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[Outskirts of Marfa]

Description: Photograph of the town of Marfa taken from a distance. The image accompanied a written speech, with the caption: "Marfa's twenty-five hundred citizens are a blend of three ethnic groups" (p. 13).
Date: 1969
Creator: Edwards, Nancy
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Marfa Public Library

[Three students in sweatshirts]

Description: Photograph of three unidentified male Marfa students wearing hooded sweatshirts and sweatpants. Two of the students' sweatshirts have logos with the text "Marfa Shorthorns." The image accompanied a written speech, with the caption: "Besides football, basketball, tennis, and golf wins, several members of the track team have gone on to higher competition" (p. 13).
Date: 1969
Creator: Edwards, Nancy
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Marfa Public Library

[Students playing in an outdoor athletic field]

Description: Photograph of an outdoor athletic field, taken from across a Marfa street. Four unidentified Marfa High School students are practicing tennis. The image accompanied a written speech, with the caption: "Besides football, basketball, tennis, and golf wins, several members of the track team have gone on to higher competition" (p. 13).
Date: 1969
Creator: Edwards, Nancy
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Marfa Public Library

[Hunter Gymnasium at Marfa High School]

Description: Photograph of several unidentified students gathering near the Hunter Gymnasium at Marfa High School. There is a flag pole with the American flag and another flag in front of the building. The image accompanied a written speech, with the caption: "The students themselves take pride in their town by winning awards in nearly all activities. Junior Historians are creating a museum to honor their founders" (pp. 12-13).
Date: 1969
Creator: Edwards, Nancy
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Marfa Public Library

[Marfa billboard]

Description: Photograph of a billboard at the side of the road welcoming golfers to Marfa, Texas. The billboard has an image with a golfer, golf cart, and hold, with the text "Welcome to Marfa. Relax & Play the Highest Golf Course in Texas (Elevation 4882 Ft.), Bent Greens, Bermuda Fairways. Entrance to Big Bend National Park." A smaller sign underneath says "July 4-14, 1967." The image accompanied a written speech, with the caption: "The golf course is one of the best in the state and encourages young… more
Date: 1969~
Creator: Edwards, Nancy
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Marfa Public Library

[Marfa street scene]

Description: Photograph of several storefrongs on a Marfa, Texas street, including a jewelry store in the background. Cars are parked outside of the buildings, on the left side of the image, and there is an American flag. The image accompanied a written speech, with the caption: "Positive Americanism is too seldom publicized. The people of Marfa demonstrate their patriotism and love for America by daily flying American flags from all businesses" (p. 12).
Date: 1969
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Marfa Public Library

[Glider in the sky]

Description: Photograph of a white glider in the sky above Marfa, Texas. "6X" is written on the underside of one wing. The image accompanied a written speech, with the caption: "The Presidio County Airport between Marfa and Alpine [...] is the site of several regional and national soaring contests. The International Soaring Contest, never before held in the Western Hemisphere, will be held here in 1970" (p. 12).
Date: 1969
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Marfa Public Library

[Soaring in Marfa]

Description: Photograph of a man in the cockpit of a glider on a tarmac. Five men are standing around the glider, looking down at it. The image accompanied a written speech, with the caption: "A new source of revenue in the Big Bend is coming with the growing popularity of soaring" (p. 12).
Date: 1969
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Marfa Public Library

[Frame of a mansion on the set of Giant]

Description: Photograph of a set from the movie, "Giant" showing a close up of one side and the wooden bracing across the back of the facade. The image accompanied a written speech, with the caption: "In 1955, a Warner Brothers film crew [...] moved into Marfa [for] the on-location shooting of the movie, 'Giant,' based on the novel by Edna Ferber. The three hundred stars' and crewmen's presence was probably the most exciting event in Marfa's recent history" (pp. 11-12).
Date: 1969
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Marfa Public Library

[Set of Giant]

