Resource Type

[Herbert Herman Fiedler in Europe]

Photograph of Herbert Herman Fiedler posing beside a stone building, possibly ruins (?), in Europe (?). He is wearing riding clothes, lace-up boots, a hat, and goggles.
Date: [1906..1922]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Bridge next to snow covered mountain]

Photograph of long bridge next to a large snow covered mountain. Waves are seen crashing along the bank below the bridge.
Date: [1906..1922]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Feigned robbery scene]

Photograph of a whimsical scene of three men besides Pierce-Arrow automobile being robbed by a man pointing a handgun. Three men have their hands up with one man's pockets turned inside out. The man on the far left is Herbert Herman Fiedler. Trees are shown in the background with a small building visible to the right of the photograph. The photograph may have been taken at the Lutcher Colorado ranch.
Date: [1911..1918]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Pierce-Arrow automobile]

Photograph of a Pierce-Arrow automobile splashing through a water puddle and kicking up mud as it travels down a dirt road. An oncoming automobile with headlights on is visible in the distance.
Date: [1911..1917]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Pierce-Arrow automobile on bridge]

Photograph of Herbert Herman Fiedler walking towards a Pierce-Arrow automobile stopped on a wood and steel bridge. In the background, on the bridge, is a dog (?).
Date: [1906..1922]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Pierce-Arrow automobile in sand dunes]

Photograph of a Pierce-Arrow automobile in desert sand dunes with sage brush and mountains shown in the distance. Mrs. Frances Ann Lutcher is seated in the back seat of the automobile.
Date: [1911..1922]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Pierce-Arrow automobiles stuck in mud]

Photograph of six men standing around two Pierce-Arrow automobiles that were stuck on a dirt road near a gully. Wooden planks have been set over the gully, but the cars appear to be stuck in what was mud.
Date: [1906..1922]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Pierce-Arrow automobile]

Photograph of Pierce-Arrow automobile fording a rain swollen creek during a cross-country touring road trip.
Date: [1911,1912]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[One hundred and one ranch store]

Photograph of a ranch store in the western United States that was visited by Mrs. Frances Ann Lutcher during a automobile touring trip. Man on horseback in front with man and woman on front porch and man and wagon on the side of store. A tree is also shown to the right side of the ranch store.
Date: [1906..1922]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Pierce-Arrow automobile driving on dirt road]

Photograph of the trailer vehicle following the lead Pierce-Arrow automobile as it is being driven down a dirt road. Trees and hills are seen ahead in the distance with telephone poles and fencing bordering the sides of the road.
Date: [1911..1917]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Double wooden wagon]

Photograph of Herbert Herman Fiedler standing in front of a double wooden wagon in desert of Death Valley, California, with his arms crossed. The wagon shown has the following words printed on it: "From Death Valley use 20 Mule Team Borax Soap and Soap Powder."
Date: [1906..1922]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Pierce-Arrow automobile]

Photograph of Pierce-Arrow automobile on a dirt road traveling to San Francisco, California, on a touring trip taken sometime around 1911 or 1912. Man is seen on the driver's side of the vehicle.
Date: [1911,1912]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Pierce-Arrow automobile in front of store]

Photograph of a Pierce-Arrow automobile with a small triangular flag bearing the words "Orange Texas" parked in front of "The Oriental Drug Store" on a city street. The drug store has these words printed on its window--"Drugs, Cigars, and Soda Water" and " 'The National Smoke' La Preferencia 10 cent Cigars." Men are standing on the sidewalk and one man is standing behind the vehicle. Buildings are visible in the background.
Date: [1906..1922]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Pierce-Arrow automobile]

Photograph of the frontal view of a Pierce-Arrow automobile being driven down a dirt road. Two men are sitting in the front seat of the vehicle. An American flag is visible to the left rear of the automobile. Telephone poles and fencing border one side of the road.
Date: [1911..1917]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Pierce-Arrow automobile]

Photograph of a Pierce-Arrow automobile driving down a road surrounded on both sides by leafless trees. At least three people are in the vehicle including the driver, Herbert Herman Fiedler, and a passenger, Mrs. Frances Ann Lutcher.
Date: [1906..1922]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Herbert Herman Fiedler]

Photograph of Herbert Herman Fiedler standing at the rear of a Pierce-Arrow automobile on a road with mountains shown in the distance. This road trip is somewhere in the western United States.
Date: [1912..1914]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Pierce-Arrow automobile]

Photograph of a Pierce-Arrow automobile parked on a dirt street in a small town. Herbert Herman Fiedler is seated behind the wheel of the vehicle with another man seated beside him. Frances Ann Lutcher is seated in the back of the vehicle with another woman beside her. Shops and stores are visible in the background with a single tree appearing in the photograph.
Date: [1911..1915]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Pierce-Arrow automobile]

Photograph of Pierce-Arrow automobile broken down in axle deep mud on a road during a cross-country motor touring trip. Mrs. Frances Ann Lutcher is shown with her party of travelers looking on the disabled vehicle.
Date: [1911,1912]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Crowd on city street]

Photograph taken from above of a Pierce-Arrow automobile with its soft top up surrounded by a crowd of people on a city street. The crowd is mostly men, but at least one woman can be seen at the top of the photograph.
Date: [1906..1922]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Pierce-Arrow automobile stopped in field]

Photograph of a Pierce-Arrow automobile in the middle of a field on a flat plain on the Great Divide. Herbert Herman Fiedler is looking under the hood of the car and two passengers are seated in the back of the vehicle, including Mrs. Frances Ann Lutcher. The vehicle has a broken clutch and a sprung valve. An American flag is visible on the right side of the car. The shadow of the photographer can be seen in the bottom foreground of the photograph. Handwritten on the back of the photo, "On the Great Divide August 27th 1918 A broken clutch collar + valve spring - "
Date: August 27, 1918
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Herbert Herman Fiedler]

Photograph of Herbert Herman Fiedler standing in front of Pierce-Arrow automobile on a snow packed road. A wire fence and trees are visible in the distance.
Date: [1911..1913]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Pierce-Arrow automobile]

Photograph taken from the trailer vehicle following the lead Pierce-Arrow automobile as it is being driven down a dirt road. Trees and hills are seen ahead in the distance with telephone poles and fencing bordering the sides of the road.
Date: [1911..1917]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Pierce-Arrow automobile fording a stream]

Photograph of Herbert Herman Fiedler (?) fording a Pierce-Arrow automobile over a stream with another vehicle coming up the road behind. In the background are forests and trees are visible to the left and right.
Date: [1906..1922]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Two story log building with cistern]

Photograph of a two story log building with a cistern (?) on top with other buildings on each side.
Date: [1906..1922]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History