[A Supervisor at the Crazy Bottling/Crystals Plant]

Identifying information on this photograph is lacking, but it appears to portray a supervisor in the Crazy Bottling/Crystals Plant catching up on the paperwork produced by a day's business.
Date: 1930?/1939?
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

View of Mineral Wells From East Mountain Showing Crazy Hotel & Nazareth Hospital

A view of Mineral Wells from East Mountain, looking West-Northwest is shown here. The Crazy Hotel is visible in the near-left part of the picture, and the Nazareth Hospital in the middle-left, a block Northwest of the Crazy The Norwood Clinic (with its stately white columns), a block northeast of the Nazareth, is located near the center of the picture.
Date: 1930?/1939?
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Crazy Water Company Railroad Cars]

Men are shown here loading boxes of Crazy Crystals onto railroad boxcars. Crazy Water Crystals were shipped nationwide in response to demand created by radio advertising. This scene is typical of the activity required to load boxcars to meet the demand for "instant Mineral Water." Printed on back of the photograph is: "Loading Crazy Crystals 1930."
Date: 1930
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Crystal Plant]

A picture of the Crystal Production Line is shown here. On the back of the photograph is typed: CRYSTALS WERE THEN PACKED INTO GREEN AND WHITE BOXES AND RUN DOWN THE CONVEYOR WHERE GIRLS PLACED THE LIDS. AT THE END OF THE BELT A MACHINE WRAPPED THE BOX IN CELLOPHANE. PHOTO 1930
Date: 1930
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Drinking Pavilion in the Crazy Hotel]

A caption on the back of the photograph states, "This picture, taken in the 1930's, shows the drinking pavilion in the [lacuna] Crazy Hotel." It was on the south wall of the hotel that the pavilion was located. It featured black marble counter-tops, and a small red tile roof. Servers wore white uniforms, and a machine sterilized each used glass. The price of a glass was set at five cents. The pavilion was operated for several years by Mr. Boyce Ditto, after whom the public library is named. Recognizable are N.E. Adams, last on the right, standing reading a newspaper; and Mrs. Veale, mother of Cecil Young, seated on left. Many people came to Mineral Wells to bathe and to "Drink their way to health" at the many wells and pavilions that catered to the public. This drinking pavilion is still extant, just off the lobby of the "Crazy" (now [2008] a retirement home), but it no longer dispenses mineral water.
Date: 1930/1939
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[A Group of men at Inspiration Point]

A group of businessmen and ranchers are shown at Inspiration Point in the 1920's. From left, they are (unknown); Mr. Henry Penix; Mr. Bowman; Mssrs. Henry and Charlie Fowler. Note the spurs on the boots of the Fowlers, and the cigars in the hands of Mssrs. Penix and Bowman. Inspiration Point, overlooking the Brazos in Southeast Palo Pinto County about ten miles south of Mineral Wells, commands a vast panoramic view of the rugged river valley stretching for miles below the viewer. It was a noted scenic attraction during the heyday of one of America's most popular health resorts. Inspiration Point is not available to the general public at this time, as it is located on private property.
Date: 1930?/1939?
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

The Sewerage Disposal Plant

Mineral Wells' Sewerage Disposal Plant was built on the site of the former Elmhurst Park on Pollard Creek, approximately 2 miles SSW of the city. The city obtained the park property, and built the sewerage treatment plant during the recovery from the Great Depression of the 1930's. Shown here is a photograph of a clipping from a newspaper.
Date: 1930?/1939?
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Methodist Church - Baker Gardens - East Mountain

This photograph appears to be taken from a picture post-card, which includes the old Methodist Church, the Baker Hotel Garden, the Baker Water Storage Building, and the Welcome Sign on East Mountain. It is a rare view. The home of Druggist Dr. C. F. Yeager on NE 2nd Street in the picture was still standing at the time of this picture. During construction of his Hotel, Mr. Baker visited Hot Springs, Arkansas; and he was so impressed with the Arlington Hotel that he stopped building construction, and moved the hotel a block further west. He converted the basement, already built, into a swimming pool (only the second hotel known to have a pool at the time), and an underground laundry. The Methodist church has since been rebuilt, the water storage building has been removed, and the "Welcome" sign has been relocated further east to greet visitors from its new location overlooking Elmwood Cemetery.
Date: 1930?
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Building at the Base of a Wooded Hill]

Photograph of a stone building that is surrounded by trees. Dirt roads pass beside the house and lead up a hill in the background.
Date: 1930
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Flyer for the Crazy Radio Gang]

