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[Post office in Casa Piedra, 1925]

Description: Picture of 1925 Casa Piedra post office. The post office was owned and managed by Conrado L. Vasquez. Four figures are in the photograph. From left to right: Santiago Ocon, Carmen Vasquez, Conrado Vasquez Jr., and Conrado Vasquez, Sr. To the right of the picture is a 1929 Buick owned by a shoe salesman.
Date: 1925
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Ruperta Chavarria in 1928

Description: Photograph of Ruperta Chavarria in a pretty dress made by Petra Nunez. She was 19 years old and getting ready to go to a dance in 1928. This photo was included in a research paper by Stella Nunez for an American History class at Marfa High School in 1967.
Date: 1928
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Teresa Campos Family

Description: Photographic postcard picturing the nieces and nephews of Teresa Campos (L-R) Fred Ortega, age 4; Fransica Ortega, age 5; Enedina Martinez (sitting); Nena Ortega, age 2; Maria Martinez Ortega (Enedina's daughter); and Fransico, age 6. They are at their house in Ruidosa, Texas.
Date: 1922~
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[Trucks used in Marfa during the 1920s and 1930s]

Description: Group of four trucks used to transport goods around Marfa. These trucks were some of the first trucks in the Marfa transportation business. The four trucks are in a row in the center of the photograph. Three unknown people are also in the photograph. From left to right: On the first truck, a woman sits on a truck fender; a man stands to the right of the third truck; a man stands to the left of the fourth truck.
Date: 1920~
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U.S. Border Patrolmen in Marfa, Texas in 1930

Description: Photograph of U.S. Border Patrolmen.Top Row: Peterson, Hunter, Dill, Jack Prather, Kyle, Pierson, and Daniel. Second Row: Ogden, Jesse Hill, Earl Fallis, Jack Starkey, unknown, Baird, Brooks, Dorn, and Jackson. Bottom Row: Jack DeVolin, James Metcalf, Joe Dill, C.C. Courtney (Chief), Shelly Barnes (Assistant Chief), Ware Hord, and George Dennis.
Date: January 1928
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Wedding of Hester Brite to Donald Ross Dunkle

Description: Photograph of attendants at the wedding of Hester Brite and Capt. Donald Dunkle. Back row (L-R): Catherine Moore; Hester (bride); Eleanor Erickson (Morris), Hester's cousin; and Florence McKissick. Front row (L-R):Margaret Fletcher (Weyrauch), daughter of Henry T. Fletcher and Norman Casen, son of Buck Casen. The women wear gowns and hold bouquets of flowers.
Date: December 5, 1923
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Wedding Picture from 1924

Description: Page with a photograph and description of a wedding on March 15, 1924. People in the picture are (L-R, back row): Dolores Hinojos, Josefa Doninguez, Esteban Cruz, and Pole Vaszuez. Bride and groom in front row, Efejenia and Cruz Baeza.
Date: March 15, 1924
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