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[Mrs. Emily Anderson Merrill Poses with Students]

Photograph of a large group of students and teachers posing in front of an adobe brick building. The back of the photograph Identifies Mrs. Emily Anderson Merrill as a teacher at Fort Davis School and identifies the rest of the subjects; "Front row: Chess Carpenter, Doug Duncan, Pearl Richmond, Lela Chadborn, Edna Bloys, Emily Merrill?, Frank and Charlotte Webster, and Dutchovers (?) Back Row: Hugh Cavitt, Mac & Alice Sproul, Scottie Finley, Lee Sproul, Maude Carpenter, Judge Espy. Kitty Cavitt, Bon Finley, Warren Bloys, Don Chadbourn, and Dutchovers"
Date: 1892/1893
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Mrs. Mattie Belle Anderson and Students]

Photograph of a large group of students and teachers posing in front of an adobe brick building. The back of the photograph Identifies Mrs. Mattie Belle Anderson as a teacher at Fort Davis School and identifies the rest of the subjects; "Front Row: Joe Epsy, Tella Duncan, Charles Jones, Dosie Duncan, Mattie Belle Anderson, O. Z. Finley, Ankie Duncan, May Carpenter. Back Row: Charles (Albert?) Carpenter, Will (Tim) Merrill, Kate Epsy, Sargie Espy, Ina Walbridge, Mabel Bloys, Osterson girl, Frankie and John Cowan, Frank Carpenter"
Date: 1892/1893
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Sarah and Scott Locke at U Up U Down Ranch]

Photograph of Sarah and Scott Locke, two leashed dogs, a cat, a horse, and an unidentified woman standing outside of a tent pitched at U Up U Down Ranch. Their camp is set up at the base of a hill underneath several mature trees. The ground in front of them is bare dirt.
Date: 1900
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Home of E. H. Carlton]

Photograph of a large, two-story house with a wrap-around porch that is surrounded by a light-colored picket fence. On the right side of the photograph, another building is visible in the background. On the left side, there is a large rock formation in the background. The back of the photograph notes the name "Roy Bloys."
Date: 1902?
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[GeeGee Home]

Photograph of a single-story brick house with a large front porch. The house sports a set of bay windows on its right side. Several chairs rest on the porch. The ground in front of the home is bare dirt. The back of the photograph reads "Jeff Davis County Club. Jeff Davis Auxiliary April 1902. Meat market. Musgrave lived here. Had a pool hall torn down and rebuilt by Jim McElroy as a duplex. Made into one house by Leonard Rinehart."
Date: April 1902
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Harold King Sitting in a Buggy]

Photograph of Harold King smoking a cigar and sitting in a buggy. He is wearing a light-colored suit with a bowtie and a hat. Several cars are parked outside of a building behind him on the right side of the frame.
Date: 1905
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Keesey Fishing Camp]

Photograph of several individuals gathered at a campsite for the Keesey Fishing Camp. A tent is pitched in the background. All of the subjects are standing except for one woman in a light-colored dress that is sitting on a log on the left side of the frame.
Date: 1907
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Bloys Campmeeting]

In this photograph, a group of 13 people (including two children) are standing in front of trees. All of the men and most of the women are wearing hats (and/or bonnets). At the bottom of the photograph there are several handwritten labels: "S. N. B., G. N. Bogel, Jessie B. H. [...] H. J. H. Jr., Eda Jenkins Hubbard, and W. W. Bogel" From left to right, there are: a woman in a white dress with dark-colored sleeves (S. N. B.); a man in a white shirt and bow-tie wearing dark glasses; a second woman in a white dress next to a younger woman wearing a darker-colored dress and bonnet and behind them there is a man wearing a white shirt and tie; a woman in a white dress with a dark pin at the collar holding the hand of a very young boy, also in white, and standing next to a slightly older boy in white with a square collar; a man (directly behind the boys) who appears to be wearing a uniform; two women in white dresses; another man in uniform; and an older man (W. W. Bogel) with a moustache who has something tucked into the waist …
Date: 1913~/1916~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Mr. Bogel and Ms. Hubbard at the Bloys Camp Meeting]

In this photograph, an older man and woman are standing together in front of a tree. Both are dressed up: the man is wearing slacks, a striped shirt, and a tie with a hat; the woman is wearing a long white dress. They are both holding objects in their hands and the woman is looking at hers, rather than at the camera. The man is standing to the left and has his left arm around her shoulders. In the left of the photograph, an old-style automobile is partially visible. In the background to the right, the area where they are standing is covered in grass and brush with trees and mountains in the distance. At the bottom of the photograph, the names W. W. Bogel and Eda Jenkins Hubbard are handwritten in ink. (The name "Bert [...] Hubbard" was written and then scratched out.) A handwritten note on the back of the photograph says, "Bloys Camp Meeting circa 1913-1916."
Date: 1913?
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Merrill Ranch House]

