Degree Discipline

[20" Suction Dredge]

Photographs taken during the construction of Garza Dam in Dallas County, Texas. The first image (numbered 167) is of a dredge in water, with two cars in the foreground. The second image is of a dredge with a large pipe attached. Handwritten text on the images identify them as: (top) "Garza Dam 20" Suction Dredge Headed South to Cut-Off" taken on 05-21-25, and (bottom) "Garza Dam 20" Dredge Pumping Material for Hydraulic Fill" taken on 05-28-25.
Date: 1925
Creator: Dallas Water Utilities
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

40 acres block Lot 426 on Taylor Boulevard pavement connecting to Mission and McAllen and all other parts of the Valley

Panoramic photograph of a field ready for farming in Mission, Texas. There are surveyors standing on the left, farm house and cars shown on the right.
Date: August 5, 1929
Creator: Gardner, J. W.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

1½ Miles to "Neches"

Photograph of a railroad (bottom) and vehicles (left). People and utility poles can also be seen in the background. Back of photo reads, "W.L. Straughn Gulf States Utilities Co. Neches Power Station Beaumont, Texas".
Date: June 1, 1929
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

240 Acre citrus orchard on Sharyland tract

Citrus orchard showing healthy and prosperous trees
Date: December 16, 1929
Creator: Gardner, J. W.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[422 S. Magnolia - First United Methodist Church - Palestine]

Copy negative of the front and south side of the First United Methodist Church, located at 422 S. Magnolia in Palestine, Texas, taken from the corner of Magnolia and Reagan streets. The two-story church is made of brick with stone accents and has Gothic Revival-style architecture, including pointed, arched openings and corner towers; the tower on the southwest corner is taller than the rest of the building. Many of the windows are open.
Date: 1920~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

601 Train Engine at Texas and Pacific Station

Photograph of a group of men standing on and beside the first of 600 class locomotives delivered to Texas and Pacific Railroad.
Date: 1923
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[1920 - 21 Birdville School]

Photograph of the 1920 - 1921 Birdville teachers and students together in front of the school building where above them, the third window is broken. The students all pose in front of the building and fill up the walkway entrance.
Date: [1920,1921]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[1920 - 21 Birdville School]

Photograph of the Birdville School 1919 - 1920 class posing together in front of a building. In the front, there is a boy with no shoes on standing on one of the steps. Behind him are two other rows looking toward the camera.
Date: [1920,1921]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[1920 Birdville School]

Photograph of the children of Birdville School in 1920 posing together. Everyone is standing except for the children in the front row, who are seated on the steps.
Date: 1920
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[1920 Birdville School Classroom]

Photograph of the 1920 Birdville class together in front of the school building. The first row of boys are seated on the steps, while the second and third row stands behind them.
Date: 1920
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[1920 Tulia High School Girls Basketball Team]

Photograph of the 1920 Tulia High School girls basketball team. They are photographed wearing a dark color uniform and in two rows. The first row is sitting on the ground and the second are kneeling behind them.
Date: 1920
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[1920 Weatherford College Boys' Basketball Team]

Weatherford College boys' basketball team. Photo taken in 1920: Weatherford, Texas.
Date: 1920
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[1920s road conditions]

Photograph of a stalled car in the 1920's There are wagon wheels placed next to a barn on the right.
Date: [1920..1920]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

1920s Woman on Horse; Woman and Horse

Copy negative of two pictures. The first is of a woman riding a dark colored horse in an open area. The second is another woman in riding apparel standing next to a saddled dark colored horse in an open area.
Date: [1920..1929]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[1921-22 Lewisville High School basketball team]

1921-22 Lewisville High School basketball team coach, Lee Preston, is pictured with six team members in uniforms on steps in front of a brick building. The team members are arranged in an inverted V with Coach Preston at the apex. On the top right, to Coach Preston's left, is Sulton John Boyd who went on to play football at North Texas State University.
Date: 1921~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[1921 Ahavath Sholom's First Confirmation Class]

In 1921, Fort Worth’s Congregation Ahavath Sholom introduced the rite of Confirmation, the graduation from religious school that coincides with the Jewish holiday Shavuos when Moses received the Ten Commandments. This picture shows the twelve, 14-year-old girls in the Confirmation class wearing white dresses, holding flowers and certificates rolled up like scrolls. The students are seated in two rows and are identified as: Row 1: Lena Shosid (Cooles), Fannie Herman, unidentified, Hannah Byrens, Bess Lipshitz (Cohen), unidentified Row 2: Sarah Shosid (Bloomberg), unidentified, unidentified, Leah Goldstein (Gerson), unidentified, unidentified An article in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram of June 3, 1921, named each confirmand and also listed Dorothy Cohen, Rose Weinstein, Bertha Mosier, Ida Mosier, Edna Lipshy, and Esther Ablon. Each confirmand addressed the congregation. They completed a course of study in Jewish history, religion and literature.
Date: 1921~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[1921 Birdville School]

Photograph of the students of Birdville School in 1921 all posing together in front of the brick building outside. Two students are on bikes and the others are either standing or sitting on the ground.
Date: 1921
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[1921 Confirmation Class]

Photograph of adolescent boys and girls gathered for a group picture, which was taken during their confirmation ceremony in Danevang, Texas. They are just to the right of a church wall, which has five visible windows with pointed tops. They are all dressed in formal attire. The boys wear dark suits and the girls, all in the front row, wear light-colored dresses with cinched waists. Some names have been provided, but they have not been matched properly to individual positions in the image.
Date: 1921
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

1921 Flood Washburn Street

Photograph of the 1921 flood with men standing where Washburn Street had been washed away by flood waters.
Date: 1921
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

1921 Lewisville High School Football Team

1921 Lewisville High School football team coach, Lee Preston, is pictured with thirteen mostly unidentified members in front of the school building. The players are lined up in three rows: the first row is one member sitting Indian-style on the ground, row two has six members sitting up on both knees, and the back row consists of six players standing. Coach Preston is standing fourth from the left in the back row. The only identified team member is Sulton John Boyd, who is on the back row, second from the left. Sulton would later play football for and graduate from North Texas State Teachers College.
Date: 1921~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[1921 Longview High School Graduating Class]

Photograph of the 1921 graduating class of Longview High School in Longview, Texas. The unidentified students are standing and sitting in front of a brick building. The young girls are wearing white dresses and hats, and they are holding bouquets. The young men are wearing suits and ties.
Date: 1921
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[1921 Weatherford College Boys' Basketball Team]

Weatherford College boys' basketball team. Photo taken in 1921: Weatherford, Texas.
Date: 1921
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[1922 Birdville School]

Photograph of the 1922 Birdville School posing together in front of a building. The first row sits down on a bench, while the other two rows stand behind them.
Date: 1922
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[1922 Confirmation Class]

Photograph of five young men, a pastor, and four young women posed in front of a white church. Their names are Herman Krag, Knud Strarup, Niels Petersen, Olaf Hansen, Oscar Smith, Asta Nygaard, Emma Sophia Hansen, Pastor Rodholm, Marie Harton, and Marie Magdalene Ingvardsen.
Date: April 9, 1922
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History