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[Photograph of a Car on a Mountain Road]

Photograph by Frank Duncan of a car on a mountain road in the Big Bend District near Marfa, Texas.

Date: unknown

Creator: Duncan, Frank

Partner: Marfa Public Library

[Photograph of Carved Wooden Dolls]

Photograph of three wooden dolls from Teda W. Neill's collection standing on a white cabinet. The doll on the far left is a flat board doll, and the other two are hand-carved wooden dolls.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Marfa Public Library

[Photograph of Limpia Canyon]

Photograph of the landscape of Limpia Canyon near Balmorhea, Texas.

Date: 192X

Creator: Duncan, Frank

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Marfa Public Library

[Photograph of an Outdoor Party]

Photograph of a group of men, women, and children sitting on a blanket at an outdoor party. Three of the individuals have numbers handwritten on them which correspond to their names: 1. Mr. George Dawson, 2. Mrs. Juana Dawson, and 3. Stepheny Dawson. A handwritten note on the back of the photo is mostly illegible but is written in Spanish.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Marfa Public Library

[Photograph of Old Fort Davis]

Photograph of the buildings of Old Fort Davis in the distance in front of a hill, with a small stream in the foreground.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Marfa Public Library

Vic Dominguez

Research paper written for a history class at Marfa High School about Vic Dominguez, who worked at a number of grocery stores in Marfa, Texas, until opening a taxi stand. Vic Dominguez had four children, and each child is discussed at length (date of birth, career, children, etc.) in this paper.

Date: January 15, 1974

Creator: Villarreal, Benny

Item Type: Text

Partner: Marfa Public Library

Richard C. Daly's Account to Harry Warren on January 15, 1907, of Presidio, Texas

Richard C. Daly's account to Harry Warren, Deputy Collector of Customs, on January 15, 1907, at Presidio, Texas. Daly arrived in Presidio, Texas, in 1866, after a long stint in the U.S. Army (fought in the Civil War). Daly gives a description of the men, and their wives and children, living in the town during that time.

Date: January 15, 1907

Item Type: Text

Partner: Marfa Public Library

[Photograph of a Horse in a Field]

Photograph of a large field with mountains on the horizon and nothing to be seen except a windmill in the distance and a horse in the foreground. Frank Duncan's title for the photo, printed at the bottom, is: "Out Across the Plains"

Date: 1918

Creator: Duncan, Frank

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Marfa Public Library

[Photograph of the Rio Grande]

Photograph of the Rio Grande, with hills on the right side and a large river bank on the left side.

Date: unknown

Creator: Duncan, Frank

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Marfa Public Library

[Photograph of Trucks in Mud]

Photograph of two trucks with covered beds, the first of which is being pulled out of mud by ropes while several men are outside of the trucks assisting. A printed note on the photo says, "Some of the U.S. truck drivers - easy times."

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Marfa Public Library

The Life of W. T. Davis

Research paper written for a history class at Marfa High School about Judge W. T. Davis, who came to Marfa, Texas, in 1907 to establish a ranching business and meat market. He was elected county judge in 1926, and he and his family became a prominent part of the community.

Date: January 22, 1965

Creator: Minjares, Mary Jane

Item Type: Text

Partner: Marfa Public Library

[Photograph of Alfred Dominguez]

Photograph of Alfred Dominguez in his Army uniform standing in front of a barracks building.

Date: 1945

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Marfa Public Library

[Photograph of German Bisque Doll]

Photograph of a small doll from Teda W. Neill's collection in a blue dress sitting on a metal table outside, with shadows from a tree on the wall behind it.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Marfa Public Library

[Photograph of a Windmill]

Photograph of a windmill with a concrete pool of water in front of it and mountains in the distance behind it.

Date: unknown

Creator: Duncan, Frank

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Marfa Public Library

[Photograph of Landscape on the Marfa, Lajitas Road]

Photograph of the mountains and landscape in Big Bend District, Texas on the road between Marfa and Lajitas.

Date: unknown

Creator: Duncan, Frank

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Marfa Public Library

[Photograph of a Boy and Truck]

Photograph of a boy sitting in a chair outside next to a stone wall, with a covered truck in the background.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Marfa Public Library

[Photograph of Mulhern Dam]

Photograph of Mulhern Dam in a canyon near Fort Davis, Texas, with a car driving on the road beside it and several horses standing in the river and drinking.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Marfa Public Library

[Letter from Lee G. Bennett to Wm. F. Dukes - October 19, 1979]

Letter from Lee G. Bennett to Wm. F. Dukes in acceptance of the additional photographs by Frank Duncan of the people and happenings of the 1920s, which Mr. Dukes offered to the Marfa Museum in a previous letter.

Date: October 19, 1979

Item Type: Text

Partner: Marfa Public Library

[Portrait of Frank Duncan]

Portrait of Frank Duncan, mostly bald and with a white beard, wearing a grey suit.

Date: 1964~

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Marfa Public Library

[Photograph of Cinderella and Abel Dominguez]

Photograph of Cinderella Dominguez in a black dress outdoors holding her infant son, Abel Dominguez.

Date: 1926

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Marfa Public Library

[Portrait of Pilar Bencomo]

Portrait of Pilar Bencomo, son of Mrs. Estanislauda Bencomo, wearing a suit and hat.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Marfa Public Library

[Photograph of Gene Drake and His Aunts]

Photograph of a child, Gene Drake, standing next to three of his aunts, Lilly Mae "Diddie" Drake, Alphie Dunlap, and Doni Neeley, outside of a house.

Date: 194X

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Marfa Public Library

[Photograph of Mr. and Mrs. Victor Dominguez]

Photograph of Mr. Victor Dominguez holding a bicycle and standing next to his first wife, Mrs. Elodia Martinez Dominguez.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Marfa Public Library

[Photograph of Milliner's Model Dolls]

Photograph of two Milliner's model dolls from Teda W. Neill's collection on top of a wooden dresser. In the foreground is a doll with a white dress sitting in a chair, with a smaller unclothed doll in the background.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Marfa Public Library

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[Photograph of a Car on a Mountain Road]

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[Photograph of Old Fort Davis]

Vic Dominguez

Richard C. Daly's Account to Harry Warren on January 15, 1907, of Presidio, Texas

[Photograph of a Horse in a Field]

[Photograph of the Rio Grande]

[Photograph of Trucks in Mud]

The Life of W. T. Davis

[Photograph of Alfred Dominguez]

[Photograph of German Bisque Doll]

[Photograph of a Windmill]

[Photograph of Landscape on the Marfa, Lajitas Road]

[Photograph of a Boy and Truck]

[Photograph of Mulhern Dam]

[Letter from Lee G. Bennett to Wm. F. Dukes - October 19, 1979]

[Portrait of Frank Duncan]

[Photograph of Cinderella and Abel Dominguez]

[Portrait of Pilar Bencomo]

[Photograph of Gene Drake and His Aunts]

[Photograph of Mr. and Mrs. Victor Dominguez]

[Photograph of Milliner's Model Dolls]