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[Wiggs Family Portrait]
Group portrait of the Wiggs family on the porch of a white frame house located at 218 Blount Street in Denton. The people listed in the photo are from left-to-right: Rua Wiggs, Ida Mae Wiggs-Ritter and her son Oscar Lee Ritter Jr., Grace Bessie Wiggs-Durham, the small girl is Juanita Ritter, Lou and Fred Wiggs, Rachael Wiggs, Noah R. Wiggs, the small boy is Walter Wiggs, Jr., Zeph Wiggs, Walter C. Wiggs & his wife, Martha Ann Fry-Wiggs.
Date:
1912
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Denton High School Football Team
Team photo of the 1912 Denton High School Football team with coach Professor Jackson. This photograph was a first attempt and the second attempt can be found on photo PF-B-34-2 in our collection. Some players have been identified by comparing the yearbook photographs and description. Sidney "Ned" Raymond Rector, standing and holding ball; Roy Wilson Ledbetter, sitting, 2nd from the left; Clifford Davis Marchman, sitting, middle; Charles Frederick "Fred" Lane, back row; James "Laud" Ratten, back row; Jack Gunnell McMath, standing, first on right; William "Will" Lewis Collins, standing, top row; George Elbert Kerby (Kirby); John Cobbs; Colonel Rayzor, sitting with ball; other who may be pictured: John Berry, Edwin Evers, and Raymond Fox.
Date:
1912
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Water Vendors]
Three water vendor carts in front of what appears to be a water tank. Water vendors were called barrileros or aguadores. Correspondence reads, "At Laredo, Going over into Mexico this afternoon, so if I fail to send you a card, the Insurrectos have got me." This card was written and mailed to Miss Mollie Chaney in Longview, Texas on February 13, 1913 in Laredo, Texas.
Date:
February 13, 1912
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Baptist Church Building]
Postcard dated December 10, 1912 of a Baptist church on a corner in Laredo, Texas. There are several people outside of the church, standing and sitting on the steps, as well as carriages visible on the streets.
Date:
1912
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Mr. and Mrs. Ponciano Villalobos
Photograph of couple outside adobe building. Photograph of Mr. and Mrs. Ponciano Villalovoz (Villalobos), April 8, 1912, in Van Horn, TX. Dedication at the back of photo reads," Dedico Este Retrato a, Mi Querida Mama, Pas Chacon En, Pruevas de amory y, Respecto. que le Tengo. Ponciano Villalovoz, Van Horn, Texas, April 8, de 1912"
Date:
April 8, 1912
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Presbyterian Church with Presbyterian and Baptist Congregations
Photograph of people in front of church building. Photograph of the Van Horn Presbyterian Church, Van Horn, Tx with the congregations of the Presbyterian and Baptist churches standing in front.
Date:
1912~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fred Gibson and James Hanibal Beach
A photograph of two men with two antelope from hunt. A photograph of two men from Van Horn, Texas, Fred Gibson and James Hanibal Beach, with two antelope killed in hunt, c. 1912
Date:
1912~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Van Horn School, 1912 or 1913
Photograph of school with students and teachers in front. Photograph of Van Horn, TX school c.1912-13, Back row- unidentified girl, unidentified girl, Eena Carter, Mr. Hicks (teacher), Ernest Taylor, John Rowe, Wallace Durrill, Max Mitchell. Second row-Myrle King, Horace Bounds, Daisy Row, Chandler Prude, George Geaslin, Aubrey Taylor, boy unknown, Onis Feeley, Jay Malone, boy unknown, Miss Allie Whittenberg (teacher), Lewis Bounds, Rosa Lee Wylie, Miss Emma Wade (teacher), Amye Duncan. Standing on step are AutiCox and Bennie Durrill. Next row: boy unknown, Cecil Geaslin, Adrian Cox, Lewis Stephens, Eula Feeley. Front row, standing: Lorene Sanch, Edwena Wylie, Addie Burks, girl unknown, Eva Rowe, Pauline Stephens, Maggie Johnson, Lorena Carter,Malone Geaslin, Beulah Durrill, Myrle Ernest, Vera Webb, Addie Cox, Mabel Duncan, unknown, Lallie Blythe. Seated: Raymond Beach, unknown, Gaston Watson, Myrle Morris, unknown, Robert Breeding, Joe Cox, Hawthorne Wylie, Virgie Beach, Tom Hollenbeke, Aubry Taylor, Ed Hollebeke, Gus Geaslin, and boy unknown.
