[Exterior View of Buildings]

Photograph of an exterior view of two buildings in Higgins, Texas. A wooden building on the left is four-stories high with a deck extending the width of the building. A brick building on the right is one-story high with a long smoke stack extending from the roof. In the background, there are smaller buildings. Text at the bottom of the photograph says "Higgins, Texas 1905."
Date: unknown
Creator: Born, Julius
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[View of Street]

Photograph of a street view in Higgins, Texas. Several wooden buildings line both sides of the street. There are people and horse-drawn wagons on the street and along the street. Text on the bottom-left of the photograph says "Higgins, Tex 1905."
Date: unknown
Creator: Born, Julius
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[View of Town]

Photograph of a view of Higgins, Texas. Several wooden buildings surrounded by yards and fences are spread throughout the town. Two dirt roads run perpendicular to each other. In the foreground, there is a set of railroad tracks. Text at the bottom of the photograph says "Higgins, Texas 1905."
Date: unknown
Creator: Born, Julius
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[View of Town]

Photograph of a view of Higgins, Texas. Several wooden buildings surrounded by yards and fences are spread throughout the town. Two dirt roads run perpendicular to each other. In the foreground, there is a set of rail tracks with rail cars on one of the tracks. Two people are standing to the left of a car. A wooden tank is sitting in between two tracks. Text at the bottom of the photograph says "Higgins, Texas 1905."
Date: unknown
Creator: Born, Julius
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[View of Town]

Photograph of a view of Higgins, Texas. Several wooden buildings surrounded by yards and fences are spread throughout the town. Two dirt roads run perpendicular to one another. In the foreground, there is a set of rail tracks with a train on one. To the right of the photograph, a wooden tank and a building sit in between two sets of tracks. Text at the bottom-left of the photograph says "Higgins, Tex 1905."
Date: unknown
Creator: Born, Julius
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Photograph of a view of part of Mr. Leslie Harris’ 280 acres of terraced land. The strips of sorghum and wheat run from terrace to terrace. Vetch grew last year on the strips from season to season. These are channel type terraces and they empty into a an alfalfa waterway (running across the picture in the center). The sorghum will be combined leaving the stubble on the strips. See TX-47, 218 and 47, 219. TX-47-217.
Date: October 9, 1950
Creator: Davis, D. O.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Dr. Jesse James Davis with Tobacco Pipe

Portrait of a seated Dr. J.J. Davis looking right with a tobacco pipe, glasses, and pens in his pocket. According to his great granddaughter, Dr. Davis was a photographer on the side and this is one of many self-portraits that he took.
Date: November 8, 2007
Creator: Davis, Jesse James
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Farming Equipment and Methods

Photograph of a stubble mulching volunteer wheat crop on contour terraced field. Four 36 inch Dempster [cultivater] sweeps [goes] 3 inches beneath the surface. Mulcher belongs to the Lipscomb County Wind Erosion District. Max Blau is inspecting the sweep. TX-42, 076.
Date: May 19, 1945
Creator: Jenkins, Elvin W.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

View of Higgins, Texas in 1905

Black and white photograph looking down on town of Higgins, Texas. In foreground is a railroad yard with boxcar and two human figures. Behind them is the town with several buildings including homes, businesses, and a church.
Date: 1905
Creator: Julian Born
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

View of Higgins, Texas in 1905

Photograph of street scene in Higgins, Texas in 1905. Depicted are several buildings lining a wide dirt road. In-between are many horse-drawn wagons and some people, including a man on a ladder in the foreground.
Date: 1905
Creator: Julian Born
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

View of Higgins, Texas in 1905

Photograph looking down on town of Higgins, Texas. In the foreground are two railroad tracks. Behind them is a view of Higgins depicting streets and several buildings. Behind that is open plains. Written on bottom of print is, "Higgins, TEXAS 1905".
Date: 1905
Creator: Julian Born
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