Flyer for the Crazy Radio Gang, featuring the faces of cast members in eleven oval frames. The men are identified from the top left as Hal Collins, Frank Dinkins, Francis Quinn, Frank McMordie, Johnny Jordan, Conrad Brady, Guy Woodward, Maurice Pendery, Dale Woodward, Jack Amlung, and two blackface characters called Sugar Cane and February.
Date: 1930~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Worth Ranch Boy Scouts]

Photograph of men and boys of a group of Worth Ranch Boy Scouts. Seven younger boys are kneeling in front of a group of three older boy and three men. A wooded area is visible behind the group.
Date: 1930
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Two Men Holding a Line of Fish]

Photograph of two men standing on a dirt road with vegetation on either side of them. The man on the left is wearing a hat, buttoned shirt, and cowboy boots, while the man on the left smokes a pipe and wears a swimsuit. They hold a line of fish between them.
Date: 1930
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Man and a Boy Standing on a Porch]

Photograph of a man wearing a cowboy hat and standing with his arm under a boy's shoulder. The pair is standing against a column between stone arches on the porch of a fieldstone building. Behind them, young child with a broad-brimmed hat sits beside a woman.
Date: 1930
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Four Golfers at Mineral Wells Country Club - 1930's]

Four unidentified men in golfing knickers (apparently from the early 1930's, to judge by their dress) stand in front of, and across the lake from the original Holiday Hills Country Club house. They are putting on what is now the Number 12 green.
Date: 1930?
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[The Womanless Theater]

This is apparently the picture of a picture of a fund-raiser performed by the Lion's Club. It consisted of a play in which men all played the roles of women. Identified (in print) are the three "ladies" in front: J. B Courtney (Miss Fortune), Charles Williams, and Noble Glenn (Miss Applied). Also identified (in holograph) is Cecil Young, third from the right, presumably among the standing "ladies."
Date: 1930?/1935
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

A Jinricksha

Notes that accompany the photograph read: "Picture taken near the top of the thousand steps which used to climb East Mountain up NE 3rd Street. Path can still be seen going up the side of the mountain at this point." The souvenir picture was taken in the 1930's, and is believed to have been taken at the photographer's cabin, where the winding donkey trail formerly crossed the steps.
Date: 1930?
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Grande Courts Tourist Apartments

A tourist court, built about 1930 by Charlie E. Turner, Harold Dennis, and Clarence Hunt is depicted here. It was located in the 1000 block of West Hubbard Street. Grande [pronounced "Grand-dee"--at least in Mineral Wells] Courts was a national chain of franchise motels. This picture appears in A.F. Weaver's book, "TIME WAS in Mineral Wells", second edition, page 99. The sign reads "Grande Courts Tourist Apts."
Date: 1930?
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Aerial photograph of Baker Hotel in Mineral Wells]

Photograph of the Baker Hotel in Mineral Wells, towering over other buildings in the surrounding area. Along the horizon of the photograph, a hillside is visible on the right corner.
Date: [1930..]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Double exposure of the Mineral Wells sign]

Double exposure of a sign that reads "Welcome to Mineral Wells Home of the Crazy" and the interior of a room. The sign is partially visible as well as the Baker Hotel in the background. A dresser with one drawer open is also visible.
Date: [1930..1945]
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), III
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Welcome sign to Mineral Wells]

Photograph of welcome sign to Mineral Wells, the sign reads, "Home of the Crazy." The sign is hanging up a street by Mineral Well City National Bank Building.
Date: [1930..]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Panoramic Photograph of Lake Mineral Wells]

Panoramic photograph of Lake Mineral Wells. An island, visible in the center of this picture, was initially accessible only by boat; but a wooden walkway eventually connected it to the concrete dam.
Date: 1930?
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[ A Crazy Hotel Pamphlet]

This is a photograph of a Crazy Water Hotel Pamphlet, stating what entertainments could be found in the hotel, and what millions of others have done. The manager at the time was A. H. Hoaldridge.
Date: 1930?
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[A Crazy Hotel Brochure]

This photograph illustrates a fold-out brochure of the Crazy Hotel with various scenic views of things to see and do around the city, along with different modes of transportation to and from Mineral Wells.
Date: 1930?
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Mineral Wells "Home of Crazy" sign]

Photograph of a sign that reads, "Welcome to Mineral Wells Home of the Crazy" looking East on Hubbard Street (US 180) at the intersection with Oak Avenue. The Baker Hotel can be seen in the background. The sign was torn down on December 24, 1958, and later recreated in 2020.
Date: [1930..1945]
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), III
Object Type: Photograph
System: The UNT Digital Library