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Flooding of Brushy Creek

Photograph of flooding of Brushy Creek on May 4, 1958. Cars identified as: 1950's Buick (left); 1956 Ford (right).

Date: May 4, 1958

Photograph of the view from Main & Second Streets looking north on Second Street. Visible is Taylor National Bank on right of photo, departments stores running from the right and up Main Street, with parked automobiles, delivery trucks and horse-drawn wagons and carts.

Date: 1923

Item Type: Photograph

Foster's Laundry

Photograph of the employees of Foster's Laundry, located at 301 E. Third Street, Taylor, Texas. Photo taken June 1947. Note delivery truck to the right and small boy in cowboy hat on the left.

Date: June 1947

Item Type: Photograph

Grau Family in 1910 Buick

Photograph of the Grau Family of 505 Washburn Street, in their two-cylinder 1910 Buick. This is the second car owned in Taylor. Passengers in the Buick are identified as: driver, Carl Grau, passenger Anna Becker Grau, and children in the back Fritz, Louise and Willis Grau.

Date: 1910

Item Type: Photograph

Bledsoe House

Photograph of workers building the Bledsoe House, located at 724 Huff Street, Taylor, Texas. A group of workers is standing in a line near one corner of the house holding buckets and there are ladders propped against the house; a horse-drawn carriage is next to them, to the right. Handwritten text on the back says "unverified if this is the Bledsoe home -- a surgeon who moved to Taylor in 1911 & left in 1927. Address: 724 Huff Street."

Date: 191X

Item Type: Photograph

Location: 30.579364 -97.419263

Birdseye View Looking No. West

Photograph of early Taylor, looking to the northwest from an unidentified location. Earlier dating of 1896 is incorrect, as the 1905-1935 Taylor City Hall is visible on the horizon.

Date: 1906

Item Type: Photograph

Cotton Harvest

Photograph of baled cotton coming being delivered to the warehouses prior to shipping by rail.

Date: September 11, 1959

Item Type: Photograph

Main Street Looking Northwest, 1883

Photograph of the intersection of Second & Main Street in Taylor, 1883. Visible on right corner is First National Bank, which would become Taylor National Bank. The roads are dirt and mud, with horse-drawn wagons and carts. Early department stores and dry good stores are on the west side of Main Street running north.

Date: 1883

Item Type: Photograph

Westend Station

Photograph of the Westend Fire Station, located on Victoria Street, Taylor. At the wheel of the fire engine is driver A.A. Gus Reno.

Date: 1928

Item Type: Photograph

Fire Truck with Bill Rayburn

Photograph of driver Bill Rayburn of the Taylor Fire Department on a fire truck at Fire Station #1.

Date: 192X

Item Type: Photograph

Tenth Street Methodist Church

Photograph of two young girls and the Methodist minister's son on a bicycle in front of the Tenth Street Methodist Church, Taylor.

Date: 191?

Item Type: Photograph

Strarup Boardinghouse

Photograph of the Mr. & Mrs. Knud Strarup home, which was also a boarding house, located in Frame Switch, Texas. Note horse-drawn carriage.

Date: 19

Item Type: Photograph

Howard Bland

Photograph of Howard Bland in a horse-drawn carriage. This is a double sided photo, with a photo of Howard Bland's son on a horse on the reverse.

Date: 190?

Item Type: Photograph

Pickers Arrive

Photograph of migrant workers climbing out of a truck to help with harvest. Picture taken was taken August 22, 1958. Cars are (left to right) 1949 Plymouth, 1946-48 Chevy; 1950 Ford.

Date: 1958

Item Type: Photograph

Combines Move In

Photograph of combines and harvesting equipment on the side of the road ready to move into the fields, July 28, 1958.

Date: 1958

Item Type: Photograph

3 Car Wreck

Photograph of a three car wreck at 2nd & Davis Street, Taylor. Anna Turner, Taylor Negro, being removed from car following wreck. July 15, 1957.

Date: 1957

Item Type: Photograph

Roy O'Rear's Café

Photograph of Roy O'Rear's Cafe in downtown Hutto showing storm damage. Photograph taken Jun 12, 1957.

Date: 1957

Item Type: Photograph

Bartlett Wreck

Photograph of a traffic wreck near Bartlett, April 1956, with a truck going off a narrow bridge. Vehicle identified as late 1940's Ford Truck.

Date: 1956

Item Type: Photograph

Wreck At Granger

Photograph of the remaining wreckage after an automobile accident at Granger, September 15, 1959.

Date: 1959

Item Type: Photograph

Road into Georgetown

Photograph of an aerial view of the road into Georgetown, showing flooding. Photo taken October 4, 1959.

Date: 1959

Item Type: Photograph

Farmers State Bank in Thrall

Photograph of Farmers State Bank in Thrall. Note the Model T Ford parked along the street and the dog standing at the bank entrance.

Date: 1918

Item Type: Photograph

Gathering at Thrall

Photograph of a gathering on the main street of Thrall. The nature of the celebration is unknown.

Date: 192X

Item Type: Photograph

Not Injured

Photograph of an automobile accident with no injuries. The car is flipped over on the side of the road with a police officer and older man inspecting the wreck. Photo taken March 3, 1958. The automobile is identified as 1950's Dodge.

Date: 1958

Item Type: Photograph

Decorated for the Parade

Photograph of an automobile decorated for a street parade, part of the celebration for the Taylor Fair, July 4, 1909. Louise Grau is the little girls in the back seat. Picture taken at Grau residence backyard, located 505 Washburn Street, Taylor.

Date: 1909

Item Type: Photograph

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Flooding of Brushy Creek

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Birdseye View Looking No. West

Cotton Harvest

Main Street Looking Northwest, 1883

Westend Station

Fire Truck with Bill Rayburn

Tenth Street Methodist Church

Strarup Boardinghouse

Howard Bland

Pickers Arrive

Combines Move In

3 Car Wreck

Roy O'Rear's Café

Bartlett Wreck

Wreck At Granger

Road into Georgetown

Farmers State Bank in Thrall

Gathering at Thrall

Not Injured

Decorated for the Parade