View of Higgins, Texas in 1905

Photograph looking down on town of Higgins, Texas. In foreground is a railroad yard with boxcar. Behind that is the town with several buildings including homes, businesses, and a church. Written at the bottom of the print is, "Higgins.TEX 1905"
Date: 1905
Creator: Julian Born
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Building with No Walls After Tornado

Photograph of a building with fallen walls after the Higgins/Glazier, Texas Tornado. Inside the buildings are shelves lined with buckets, boxes, doors, and sacks. The foreground is covered with the wall and wooden beams.
Date: April 9, 1947
Creator: McCurry, J. W.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Car and Collapsed Buildings After Tornado

Photograph of an old car amidst fallen buildings after the Higgins/Glazier, Texas Tornado. The buildings are roofless, only parts of the walls remain standing. All over the ground are piles of debris that include wooden beams and bricks.
Date: April 9, 1947
Creator: McCurry, J. W.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Collapsed House After Tornado

Photograph of a collapsed house after the Higgins/Glazier, Texas Tornado. In the foreground is a fallen wall with debris and a bed frame on top of it. Two figures are digging through the debris on the right side of the frame. In the background are trees and a telephone pole.
Date: April 9, 1947
Creator: McCurry, J. W.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Collapsed House After Tornado

Photograph of a collapsed house after the Higgins/Glazier, Texas Tornado. The house was two-stories tall. The ground is covered in wooden beams and there is a broken tree in the foreground.
Date: April 9, 1947
Creator: McCurry, J. W.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Damaged Car After Tornado

Photograph of a badly damaged car after the Higgins/Glazier, Texas Tornado. The car is crumpled from debris on top and inside of it. There is a group of people, including a policeman, on the right side of the frame. Behind the car is a damaged building.
Date: April 9, 1947
Creator: McCurry, J. W.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Damaged Car After Tornado

Photograph of a damaged car after the Higgins/Glazier, Texas Tornado. The car's door is missing and the roof and sides are badly dented. On the ground surrounding the car is debris which includes cinder blocks, wooden beams, and tanks. There are small trees in the background and even further back is a building and telephone poles.
Date: April 1947
Creator: McCurry, J. W.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Damaged House After Tornado

Photograph of two houses damaged by the Higgins/Glazier, Texas tornado. The white house in the center of the frame is missing half of its roof and a second building is partially visible on the right side of the image. The ground is covered with debris including wooden beams and planks, tree limbs, pieces of metal and stripped trees.
Date: April 9, 1947
Creator: McCurry, J. W.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Damaged House After Tornado

Photograph of a damaged two-story home after the Higgins/Glazier, Texas tornado. The visible side of the house is bent up at the bottom and the back of the house appears to be heavily damaged. A row of other houses are partially visible in the background and there is a row of trees in front of the homes.
Date: April 9, 1947
Creator: McCurry, J. W.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Damaged Houses After Tornado

Photograph of damaged houses after the Higgins/Glazier, Texas tornado. On the far right side of the image, the roof of a badly damaged building is in the midst of some debris; in the center of the image, another house has no roof and the walls are sagging. Other homes are partially visible in the row behind them. In the foreground, there is a sidewalk and a fence enclosing the near yard.
Date: April 9, 1947
Creator: McCurry, J. W.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Debris and Houses After Tornado

Photograph of a large pile of wooden boards and a group of houses after the Higgins/Glazier, Texas Tornado. In the foreground is a fallen telephone pole and the ground is covered with boards.
Date: April 9, 1947
Creator: McCurry, J. W.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Debris and Men After Tornado

Photograph of the ground covered with debris after the Higgins/Glazier, Texas Tornado. The debris includes wooden boards, pieces of metal, and tires. There are three men in hats standing on the right side of the frame. In the background is an old car and a wooden building.
Date: April 9, 1947
Creator: McCurry, J. W.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Destroyed Building After Tornado

Photograph of a gutted building after the Higgins/Glazier, Texas Tornado. The building is leaning towards the right side of the frame and half of the house closest to the viewer consists of piles of cinder-blocks and still-standing wooden beams. The ground is covered in debris which includes a ladder.
Date: April 9, 1947
Creator: McCurry, J. W.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History