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[F. A. Windhausen Groceries and Feed]

Description: Photograph of the F. A. Windhausen Groceries and Feed store. The brick building is at the corner of a block. There are large windows in front on either side of the door and an awning above. There is a sign for flour painted on the brick at the corner as well as a large sign in German.
Date: 1929~
Creator: Winkelmann's Studio

[Farmers & Merchants Lumber Company Float]

Description: Photograph of the Farmers & Merchants Lumber Co. float in the Mai-Fest Parade. The float is made to look like a small house with a covered front porch, and brick on the bottom. The sign on top says "Johns-Manville Asbestos Shingles." On the side of the house it says "Farmers & Merchants Lumber Co. 'The Home Builders'" and "Sherwin-Williams Paints and Varnishes." The float is parked in front of unidentified stores.
Date: May 1927
Creator: Winkelmann's Studio

[Fink Brothers Float]

Description: Photograph of the Fink Brothers float in the 1922 Mai-Fest parade. There are two men and a woman in the float. It is covered in signs for Tidal Wave Flour and "New Way" Flour. The large signs on the front and right side say "We sell these Famous all purpose Flours." There are sacks of flower in the float. Written under the float is "Mai-Fest 1922." The float is in front of some unknown buildings.
Date: May 1922
Creator: Winkelmann's Studio

[Fire at Wangemann - Reichardt Company, Incorporated]

Description: Photograph of a fire at Wangemann-Reichardt Company, Incorporated. Smoke is coming from a building with Wrigley's Spearmint and Coca-Cola advertisements painted on the side. Firemen are spraying the building with hoses. In the foreground, there are other buildings. Text at the bottom of the image says "Fire of Wangemann-Reichardt Co. Inc.[,] Sept. 25, 1922" and "Photo Winkelmann's Studio."
Date: September 25, 1922
Creator: Winkelmann's Studio

[First National Bank Building]

Description: Photograph of the First National Bank building. It is a large brick building on the corner of a block. There are power lines in front of the building and a fire escape on the left side. There is a sign on the sidewalk to the left of the doors that says "Central Contracting Company General Contractors and Engineers Dallas, Tex., Houston, Tex.-Shreveport, LA."
Date: 1929~
Creator: Winkelmann's Studio

[First National Bank Building]

Description: Photograph of the First National Bank building. It is a large brick building on the corner of a city block. The sign on the sidewalk to the left of the door says "Central Contracting Company General Contractors and Engineers Dallas, Tex., Houston, Tex. - Shreveport, LA." The older looking building to the right also says "First National Bank." The Fink Bros. building is visible in the background to the left. The photograph was taken from across the street in front of the bank building, and thereā€¦ more
Date: unknown
Creator: Winkelmann's Studio

[G. Hermann Furniture Company Float]

Description: Photograph of the G. Hermann Furniture Company float in the Maifest parade in 1922. The float looks like a boat with flowers on it. There is a flag with the furniture company's name on the front and an American flag on the back. "Hermann's" is written at the front below the flag. The float is parked in front of a store. There are three men and a woman kneeling in front, and a woman, a man, and a child are sitting inside the float. "Mai-Fest 1922" is written on the photograph just below the backā€¦ more
Date: May 1922
Creator: Winkelmann's Studio

Giddings Bank

Description: Photograph of an Giddings bank building in Brenham. It is a large building on the corner of a city block. There is a bicycle leaning against the curb in front of the building, and there is a clothing store to the right. One window says W. W. Searcy Attorney, and another window says D. C. Williams Real Estate Insurance.
Date: 1929~
Creator: Winkelmann's Studio

[La Grange Float]

Description: Photograph of the La Grange float in the Maifest parade in 1922. The float is a convertible car with flowers all over it and a sign that says "La Grange." A man and a woman are sitting in the car, and they are parked in front of some unknown houses. There is another car in the background.
Date: May 1922
Creator: Winkelmann's Studio

[Green's Brigade Reunion]

