Dust Storm in Darrouzett, Texas

View of a long and wide dirt road leading to a large dust storm that is about to engulf the town of Darrouzett, Texas. There are a few people on the left side of frame. Written on the bottom of the print is, "Dust Storm Approaching Darrouzett, Texas. April 14th 1935.
Date: April 14, 1935
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Higgins Tornado Damage]

Photograph of the destroyed Laubhan and Schwab Hardware store after a tornado. The ground is covered with wreckage, including wooden planks and beams, tables and chairs. Four men in jackets and hats stand on top of the wreckage in the center of the photo. Shelves remain standing in the background. Across the bottom are the words, "Laubhan & Schwab Hdwe. Bring on the Bulldozer."
Date: 1949
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Higgins Tornado Damage]

Photograph of the Alamo Theater wreckage in Higgins, Texas after a tornado. There are three parts of cinder-block walls still standing. The foreground is covered with destroyed parts, including wooden planks and metal beams. In the background are three buildings still standing. The words, "Wreckage of Alamo Theatre Higgins, Texas" are across the bottom of the photograph.
Date: 1949
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Phantom Face in Dust Clouds

Photograph of dust storm clouds. Outlined in the clouds on the left side of the frame is the shape of a face. Written across the bottom right side of the photograph is, "The Phantom Face in Dust Clouds".
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Train Snow Plow

Several men shoveling snow away from buried train. There are people watching on the right side of the frame. Across the top is written, "Snow Plow at Darrouzett, April 9-1938."
Date: April 9, 1938
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Maize Threshing

Photograph of seven farmers using threshers to thresh maize. On the left side of the frame is a pile of maize and a steam engine with two men sitting on it. On the right side of the frame is a pile of cut maize with a thresher and five men standing on top of it. Next to the thresher is a team of two horses. The men wear overalls and hats. Typed across the bottom is, "This is a picture showing the threshing of maize. Be-"
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Follett, Texas Main Street, 1918

Photograph looking straight down the main street of Follett, Texas. The street is a dirt road. On the left side of the road are electric poles and five buildings. On the right side of the road in the foreground is a field of brush, three tanks in front of a wooden building with a sign that says, "GARAGE", and three other buildings. The foreground is the dirt road.
Date: August 22, 1918
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Lipscomb Hotel

Photograph of the front of the Lipscomb Hotel. There is a partial view of a man standing on the porch on the right side of the frame.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Follett, Texas Main Street, 1918

Modern photograph of the front of the old Ivanhoe State Bank in Follett, Texas. The building is wooden and painted white with a white metal awning. The top of the building has, "Ivanhoe State BANK, Guarantee Fund Bank" painted on it. Looking at the front, there are two windows next to each other on the right and a door with two steps on the right. Underneath the windows is a sign reading, "Farm Loans" and another sign in-between the door and windows. There are weeds all around the building with a tree on the right side of the frame and telephone or electricity wires at the top.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Royal Inn Cafe, Follett, Texas

Photograph of the interior of the Royal Inn Cafe in the Laubhan Hotel in Follett, Texas. In the foreground on the right side of the frame is a rug, an upholstered sofa, and a host stand. On the left side of the frame stretching all the way into the back of the room is a wooden bar with bar stools surrounding it. Behind the bar a shelf filled with many things including a cash register, cigar boxes, and plants. On the right side of the frame stretching to the back are four tables with chairs. The tables are covered in white tablecloths and have dining setups on them. At the back of the room stands two people, one man dressed as a server with a white apron and one woman wearing a white apron and cook's hat. There are two signs on the wall that read, "Hot Waffles" and "Home Made Pies".
Date: 1920
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Agriculture Consolidated Farm Service Agengy and Conservation Building

Photograph of the Agriculture Consolidated Farm Service Agengy and Soil Conservation Building in Follett, Texas. The building has two concrete walls with glass windows and a door in-between them. In front of the windows are four flower pots and a railing. There is a sign on the building that says, "Service Center". On the left hand side of the photograph is a handicap sign and several bushes. Behind the bushes in the background are telephone wires and tall white towers. In the foreground is a paved street with a center yellow stripe.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Badly Damaged Building After Tornado

Photograph of a two-story brick building that has been badly damaged after the Higgins/Glazier, Texas Tornado. The windows of the building are gone, window screens hang from the second story windows, and the roof is missing. The foreground is covered in debris, including bricks and wooden boards. A sign on the left side of the frame reads, "Insurance".
Date: April 9, 1947
Creator: McCurry, J. W.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Car Dented with Bricks After Tornado

