A B/W negative of a group of students of Howard Payne Academy "hamming it up" for the camera. The First Baptist Church of Brownwood is in the background across the street.
Photograph of a line of elephants walking along a narrow dirt road (away from the camera) through scrub-brush while a group of people look on from the right side of the path. Most of the elephants have one person riding them, but several smaller elephants walk without a rider beside those with a rider. Other people walk alongside the elephants. The dirt road cuts through a large, open field of scrub-brush with a few trees near the road.
Photograph of two small children to the right of a tree, while a young woman in a tulle hat kneels with them, facing left. The young children are wearing light-colored dresses, and the older child, a girl, is perched between the main trunk of the tree and a smaller branch near the ground. There is a larger wooded area in the background, across a small grassy area.
A B/W negative of the inside of the library of Howard Payne College. There is a Liberty Bond poster on the window over the radiator on the right side of the photo.
Photograph of a small rowing boat on the left edge of a small body of water. The grassy and rocky banks of the water are dotted with small bushes, and several water plants are growing near the water's edge.
Photograph of a body of water with small passenger steamboats moving across it. In the distance, tall, multistory buildings with smoking stacks sit on the land bordering the water, which is also lined with trees.
Photograph of a small campsite among tall trees. A pitched tent sits between two of the trees, the flap of the tent pulled open to real the edge of a cot and a dark interior. Chopped firewood litters the campsite, which is surrounded by denser bushes and trees.
Photograph of a group of boys, wearing loose clothing, and girls, wearing dresses or skirts and blouses, with a small, dark pony. The two larger boys are sitting on the pony, which is bridled and saddled, with a smaller boy sitting between them. One of the girls, standing behind the pony, has her right arm draped over the pony's neck. The children are grouped in front of a tall bush, and in the background, a wooden fence leads to a small wooden shack.
Photograph of Thomas Taylor holding up a stringer strung through thirteen catfish of various sizes. He is wearing light-colored clothes and a dark hat and is standing on the rocky bank of a creek. The creek and a number of trees are visible in the background.
Photograph of a long barn to the right of five metal silos, taken at an elevated spot on a rocky hill. In the background, other barns, farmhouses, and silos can be seen on either side of a train track, intermingled with trees.
Photograph of a woman with long hair, in belted pants and a working shirt standing with a stick down a narrow path through tall, thin trees. Closer to the camera, a small, curly-haired child sits on a thin log along the right side of the path.
A B/W negative of two young women students on the steps of Old Main of the Howard Payne College campus. The cornerstone of the building reads: "Howard Payne College, Sept. 16, 1890," and an open "Holy Bible" is carved in the center.
Photograph of a man perched on the roots of a large tree, at its trunk, above two women in bonnets sitting on the ground in front of the tree. The man is wearing a dark, wide-brimmed hat, a long-sleeve, buttoned coat, and pants. The women are obscured by bright light and the woman on the right is holding a small child. The small group is surrounded by more trees, grass, and shrubs of a wooded area.
Photograph of a man in a dark suit and wide-brimmed hat, standing between two women in long dresses in a fenced corral. Beyond the corral, a two-story wood house with a covered porch sits among bare trees. The woman on the left is wearing a dark dress, while the woman on the right is wearing a light-colored dress. A dark-furred dog stands with the group.
Photograph of a house, taken from the right side of the house, made of multi-colored stones in different shapes, with a stone chimney along the side and a brick porch with an overhang. In the front lawn, a short, stone, circular retaining wall surrounds a pile of stones. The ground around the house and its roof are covered with snow. Beyond the house, a house with wood siding sits. In the distant background, two automobiles are parked next to a one-story building with a flat-roof.
Photograph of the front of a large, three-story brick building with panels of tall windows along its face, and a group of three double-door entrances below an overhang. A large concrete path leads to the entrance from the road running parallel to the building. In the foreground, the edge of a wood house with a covered porch can be seen at the left of the photo, and thin layer of snow partially covers the lawn visible at the bottom of the photo.
Photograph of three children of varying sizes in dark coveralls, standing on the left side of a curved, dirt road, looking and pointing over their left shoulders at the hills in the background. Electrical poles are connected by wires throughout the valley in the background.
