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[Isaacson Cotton Gin Company, El Campo, Texas]

Description: Black and white photograph of a building known as the Isaacson Gin Company, where cotton is processed. The building is made of wood and has several different sections to it. The yard just outside the company is teeming with horse-drawn or animal-drawn wagons. Each wagon is filled with cotton; some of them are covered with a tarp. In the distance, several houses are visible, as are dirt roads that lead to and from the company yard.
Date: September 16, 1916
Creator: El Campo Studio Photo
Partner: Danish Heritage Preservation Society

Armstrong Pumping Plant

Description: Black and white photograph of the Armstrong Pumping Plant, a company located 2 1/2 miles west of Louise, Texas. Two tall structures made of long stalks of metal and wood, respectively, are visible in the center of the picture. An unidentified man is working underneath the apex of the spires and overseeing a machine that is gushing some liquid. A barn-like building is right behind him. An animal-drawn vehicle is parked in the distance on the left.
Date: unknown
Creator: Lund, F. P.
Partner: Danish Heritage Preservation Society

[Road Grading in Front of the Berndt Farm]

Description: Black and white photograph of a few individuals accompanied by a team of mules that are attached to wooden vehicles; they are working in front of H. J. Berndt's farm. Their task is to grade the road, or to smooth and level it. A two-story house and a barn are partially visible behind the workers and beyond a line of trees.
Date: 1902
Creator: Lund, Frans T.
Partner: Danish Heritage Preservation Society

Camping at the Bay

Description: Copy negative of three men plucking game birds while camping at Palacios Bay in Texas. Two men are standing; one is holding a pile of guns and the other is cooking. The third man is sitting. Tools and supplies are visible around the camp. Two mules are standing next to a covered wagon.
Date: unknown
Partner: Danish Heritage Preservation Society

Campsite at the Bay

Description: Copy negative of a Danevang family camping at Palacios Bay, Texas. Several women and children wearing long dresses and bonnets are sitting around two covered wagons that are parked on the shore.
Date: unknown
Partner: Danish Heritage Preservation Society

Oxen Hauling Cotton to Market

Description: Black and white copy print of an ox-drawn wagon transporting cotton to market. Two men, identified as Hans Rasmussen and Ernest Recane, are riding atop the wagon and steering the oxen. Behind them is a two-story building with a veranda upstairs. A sign affixed to a beam of the building reads, "Photo Gallery."
Date: 1911
Partner: Danish Heritage Preservation Society

[Threshing Rice on the Rasmussen Farm]

Description: Copy negative of a black and white photograph of three individuals on the Rasmussen farm, working with the rice thresher. An animal on the right is yoked to a portion of the machine. The three men are all wearing hats; two of them are standing atop a nearby hill while the other is holding the reins of the animal. The wide body of the thresher is visible in the foreground.
Date: unknown
Partner: Danish Heritage Preservation Society

Unloading Corn at Harton Home Place

Description: Copy negative of Carl Harton and Opal Harton standing in front of an agricultural building at the Harton Home Place in Avoca, Texas. Carl and Opal, along with another unknown man, are inspecting a wagon of corn drawn by two horses.
Date: unknown
Partner: Danish Heritage Preservation Society

Walter Nielsen in Buggy

Description: Copy negative of Walter Nielsen driving a small buggy pulled by two horses. Walter is wearing a cabby hat and dark peacoat over a light-colored shirt. Two boxcars and brush are visible in the behind the left-facing buggy.
Date: unknown
Partner: Danish Heritage Preservation Society
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