Photograph of the Merrill Ranch taken around 1916 on a cabinet card. The home has dark colored siding and is surrounded by lush greenery. A vegetable garden is visible in the foreground.
Date: 1916~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Caterpillar Tractor In Pinto Valley]

Photograph of a Caterpillar tractor coming up a sloped dirt road in Pinto Canyon. Several men stand on the road beside the tractor. The dry, hilly landscape is dotted with sparse shrubbery.
Date: 1917
Creator: Duncan Photo
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Line of Military Wagons and Horses]

Photograph of dozens of military wagons and horses lined up in a wide expanse of flat, bare dirt.
Date: 1917/1918
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Three Soldiers on Motorcycles]

Photograph of three soldiers riding motorbikes on a dirt path that cuts through a small rock formation. The soldier closest to the camera has a motorbike with a side car. All three men are wearing collared shirts and wide-brimmed hats.
Date: 1917/1918
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Picture postcard from T. N. Carswell addressed to Miss Peggy Anne Carswell - September 30, 1934]

A picture postcard showing a photo labeled "The Mountain Drive, built by the C.C.C. Ft. Davis". The postcard includes correspondence to Miss Peggy Anne Carswell, Abilene, Texas, from D"addy" [T. N. Carswell], dated September 30, 1934, and postmarked Fort Davis, Tex., Oct. 1, 1934. A short handwritten note advises that he will get home before she receives this card.
Date: September 30, 1934
Creator: Carswell, T. N. (Thomas Norwood)
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Old Government Pumphouse and Tank]

Photograph of an old government pumphouse and tank in Ft. Davis, Texas. Both the pumphouse and the tank are made of stone bricks and sit on and at the base of a hill, respectively. A large tree looms over the scene.
Date: June 1941
Creator: King, Harold A.
System: The Portal to Texas History

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Photograph of drilling Lehman lovegrass on range. Soil Unit 2. Almost no vegetation.
Date: August 24, 1948
Creator: Rechenthin, C. A.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Merrill's 60th Wedding Anniversary]

Photograph of Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Merrill on their 60th wedding anniversary. They are dressed formally and seated in individual chairs next to each other. Mr. Jesse Merrill (left) is wearing a suit and tie and looking down. Mrs. Jesse Merrill is wearing a light-colored suit with a long skirt and a boutonniere and she is looking at something behind the camera. Three framed photographs occupy the wall behind them.
Date: January 10, 1954
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Five Founders of Historical Society at Fort Davis]

Photograph of five founders of the Fort Davis Historical Society standing in front of an an old adobe brick building at Fort Davis. The subjects are, left to right: Espy Miller, Rowena Fenstermaker, Ralph Yarbrough, Barry Scobee, and Leslie Fenstermaker.
Date: October 1957
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Adobe Building with a Collapsed Roof]

Photograph of a single-story adobe structure with a roof that has completely collapsed in the middle. The walls below the collapsed roof are mostly gone. There appear to be no windows on the remaining walls. The ground around the building is flat and sparsely vegetated.The back of the photograph notes that "this is what winds and time did to the last structure built on the post, in 1885. Picture taken by the author in 1961."
Date: 1961
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Alex Dominguez's Children]

Photograph of six men in suits and one woman in a black dress with a black veil. A handwritten note on the back of the photo indicates that the photo was taken at Alex Dominguez's funeral, and includes his seven living children.
Date: November 27, 1964
Creator: Barry Scobee
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Tony Medley Standing Outside]

Photograph of Tony Medley holding a garden tool with a long handle in his left hand while standing in a patch of gravel outside of an adobe building with striped awnings. A portion of a patch of foliage is visible in front of him on the right side of the frame. He is wearing a long-sleeved collared shirt and high-waisted slacks with a cowboy hat. He is turned toward the right side of the frame.
Date: June 1966
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[S.A. Thompson Survey Office on Front Street]

Photograph of a series of small, brick buildings lining a packed dirt street, including an S. A. Thompson survey office. Several people stand outside of the buildings.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Adobe House with Goat on the Ledge]

Photograph of an adobe house with a goat standing on the ledge of the window. The back has "adobe house old in 1900 with goat" written on the back.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Baptist Church Parsonage]

Photograph of the parsonage of a Baptist Church. The house is a small, single story structure with a wraparound porch that is surrounded by a low fence. The back of the photograph notes that it was "built by Knox."
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History