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[Charles Sebesta Outside Barracks]

Description: Photograph of Charles Sebesta visible from the knees up, wearing a military-style uniform including a garrison cap, posing in front of a screen door with his hands behind his back and his elbows akimbo. Behind him, to the right, text appears to be chalked next to the door, but it is only partially visible.
Date: 1948~

[Consul Mortuary Certificate for Wendell Tarver]

Description: Official diplomatic packet authorizing the transfer of Wendell Tarver's remains from Monterrey, Mexico to Laredo, Texas for burial. The official consul certificate is signed and sealed with a ribbon that connects all of the accompanying paperwork required for the transfer: the official death certificate (in Spanish, documenting Tarver's death at age 40 from a suspected heart attack, "infarto del miocardio"), the affidavit from the embalmer documenting the preparation for transfer, and travel o… more
Date: July 15, 1971
Creator: Parson, Wesley H.

[Cousins Fishing]

Description: Photograph of Paula Daniels and her younger cousin, Lynn, seated with their legs over the edge of a dock, turning to look back at the camera. They are holding fishing poles and two jars are on the dock next to them. Handwritten note on the back: "Paula and Lina at 'La Ceja' April 1965."
Date: April 1965

[Darwin, James, and Robert Outside Barracks]

Description: Photograph of three young men -- identified on the back as Darwin Cargill, James Taylor, and Robert Tilson -- posing with their arms around one another, visible from the waist up outside a building with double screen doors. They are wearing military-style uniforms, but the boys on either end have their jackets open, with T-shirts underneath. Text is chalked around the doorframe behind them, including "Mothers" at the top and "P[...]ology Majors Inside" at the upper-right.
Date: 1948~

[Derrick and Truck]

Description: Photograph of an oil or gas derrick tower in the middle of a field that is bounded by trees. A large truck is parked to the right of the tower and there is a large mound of dirt near the right side of the image. There appears to be a person running toward the tower.
Date: unknown

[Donald Tschirhart Outside Barracks]

Description: Photograph of Donald Tschirhart, visible from the waist up, wearing a military-style uniform with his hands in his pockets, standing in front of double screen doors. Writing is chalked around the door frame including "T-206" above and "[...]ainview Bulldogs the Best in the West" at the left side of the image.
Date: 1948~

[Equipment and Tools in Field]

Description: Photograph of pumping equipment in a large open field, including equipment attached to the back of a truck parked at the left side of the image with a shovel propped nearby. Poles are stacked on the ground near the right side of the image, and other equipment and a tall gas canister are visible near the center of the image.
Date: unknown

[Equipment in a Field]

Description: Photograph of a generator or other equipment along with a tall gas canister and a pile of hoses and a tire on the ground. It is in a cleared field area, with trees visible in the background and a wire is running from the equipment to something outside the image at right.
Date: unknown

[Football Player #33]

Description: Photograph of a young man wearing a football uniform with the number 33 on the front and a class ring on his left hand. He is posing in a field with his right arm propped on his right knee and his left hand on his hip.
Date: unknown

[Gene Jeckel Outside Briggs Hall]

Description: Photograph of Gene Jeckel, visible from the waist up, wearing a light-colored long-sleeved button-up shirt and eyeglasses, standing outside an entrance on the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas. Behind him, one of the double-doors (left) of the entrance is open, and a plaque at the left side of the entrance says "R. W. Briggs Hall." Handwritten text on the back says, "Gene Jeckel going to work."
Date: unknown
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