Photograph of children posed in front of a clapboard-sided structure in the Walhalla area of Fayette County, Texas. According to a handwritten note on the back of the photo frame, Walter Schuhmann stands eighth from the left in the back row.

Photograph of Walter Schuhmann, John Schuhmann, and Julius Kaiser performing filing duties in the first post office in Rowena, Texas.

Photograph of a Communion and Confirmation group, showing the young men and women posed in three rows. The photo was taken in Rowena, Runnels County, Texas at the Zoar Lutheran Evangelical Church. According to a note on the back of the photo, Earle Schuhmann sits rightmost in the first row. Earle’s cousin Delta Schlake is on the middle row in glasses, second from right.

Photograph of a group of men dressed in all-white posed on the east side of the First National Bank in Rowena, Texas. According to the note on the back of the photo, John G. Schuhmann sits seventh from the left in the first row. Back row, second from left, Theodore Schuhmann

Photograph of the postmaster, Gustav Schuhmann, writing in a ledger in the Schuhmann Hardware Co. Store in Rowena, Texas.

Photograph of the interior of the Hall Hardware Company store in Ballinger, Texas. Several men can be seen standing side by side behind an area of kitchen appliances.

Photograph taken from Main Street in Rowena, Texas, showing citizens posed around the shop fronts on either side of the street.

Photograph of the Rowena Public School building in Rowena, Texas, showing the students posed below the first story windows and right of the front entrance doors.

Photograph of students posed in front of the Rowena Public School in Rowena, Texas. A handwritten note on the back of the photo provides the positions of Willard Schuhmann and Edgar Schlake.

Photograph of young students posed in front of the Rowena Public School in Rowena, Texas. A handwritten note on the back provides the positions of Earle Schuhmann, Willard Schuhmann, and Edgar Schlake.

Photograph of the interior of the Schuhmann Hardware Co. Store in Rowena, Texas. Four men can be seen standing between the aisles created by display cases. To the right, a floor-to-ceiling shelf holds a variety of hardware supplies.

Photograph of the interior of the Schuhmann Hardware Company in Rowena, Texas. The photo has been taken from the area behind the cash register counter, showing stacked boxes and animal feed as well as bicycles and meat grinders.

Photograph of the interior of the Schuhmann Hardware Company in Rowena, Texas. The photo has been taken from one side of the store, showing rows of household appliances and gadgets propped up on wooden risers.

Photograph of the interior of the Schuhmann Hardware Company in Rowena, Texas. To the right, a floor-to-ceiling shelf holds various hardware supplies while display cases create rows down the middle of the store.

Photograph of the interior of the Schuhmann Hardware Co. Store in Rowena, Texas. Three men, who wear white dress shirts and black ties, can be seen standing behind a table stacked with folded jeans. To the left, a store clerk helps two female customers at the cash register.

Photograph taken from inside the Schuhmann Hardware Company in Rowena, Texas. Three men, including a clerk behind the counter, can be seen inside the store.

Photograph of the Schuhmanns sitting behind music stands, holding instruments in their laps. From left to right, Paul Schuhmann with a cornet, Gustav Schuhmann with a trombone, and Emil Schuhmann with an accordion.

Photograph of the Shiner Baseball Club, taken in Shiner, Lavaca County, Texas. The photograph shows the young men wearing baseball uniforms with various pieces of equipment. The man sitting in the middle of the bottom row holds a cigar and a fan of money.

Postcard of the Schuhmann & Feist on Rowena Street in Rowena, Texas. The store is attached to the bank on the right and a building under construction to the left. Ladders and wooden barrels clutter up the street.

Photograph of the congregation of the Zoar Evangelical Church posed on the front steps of the unfinished building in Rowena, Texas.

Photograph of the 1912 Rowena Brass Band, comprised of 12 members, posed in two rows with their instruments in front of the bank in Rowena, Texas. Standing, back row left to right: William H. Ruppoert, Joe Pavlicek, Charlie Beach, Arthur Ruppert, Ed Cervenka, Henry H. Ernst; Seated, front row left to right: Mike Feist, John Schuhmann, Alfred Ruppert, Hubert Cervenka, Joseph Zak, Anton Pustka.

Photograph of a man and several women and children enjoying a picnic lunch held on a blanket beneath a large tree. They are identified as L-R: Willard Schuhmann, Walter Schuhmann, Elsie Voelkel Schuhmann, unknown person in bowtie, baby Earle Schuhmann, Idie Voelkel, and the rest unknown. Taken in 1910.

Photograph taken from Rowena Street in downtown Rowena, Texas. Horse-drawn wagons can be seen parked on both sides of the street, and many citizens are shown entering the various stores.

Photograph of three women seated beneath the umbrella of a horse-drawn buggy in the prairie. A fence is perhaps visible in the background.