Date:
1912~/1913~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Harriett Duncan
Photograph of girl in coat. Photograph of Harriet Duncan, wearing hat and coat, in front of house, in Van Horn, TX 1912.
Date:
1912
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Portrait of Wiggs' Family Home at the corner of Blount and McKinney Streets in Denton, Texas]
Frame home with Mr. and Mrs. Z. Wiggs and three children, Rua, Noah, and Grace, in the yard. Written on the back, "The Wiggs family home located at 218 Blount St. in 1912 with Mr. & Mrs. Wiggs and 3 of their children Rua, Noah, and Grace (Grace who was later killed in 1925 in an early car wreck in the western part of Denton County). Blount St. no longer exists, but it used to run north-south from McKinney to Sycamore Street.
Date:
1912
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Testimony from W. B. Hinckly
Testimony of a farmer concerning the opportunities in the Lower Rio Grande Valley.
Date:
[1912..1919]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of Passenger Pier in Texas City]
Photograph of a long wooden pier, wide enough to hold automobile traffic, running out into the bay. At the end of the pier, a structure of some kind can be seen. Electric poles line the left side of the pier. Three women dressed in long dresses and hats stand looking over the rail. Farther down the pier, an automobile and a single pedestrian share the pier.
Date:
[1912..1913]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
A. L. Scott Farm
Field of cotton on the A. L. Scott Farm.
Date:
1912
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
A. L. Scott Farm
A. L. Scott, J. R. Christal, L. T. Fox, and J. C. Fox standing in a cotton field on A. L. Scott's farm. That year the cotton on the farm made 69 bales from 50 acres.
Date:
1912
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
A. L. Scott Farm
A. L. Scott and J. C. Coit standing in a cotton field on A. L. Scott's farm.
Date:
1912
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Mesquite Street, Looking South]
Shown here is a view of Mesquite Street (Now [2008] NE First Avenue) from its upper end at Coke Street (now NE 2nd Street). Horse-drawn vehicles are present. The building at the left middle of the picture with the "DRUGS" sign and the stone lion statue on its roof is the Yeager Building, home of what was popularly called "The Lion Drug Store." The first building on right, 205 NE First Street (with arched windows) was H. M. Coleman's clothing store for men, which even at this early date, appears to be undergoing renovation.
Date:
1912?
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Our City
A photograph, taken from Welcome Mountain looking West down NW 4th Street, of unknown date is illustrated here. The small brick building in 4th Street is the Crazy Well. The first Crazy Water Hotel (left middle of picture) was built on same location as present Crazy Water hotel. The present hotel is much larger and extends to the Crazy Well. Note the Crazy Flats (drinking pavilion with apartments) in foreground. Note the first Catholic Church, on West Mountain. The West Ward School and the High School are in upper left quadrant of picture.
Date:
1912?/1915
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Deer Grove Common School]
Student body and faculty posing in front of flag. Photo taken in 1912:
Date:
1912
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Brown Common School]
Students at Brown Common School pose for picture. Photo taken in 1912: Brown, Texas.
Date:
1912
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Secret Springs School]
Secret Springs School. Photo taken in 1912: Secret Springs, Texas.
Date:
1912
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Lula Johnson School Building]
Lula Johnson School building. Photo taken in 1912: Henrietta, Texas.
Date:
1912
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Clay County Court House]
Clay County Court House. Photo taken in 1912: Henrietta, Texas.
Date:
1912
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Clay County Court House]
Clay County Court House with 1890 jail in background. Photo taken in 1912: Henrietta, Texas.
Date:
1912
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Gospel Car]
Mr. and Mrs. John F. McConnell standing in front of Gospel Car. Photo taken in 1912: Shannon, Texas.
Date:
1912
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History