Photograph of an oil well in Crockett County, Texas in 1939

Photograph of an oil well in Crockett County, Texas in 1939

Photograph of the outside of the Hazel Mine near Van Horn, Texas. A couple of cars are parked outside, and men are walking around.

Photograph of Bob King holding the skull of a Bighorn Sheep at the McAdoo Ranch in Culberson County, Texas in 1939.

Austin High School Maroon football team practicing at House Park in Austin.

Three Austin High School Maroon football players pose at House Park. Player in the middle, #33, is Travis Raven, who later coached at Austin High School and won three state football championships as head football coach at Reagan High School in Austin. He also served as Athletic Director of The Austin Independent School District.

Photograph of High School football team

Photograph of High School football team

Photograph of high school football team

Photograph of high school football team.

Photograph of football player

Three Austin High School Maroon football players pose in front of the stadium at House Park.

Textbook card for Hugo C. Stolte, Jr. of Lower Valley School. The card lists Stolte's textbooks. It is signed by Hugo C. Stolte and William Tout.

Photographs of two women and a ranch house. The first two photos feature two women sitting in the back seat of a car. Both are wearing gingham tops, but the woman on the right is wearing a hat and glasses. The third photo is a long ranch bunkhouse with a automobile sitting to the left.

Photographs of cowboys restraining a calf. In the left photo, men are gathered around a calf that is being held by two cowboys. Cattle are behind them. The photo to the right shows a calf being held down by two cowboys while a third person holds an object inside of a bowl.

Photographs of resting and working on Matthews Ranch. The first photograph shows two men sitting on or by a truck that's parked near a dirt road. The man sitting on the truck has a box and plate in front of him. The second photograph shows a herd of cattle in pens. The third photo shows several men around and on top of a restrained calf. Cattle can be seen in the background.

Photographs of people eating outdoors in a wooded area. The second and third photos show that they're eating near a body of water.

Photographs of cattle and cowboys on a range. The first picture on the left features cattle moving past a fence containing more cattle and four cowboys on horses. The second photo features cattle behind a fence and mounted cowboys on either side of that fence. The third photo is of Watt Matthews standing on range land in front of a pond.

Photographs of Matthews Ranch. The first photograph on the left is of ranch buildings with a truck and men standing outside. The middle photograph is of a ranch building obfuscated by a tree. The third photograph is of a person standing outside of a car on ranch land.

Photograph of Watt Matthews, Ethel M. Casey, and Liston Casey standing under a tree. A wooden fence is visible behind them and a wooden building is off to the right.

Photograph of Watt Matthews and Ardon Judd Sr. in a doorway that has been decorated with a "vine" of tree needles and colored light bulbs. A Christmas wreath hangs on the door behind the men.

Photograph of two Clayton and Thompson Funeral cars. The cars are both white and say "Clayton Thompson Dial 5551" on the sides. In the background, there are trees and a wooden building.

Photograph of a building identified as Windsor Hotel in Sabine Pass, Texas. The building is three stories high and an awning extends from the entrance. Outside the hotel, there is a parked car and a fence that surrounds a yard. Text at the top of the photograph says "torn down 1939," and text at the bottom of the photograph says "Windsor Hotel - Sabine Pass." The hotel had fifty rooms and was built by the Kountze brothers in 1896. It was considered "hotel perfection" at the time, but was later abandoned in 1920.

Photograph of the Windsor Hotel in Sabine Pass, Texas. The building is three stories high, and a fence surrounds it. A car is parked outside the fence. Text below the photograph says "Windsor Hotel Sabine Pass."