore, who was killed by Indians 3. The Lovenskiold Dam at Lake Corpus Christi 4. [caption missing] at Laredo 5. Market square view in Old Laredo 6. Street scene in Laredo 7. View on the main Street in Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico 8. View on Hidalgo Street and the market square in Laredo 9. Rio Grande at Laredo 10. View of Tower of St. Augustine Church and of Neuvo Laredo from Plaza Hotel 11. Panorama of the Rio Grande from the railroad International Bridge at Laredo 12. View on Hidalgo Street, Laredo's narrow main street 13. View of Laredo from Plaza Hotel 14. Jarvis Plaza in Laredo showing Hamilton Hotel 15. View in Piedras Negras, Coahuila, Mexico 16. Hamilton Hotel, Laredo 17. Old Spanish buildings in Laredo 18. Laredo National Bank Building Page 88 descriptions: 1. Old Spanish buildings in Laredo 2. Rio Grande and Laredo 3. Old Spanish buildings adjacent to Saint Augustine Cathedral and Martin Plaza 4. Bruni Memorial Arches in Laredo 5. Old Bruni Home on San Bernardo Avenue 6. Panorama of San Bernardo Avenue from atop the Plaza Hotel 7. - 8. Views in business district of Laredo 9. Laredo Market Square from the Plaza Hotel 10. Hidalgo Street in Laredo 11. Mercy Hospital in Laredo 12. Market Square in Laredo 13. - 16. Views in Old Spanish business district of Laredo 17. - 18. [captions missing] Page 89 descriptions: 1. - 2. Views of business district in Laredo 3. Rio Grande at Laredo 4. View in Sandia, melon center of Texas 5. View of Rio Grande at Laredo 6. Laredo street scene 7. - 8. Views in business district of Hebbronville 9. Jim Hogg County Courthouse in Hebbronville, as seen from atop the Viggo Hotel 10. Panorama of the approach to Hebbronville from the old Randado Road 11. Panorama of the original town of Bruni and the old Antonio Bruni store, between Bruni and Laredo 12. Old Randado Fort 13. Main street in Old Randado 14. Old Randado Fort 15. Jim Hogg County Library in Hebbonville; Mrs. Wright is seen on the steps 16. Banana grove at Guerro (Colorado) near old Randado and Hebbronville 17. Old Randado Cemetery 18. Main street in Old Randado, Post Office on left Page 90 descriptions: 1. View in Old Randando 2. Viggo Hotel in Hebbronville 3. Bender Hotel in Robstown 4. Main Street in Robstown 5. - 7. Views on Main Street in Robstown, Nueces County 8. Main street in Alice 9. Jim Wells County Courthouse in Alice 10. - 13. General views in the business district of Alice 14. - 15. View on Main Street in George West 16. Main street in Moore, Texas 17. View in Devine 18. Main street Album pages 91-100: Page 91 descriptions: 1. View in [citrus orchard] near Bruni 2. View in old Randado 3. Main street scene in Hebbronville 4. - 8. General view in the business district of Hebbronville 9. Panorama of Hebronville from the city water tower 10. Main street, Hebbronville 11. Viggo Hotel in Hebbronville 12. Panoramic view of Hebbronville from the top the of the city water tower 13. Main street in old Randado 14. Panorama of Hebbronville 15. Old Pena store in Hebbronville, first building in town 16. - 17. Views on Hebbronville's main business street 18. Another view of the old fort in Randado Page 92 descriptions: 1. Main street in Dilly 2. Frio County Courthouse in Pearsall 3. Main street in Pearsall 4. Main street in Pearsall 5. Main street in Cotulla 6. Main street in Pearsall 7. Main street in Floresville 8. Street scene in Floresville 9. Old Traveler's Hotel 10. Longhorn steer case on courthouse square, George West 11. View in Lockhart 12. Main street, Alice 13. Courthouse of Livestock County, George West 14. Public square, Seguin 15. Main street in Seguin 16. Public fountain and plaza hotel in Seguin 17. - 18. Views on main street in Seguin Page 93 descriptions: 1. Main street in Boerne 2. Kendall County Courthouse in Boerne 3. Main street in Seguin 4. Main street in New Braunfels 5. - 6. Street scenes in Boernes's main Street 7. Main street in New Braunfels 8. The public square in New Braunfels as seen from the Comal County Courthouse 9. Main street in New Braunfels 10. Main street in La Coste 11. Old County Courthouse in Castroville 12. Court of Anton Haller, Castroville 13. King Park in Refugio 14. Main street in Falls City 15. Public square in Castroville 16. Main street in Refugio 17. Public square in Poth 18. Main street in Karnes City Page 94 descriptions: 1. Refugio County Courthouse in Refugio 2. Main street in Refugio 3. Main street in Sinton 4. Street scene in Santo 5. Main street in Woodsboro 6. Main street in Agua Dulce 7. Quadrangle at Fort Sam Houston 8. View of Transit Tower and Alamo Bank Building from Main Plaza 9. Old Duerler Smokehouse in San Pedro Park 10. View in patio of the Spanish Governor's Palace 11. View of Travis Park from Bluebonnet Hotel 12. Intersection of Houston and Saint Mary's from White Plaza Hotel 13. - 14. Views at Edge Falls near Boerne 15. San Antonio Country Club, front view 16. Picking strawberries at Poteet 17. Jefferson Street and Municipal Auditorium from Maverick Building 18. Milam Building as seen from Alamo Bank Building Page 95 descriptions [San Antonio]: 1. San Antonio river from Saint Mary's bridge 2. Mission Concepcion 3. Rush house at Gallagher Ranch at San Geronimo 4. View from Travis Street Bridge 5. Entrance to Witte Museum 6. Barracks at Fort Sam Houston