Description: Photograph of four men wearing hats; they are identified as the Thirty-third Annual Green's Brigade Reunion. One man is identified as M. Jones. Three men are standing, and one man is sitting in front. The standing men are wearing ribbons that say "Reunion."
Date: 1914
Creator: Winkelmann's Studio

[Group at Washington County Fair]

Description: Photograph of a group of people at Washington County Fair. The group is standing near a row of farming equipment. In the background, there is a building with text along the top that says "Farmers [-] Merchants Lumber...." Text at the bottom-left of the image says "Washington County Fair[,] Brenham, Tex. Oct. 10-11-12-1934."
Date: 1934-10-10/1934-10-12
Creator: Winkelmann's Studio

[Group of Men on Farmland]

Description: Photograph of a group of five men posing on a dirt road in farmland. One man is standing on a piece of farming equipment. One man is standing on the left side of it, and three men are standing on the right. Barbed-wire fences surround both sides of the road.
Date: July 1925
Creator: Winkelmann's Studio

[Group of Turkeys]

Description: Photograph of a large group of turkeys. A man is standing on top of crates in a wagon in the middle of the turkeys. In the background, there are several people under an awning of a building. A. A. Hacker is associated with this image.
Date: November 1919
Creator: Winkelmann's Studio

[Group of Young Percussionists]

Description: Photograph of a group of children in band uniforms. They are holding various percussion instruments. On the back row, three boys are wearing suits, and one girl is wearing a dress. The group is posing on stairs in front of a doorway.
Date: unknown
Creator: Winkelmann's Studio

[Heath and Milligan Float]

Description: Photograph of the Heath and Milligan float. The float is a truck decorated with a trellis and ivy. There are two signs on the back, one that says "Heath & Milligan," and one that says "H. A. Wood Local Distributor Established 1881." There is a man driving the truck, and it is parked in front of an unidentified house.
Date: unknown
Creator: Winkelmann's Studio

[Henry A. Wood - Lumber Float]

Description: Photograph of the Henry A. Wood Lumber float. The float is decorated with flowers, streamers, and Chinese lanterns. There is a bench on the back of the float with five children sitting on it, and a man is in the cab driving. The float is parked in front of an unidentified house. The photo is dated May 17, 1928.
Date: May 17, 1928
Creator: Winkelmann's Studio

[Howard Wood Building]

Description: Photograph of the Howard Wood building. It is a two-story building on the corner of a city block. There are power lines in front of the building. There is a sign on the pole at the corner that says "R. F. Ball, General Contractor, First National Bank Room 28."
Date: May 1924
Creator: Winkelmann's Studio

[Interior View of Butcher Shop]

Description: Photograph of an interior view of a butcher shop. Sausage links are hanging from hooks above a glass counter. Three men are standing behind the counter with slabs of meat. On the opposite side of the counter, one man is leaning against it and one man is sitting at a stool.
Date: unknown
Creator: Winkelmann's Studio

[Interior View of Farmer's National Bank]

Description: Photograph of an interior view of Farmer's National Bank. A granite counter with bars on the top runs through the length of the image. A set of cattle horns are hanging in between two teller windows at the counter. Signs at the top of the windows says "Teller." In the bottom-left of the image, there is a bench and table.
Date: 1917
Creator: Winkelmann's Studio

[Interior View of G. Herman Funiture Company]

Description: Photograph of an interior view of G. Herman Furniture Company. One man in the back of an office is sitting in a chair and reading a paper. A framed poster to the left of the man says "Buy a Bond of the 2nd Liberty Loan and Help With the War." In the front of the office, there are two desks and a bookshelf. Several signs are displayed in the office that say "Royal Easy Chairs."
Date: November 1917
Creator: Winkelmann's Studio

[Interior View of Unidentified Building]

Description: Photograph of an interior view of an unidentified building. There are two stories with the second floor open in the center, and a staircase in the back-center. Eight women and one girl are standing on the stairs facing the first floor. A crowd is gathered around the staircase on the first floor.
Date: unknown
Creator: Winkelmann's Studio
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