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[Rhode Island Artillery]

Description: Photograph of Rhode Island artillery at El Paso, Texas. The author of the postcard identified this group of men and equipment as being part of the Rhode Island Artillery group. The Franklin Mountains are in the background; this is part of Fort Bliss is on the Lanoria Mesa.
Date: [1910..1920]
Creator: Horne, Walter H., 1883-1921
Partner: El Paso Public Library

[First Regiment of Artillery, Company E]

Description: Aerial photograph of an artillery camp. The two crossed cannons signify that the flags belong to an artillery unit. There is a river in the background with a few people gathered at the river’s edge. There is also an unidentified settlement on the other side of this river.
Date: [1910..1920]
Creator: Horne, Walter H., 1883-1921
Partner: El Paso Public Library

Main Street Looking North

Description: Photograph of Main Street looking north from Second Street, Taylor. Note the wooden structures, and the Taylor National Bank in the lower right of the photograph. Streets in this period were unpaved. Horse-drawn wagons are transporting bales of cotton.
Date: 188?
Partner: Taylor Public Library

Sturgis-Goldstein Store

Description: Photograph of the Sturgis-Goldstein Store at Second & Main. Actual address 203 N. Main, Taylor. Visible on the unpaved street are horse drawn carriages transporting bales of cotton and other foot traffic.
Date: 189?
Partner: Taylor Public Library

Street Parade at Taylor

Description: Postcard of a street parade in conjunction with the Taylor Fair. Correspondence in English is on the back of the postcard. Visible are horse-drawn parade floats, spectators and a marching group.
Date: 1910
Partner: Taylor Public Library

Saturday Afternoon

Description: Postcard of Second & Main Streets on a busy Saturday afternoon in Taylor. Note the horse-drawn carriages and wagons on the unpaved streets, and pedestrians in front the stores. No correspondence on the back of the postcard.
Date: 191?
Partner: Taylor Public Library

Horses and Carts in Parade

Description: Photograph of decorated carts and wagons ready for an unspecified parade. A young girl is in the first petite cart, pulled by a single pony with an African American man holding the bridle. Behind this cart is a woman on a wagon. All vehicles are decorated for the parade. Note the muddy unpaved streets.
Date: 1913
Partner: Taylor Public Library

[Children In A Covered Wagon]

Description: Photograph of three children sitting in the back of a covered wagon at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. Two girls wearing identical shirts and shorts sit on either side of a boy in a pink shirt. The girl on the left holds a manilla folder in her hands.
Date: [1990-08-02..1990-08-05]
Creator: Informedia
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

[Children Riding a Deer-Drawn Wagon]

Description: Postcard featuring a photograph of two children, Hoyt and Burnetta L. Murphree, sitting in a small wagon that has a deer harnessed to it. According to handwritten information on the back, they are the children of Lena Beck Murphree.
Date: unknown
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Wagon Full of Watermelons]

Description: Photograph of a wagon filled with a load of watermelons at Moss Bluff, where the Kilgore family spent some of their time. Brothers Joseph and Ullmann Kilgore are sitting in the front of the wagon and steering.
Date: 1925
Partner: League City Helen Hall Library

[Antique Carriage in a Parade]

Description: Photograph of a black, old-fashioned carriage transporting costumed passengers in League City's sesquicentennial parade in honor of Texas' 150th birthday. The four passengers, seated in the rear cab of the carriage, are wearing clothing in the style of the mid-1800s. In keeping with the theme, the driver, who is seated in the front cab, is wearing a curly-haired wig. With the reins in hand, he drives the wagon down the major road in League City where the parade took place.
Date: April 19, 1986
Creator: Kiecke, Albert
Partner: League City Helen Hall Library

[A Blacksmith Shop]

Description: Black and white photograph of a wooden, two-level building identified as a blacksmith shop. There are two windows on the upper portion of the building's facade; one window is open. An open covered area is attached to the building on the left; underneath its roof is a horse cart. In front of the building are two men. The man to the left is standing next to a horse with his arm draped on its neck. He is holding a tool in his other hand. One other horse and a horse cart are partially visible in th… more
Date: unknown
Partner: Gillespie County Historical Society

Goat and Wagon Picture

Description: Young boy sitting in a wagon harnessed to a goat. Traveling photographers in the 1920's and early 1930's would occassionally go out and photograph children in small carts that were harnessed to goats.
Date: 1921
Partner: Tarrant County College NE, Heritage Room

Goat and Wagon Picture

Description: Young boy sitting in a wagon harnessed to a goat. A young girl is standing beside him. Traveling photographers in the 1920's and early 1930's would occassionally go out and photograph children in small carts harnessed to a goat.
Date: unknown
Partner: Tarrant County College NE, Heritage Room
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