Photograph of a car badly dented with bricks after the Higgins/Glazier, Texas Tornado. Behind the car is a row of damaged store fronts. The signs on the stores read, "Weis Dry Goods Company" and "Slack and Wassenmiller Grocery and Market". In the background on the left side of the frame is a group of men with a ladder and a man on top of the store's awning. On the right side of the frame behind the car is a group of men in hat and a boy carrying a broom.
Date: April 9, 1947
Creator: McCurry, J. W.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Debris and Damaged Buildings After Tornado

Photograph of a badly damaged brick building after the Higgins/Glazier, Texas Tornado. The windows of the building are gone and chunks of the roof are missing. In the foreground are large piles of debris that includes bricks, wooden beams, and pieces of metal, as well as a bent pole and a sign that reads, "No Parking Any Time". There are two men in hats on the roof of the building.
Date: April 9, 1947
Creator: McMurry, J. W.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Destroyed Car and Collapsed Buildings After Tornado]

Photograph of a destroyed car with the words, "Grocery & Market" written on it after the Higgins/Glazier, Texas Tornado. Behind the car is a collapsed brick wall. On the right side of the frame are three brick buildings. On the left side of the frame are other undamaged vehicles. All over the ground is debris that includes wooden beams and twisted metal.
Date: April 9, 1947
Creator: McCurry, J. W.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Four Hunters

Photograph of four men at a hunting retreat. Each man wears a white shirt with high-wasted pants, three wear suspenders. All four wear hats, 3 have canteens and rifles, one holds a bow and arrow. All four also have cigars in their mouth. In front of them lie two dogs. They stand in front of a wooden hut with a sign that says "The Hunters Retreat". There are many trees in the background.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Lipscomb County Courthouse

Photograph of a straight on view of the Lipscomb County Courthouse. It is a two story building with a basement. There are four large pillars in the front of it with stairs leading to the front doors. A woman in a white shirt and long dark skirt stands in front of the doors. On the right side of the frame, behind the courthouse, is a small white church. There is another small white house on the left.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Lipscomb County Courthouse and Jail

Photograph showing the Lipscomb County Courthouse from across the street on the buildings right side. Next to the left and in front of the courthouse is the jail and maintenance house. Around the courthouse lawn is a detailed fence. There are two trees on either side of the frame. On the left side of the frame there is a dark car parked beneath in the shade of a tree. Written across the bottom is, "Lipscomb County Court House at Lipscomb".
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Lipscomb County Courthouse

Photograph of a front-angled view of the Lipscomb County Courthouse. The court house is a large two-story building with basement windows. The front of the courthouse has 4 large pillars and stone steps leading to the entrance. Across the foreground is a decorative fence with a landscaped lawn behind it. A man stands in the center of the frame behind the fence working with a tool in his hands. There are clouds in the sky. Written on the side of the photograph in cursive is, " Lipscomb County Court House at Lipscomb".
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Jim Black and Woman

Photograph of Jim Black standing with his arm around a woman who is standing on a tree stump. He is dressed in a dark jacket, cowboy hat, and denim pants tucked into cowboy boots. She is wearing a light-colored dress with a white handkerchief around her hair, looking at Mr. Black and smiling. There is a cactus next to the stump. Behind them is a tree and fence with a building in the far background. Written on the bottom in pencil is, "a little skidish".
Date: unknown
Creator: Marquis
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Cowboy Hugging Woman

Photograph of a smiling cowboy with his arms around a woman who is standing on a tree stump with her arms around him. He wears a dark shirt, cowboy hat, and denim pants tucked into his cowboy boots. She wears a checkered dress and has a decorative comb in her hair. On the left side of the frame, next to the stump, is a cactus. Behind them is a tree, fence, and a building in the far background. Written on the bottom border in pencil is, "an armfull", where "full" is underlined three times.
Date: unknown
Creator: Marquis
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Steam Thresher, Wheat Straw Pile and Horses

Photograph of steam threshing machine spewing straw out of stack. Large pile of wheat on the right side of the frame. Man standing on machine and child in horse-drawn vehicle on the left side of the frame. Team of horses on either side of steam thresher. All is in a field of cut wheat.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

2 Men, Old Car, and Steam Thresher

Photograph of old model car with a man standing by it and a steam thresher that has smoke coming from it with a man standing on it. Subjects are in a cut field of wheat.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

First Courthouse in Lipscomb

Photograph of the first courthouse in Lipscomb, Texas. In the foreground is a field with tall grass and brush. The courthouse has a wooden fence around it and part of it is brick. On either side of the courthouse are two nearby houses and trees. Behind it is a windmill. Written on the photograph at the bottom is, "CourtHouse Lipscomb County 1887".
Date: 1887
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History