Description: Photograph of a set from the movie, "Giant" including the front of a stone mansion that has decorative ironwork along the roofline. The image accompanied a written speech, with the caption: "During a severe drought which strained the economy, help came from a glamorous source. In 1955, a Warner Brothers film crew with movie stars, including Elizabeth Taylor, Rock Hudson, Chill Wills, and others moved into Marfa. The event was the on-location shooting of the movie, 'Giant,' based on the novel … more
Date: 1969
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Marfa Public Library

[Sheared sheep roundup]

Description: Photograph of four cowboys on horseback rounding up sheep in pens. A group of sheared sheep are in a pen in the foreground and a group of unsheared sheep are grouped on the other side of the fence, with the cowboys spread out behind them. The image accompanied a written speech, with the caption: "Although modern inventions have made ranching easier, the truck can't compare to the cow pony when it is time for round-up" (p. 11).
Date: 1969
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Marfa Public Library

[Student writing math problem on chalkboard]

Description: Photograph of a boy writing out a math problem on a chalkboard and another student sitting at a desk, watching him. According to accompanying information, this photo was taken during a session when Cesar Vasquesz, a Marfa High School student was tutoring younger students. The image accompanied a written speech, with the caption: "Junior and senior high school students voluntarily tutor children in arithmetic, science, reading, and physical education without pay. This is a positive study in u… more
Date: 1969
Creator: Edwards, Nancy
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Marfa Public Library

[Students Studying]

Description: Photograph of a tutoring session. A young boy is seated on the left, behind the corner of a desk or table; he is looking at an open book on the lap of a much older student sitting next to him. The image accompanied a written speech, with the caption: "The students of all nationalities int he school work together on many projects. Junior and senior high school students voluntarily tutor children in arithmetic, science, reading, and physical education without pay" (p. 13).
Date: 1969
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Marfa Public Library

[Nicholas Machuca]

Description: Photograph of Nicholas Machuca, visible from the waist up, posing outside a stone building. He is wearing a blue plaid shirt and cowboy hat; he has his left hand on his hip and his right arm on a post or wall. The image accompanied a written speech, with the caption: "Nicholas Machuca has worked as a cowboy on several of the area ranches after coming to the Big Bend in 1913 from his birthplace in Mexico" (p. 13).
Date: 1969
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Marfa Public Library

[Grannison Chaney]

Description: Photograph of Grannison Chaney, visible from the waist up, standing in a doorway. He is wearing a Marfa High School jacket and a baseball cap. To the right, a wall clock is visible through a window with the name "Baker Jewelers." The image accompanied a written speech, with the caption: "Grannison Chaney came to Marfa as a shoeshine boy. He became a staunch supporter of the students, the school, and the athletics programs. The students awarded him a school jacket which he wears proudly" (p.… more
Date: 1969
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Marfa Public Library

[Carolina Borunda Humphries]

Description: Photograph of Carolina Borunda Humphries cooking on a wood stove at The Old Borunda cafe. The image accompanied a written speech, with the caption: "Carolina Borunda Humphries has cooked on her wood stove in the kitchen at 'The Old Borunda' for many years. This restaurant has been in the Borunda family for three generations" (p. 13).
Date: 1969
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Marfa Public Library

[Big Bend fossils and stones]

Description: Photograph of seven stone items -- fossils of prehistoric shells and bones, and Indian manos (grinding stones) -- displayed on the bottom of a metal tub sitting on a grassy plain. The image accompanied a written speech, with the caption: "Water-dwelling dinosaurs, such as those related to the modern crocodile, and bird-like reptiles have been excavated from their rock prisons" (p. 1).
Date: 1969
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Marfa Public Library

Diedrick Dutchover and the Overland Mail Route

Description: Research paper written for a history class at Marfa High School about the first San Antonio-El Paso mail run, which required thirty days to cover 673 miles by stage coach and heavily armed frontiersmen of ward off attacks. Diedrick Dutchover was one of the men that accompanied the stage coaches on horseback to protect the mail carriers from threats.
Date: December 10, 1969
Creator: Arriola, Conrado
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: Marfa Public Library
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