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[Debris after a 1922 Blowout in Orange Oil Field]

Photograph men standing on debris, mostly lumber, after a blowout in an Orange, Texas oil field on August 5, 1922.
Date: August 5, 1922
Creator: Allen, L. L.
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Debris after a 1922 Blowout in Orange Oil Field]

Photograph men standing on debris, mostly lumber, after a blowout in an Orange, Texas oil field on August 5, 1922.
Date: August 5, 1922
Creator: Allen, L. L.
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Wedding photograph of Ignacio and Virginia Acosta]

Photograph of Ignacio and Virginia Acosta taken on August 5, 1923. The bride is dressed in white with a white head veil decorated with flowers. She holds a bunch of white flowers in her hand. The groom wears a suit with bow tie.
Date: August 5, 1923
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

The Southwestern Land Co. excursion party in Sharyland

Excursion party posing in front of trees wearing coats, some excursionists holding large citrus fruits.
Date: November 5, 1923
Creator: Ziebel Studio
System: The Portal to Texas History

Hester Brite in her Wedding Gown

Photograph of Hester Brite in her bridal gown on Dec. 5, 1923, her wedding day. She married Donald Dunkle. The photo was taken in the Brite home.
Date: December 5, 1923
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Hester Brite in her Wedding Gown

Photograph of Hester Brite in her bridal gown on Dec. 5, 1923, her wedding day. She married Capt. Donald Dunkle. The photo was taken in the Brite home.
Date: December 5, 1923
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Wedding of Hester Brite to Donald Ross Dunkle

Photograph of attendants at the wedding of Hester Brite and Capt. Donald Dunkle. Back row (L-R): Catherine Moore; Hester (bride); Eleanor Erickson (Morris), Hester's cousin; and Florence McKissick. Front row (L-R):Margaret Fletcher (Weyrauch), daughter of Henry T. Fletcher and Norman Casen, son of Buck Casen. The women wear gowns and hold bouquets of flowers.
Date: December 5, 1923
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of United States National Bank Building Construction, #15]

Photograph of the construction phase for the United States National Bank Building. Construction workers work in a large a steel beam structure with people walking along the street. Wood structures and building materials are placed a long the construction barrier with established buildings in the background.
Date: July 5, 1924
Creator: Westlake Construction Company
System: The Portal to Texas History

Crazy Hotel Fire

Photograph of Mineral Wells as seen from an observation tower on East Mountain. The panoramic view of the town reveals a plume of smoke covering much of the town's center.
Date: March 5, 1925
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Greenville Avenue, Elevated View 1927, Richardson, Texas

Elevated view of Greenville Avenue, looking south, probably from Main Street. In the foreground, on the right is a church with Polk St. behind it. On the left is the First United Methodist Church, which was built in 1898. One car is on Greenville Ave. A sidewalk runs along the right/west, side of Greenville Ave. In the background is Philips Street, with the Mount Calvary Baptist Church on the SE corner of the intersection, completed in 1886. The Richardson School building, opened in 1914, is on the SW corner. Greenville Avenue curves to the left/east at Philips. Numerous residences are also shown, as are utility poles.
Date: May 5, 1927
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Guthrie's Drug Store]

Photograph of Guthrie's Drug Store on Main Street in Salado, Texas, with advertisements for Coca Cola, Orange Crush and Root Beer. The building itself is has two stories and a side appendage on the right side. A man is standing out in front has been identified as Dr. James Herbert Guthrie.
Date: June 5, 1927
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Hoff Wedding]

Wedding photograph of Ernest Hoff (born January 24, 1907, & died March 7, 1986) and Pauline Zots Hoff (born June 29, 1909). They are married on October 5, 1927. Ernest is wearing a tuxedo and Pauline is wearing a white wedding dress with a large veil and holding flowers in her hand.
Date: October 5, 1927
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of a Man at a Granite Quarry]

Photograph of a man standing next to a crane at a granite quarry. He is wearing a tie and hat. There is a name written on the back of the picture that appears to say Arm. M. Voigt. The back is dated July 5, 1928, and the following is stamped on the back: "Guaranteed for Life This is a Genuine Border Fox Tone Picture Made By Fox Co., San Antonio, Texas, Copyrighted 1927 by Carl D. Newton."
Date: July 5, 1928
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of a Man Leaning on a Rock]

Photograph of a man leaning against a rock. The man is wearing a hat, a long-sleeved, white shirt, a tie, and pants. To the right of him is a shadow of another person. In the background to the man's left are trees. On the back are the words "[Lamo] Kaderli." The Fox Company's stamp is on the back of the photograph and says "Guaranteed for Life, This is a Genuine Border Fox Tone Picture Made By Fox Co., San Antonio, Texas, Copyrighted 1927 by Carl D. Newton."
Date: July 5, 1928
Creator: unknown
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.
System: The Portal to Texas History