Photograph of two elderly women in long, dark dresses, sitting in a four-wheel, partially covered buggy hitched to a light-colored horse. The buggy is parked in a small, fenced in area, in front of a tree. A man in a dark suit and hat stands holding the horses bridle, next to a small boy in a dark suit and flat cap. A skinny dog stands, looking away from the camera, to the right of the buggy and a carriage sits against the fence behind the horse. Beyond the fence, in the background, is a line of tall trees.
Photograph of two adolescent young men gathering long, thin, grass-like crops into small bundles propped up against each other in a large crop-field. The young men are wearing long-sleeves and pants, as well as straw-hats with wide brims. In the background on the left, other bundles of the crop have been propped up against each other, while in the background on the right, small piles of the crop lay on the ground.
A B/W negative of the Administration Building of Howard Payne College. Built in 1890, it was the first building to be erected on the campus, later known as Old Main.
Photograph of a group of young men in white sailor suits and large boots walk together, towards the camera, down a gravel road. The front row of men have their arms draped around each others' shoulders. There is a dock in the background, on the right, and a grassy lawn in the background to the left.
Photograph of a large group of men, women, and children standing in bunched-up line, with a light-colored horse whose bridle is held by a man at the far left end. The men are wearing dark suits with hats, while the women wear long skirts and blouses or dresses. Some of the men and women are holding smaller children. Behind the horse, to the left, sits a covered buggy, in front of a line of tall trees.
Photograph of a man in loose-fitting clothes with a cone-shaped, wide-brimmed hat walking behind a wooden plow pulled by a mule. The ground to his front (the foreground) has already been plowed, while the ground to his right (the background) is still covered by underbrush.
Photograph of a man standing in front of a horse, who is facing right, with his hand on the loin of the horse (between its back and rear end). The man wears a light-colored, long-sleeve shirt with dark pants and has a thick mustache, a dark hat and suspenders. The man and the horse are standing in a clearing of packed dirt, with small trees in the background. Part of the photograph on the right side is missing.
A B/W negative of Academy Hall (former Brownwood Center Avenue High School) purchased in 1921 to accommodate the Preparatory students in the Howard Payne Academy. When the Academy was closed, this building became the Science building.
Photograph of a town covered in snow, taken from the top of a hill. There is a long, curved road through the town, which has deciduous and coniferous trees, barns, farmhouses, and other buildings. A pond sits on the left of the road.
A B/W negative of a group of students of Howard Payne Academy "hamming it up" for the camera. The First Baptist Church of Brownwood is in the background across the street.
A B/W negative of Thomas H. Taylor on a bicycle with a child on the handle bars. Mr. Taylor was Dean of Howard Payne College, and later served as President of HPC from 1930 to 1955.
Photograph of two light-haired children, wearing light-colored dresses, standing side by side with a small, light-colored, long-fur dog. The children and dog are standing in front of a thick bush, and there are more bushes and small trees across a dirt area in the background.
Photograph of two young men wearing dark suits and hats, standing between two large bales of hay in a clearing. Both men have an arm on a bale of cotton. Behind them is a group of three trees, and in the background to the right, there is a covered buggy. A larger group of trees is visible in the distant background.
Photograph of a rushing river through a mountainous area with trees dotting the ranges. A road, upon which is an automobile, runs along the far bank of the winding river.
Photograph of the edge of a dam, taken from across the reservoir. Two people, a man and a child, are sitting on the edge of the dam, while a small canoe is tied up nearby on the right.
Photograph of a woman in a large hat standing among some bushes, looking down at a small, curly-haired child in a short dress, who is looking away from the camera. The bushes are in the middle of a dry, dirt patch with a wooden fence to the left, and a smaller wooden border on either side of the bushes.
A B/W negative of an administrator's desk. An adding machine sits on the desk, and a typewriter is on the left side, bills are on the spindle waiting to be paid and filed. The calendar on the wall is for June, 1918.
Photograph of a dark, two-door automobile on a snow-covered path, bearing a license plate on the front grill, with the numbers 109 455. Beyond the road, the ground, bushes, and small trees are covered in snow.
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