Couple in Nice Clothes

Studio photograph of a man and woman dressed in nice clothes. He is seated on the left side of the photo. He has a beard and wears a dark suit with boots, a vest, and a watch chain. She is standing next to him with her right harm on his left shoulder. She wears a dark dress with large and medium-sized coin buttons, a high lace collar, and ruffles at the bottom. She is also wearing earrings, a necklace, and a pocket watch. Her hair is pulled up and curled. Behind them is a fake backdrop that depicts bookshelves, art, a mantle with a clock, and a plant.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

E.C. Gray

Studio portrait photograph of E.C. Gray's bust. He wears a black suit with a black bowtie and has short gray hair.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Tornado Damage in Glazier, Texas]

Photograph of tornado damage in Glazier, Texas. There are three trees stripped bare with broken limbs. Strewn all over the ground are wooden planks and other objects like chairs and couches. In the far background is a two story building.
Date: April 9, 1949
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

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

Dr. Ira T. Smith

Studio portrait photograph of Dr. Ira T. Smith. He is wearing a striped button-up shirt and jacket. He has white hair parted on the side, round glasses, and a mustache. Dr. Smith was married to Minnie Adella "Addie" Halsey.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Lipscomb County Ranchers and Farmers

Photograph of Lipscomb County ranchers and farmers. Every man wears a suit with either neckties or bowties. They are in front of a fake backdrop that depicts lavish drapery. In the back row, from left to right, is Mose Hays, A.E. Moreland, Bill Nail, Charley Rynearson, S.Y. Cupp and Bud Walker. Middle row, left to right, is Ira Boone, F.M. Carmichael, Seb Jones, Bill Kelley, Hiram Black, and Alex Young. Front row, left to right, is Henry Mallup, Ed Rubottom, Alex Maltsberger, and Bill Hale.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Laveta Steinhart Buckner in Wedding Dress

Photograph of Laveta Steinhart Buckner in her wedding dress and veil. The dress is long-sleeved and covered in white lace. She wears a pearl necklace and a wedding ring and holds a bouquet of white carnations. She stands in-between two pots of white flowers in tall stands. On the left side of the frame is a stand with a row of white candles burning. In the background are several empty shelves.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Woman in Dress and Military Hat

Studio photograph of a young woman in a dark dress with puffy sleeves. She has short, dark, curly hair and is wearing a military hat. She is also wearing a crystal necklace and dark lipstick.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Dianna Koch

Studio photograph of a smiling Dianna Koch from the bust up. She is wearing a white blouse with a white carnation and ribbon corsage. Her hair is short and curled and she has short even bangs.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Luella Koch Miller

Studio photograph of a smiling Luella Koch Miller from the bust up. She wears a white blouse and a carnation and ribbon corsage. Her hair is dark, curled, and short.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Lois Koch

Studio portrait photograph of a smiling Lois Koch from the bust up. She is wearing cat-eye glasses, a white blouse with lace collar, and a carnation corsage with ribbons. Her hair is short and curled.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Lois Koch

Studio photograph of Lois Koch smiling from the bust up. She wears a light-colored jacket with a lace collar. Pinned on the jacket is a jeweled brooch and a white carnation corsage with ribbons. Her hair is short and curled and she wars cat-eye glasses.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Lela Mae Koch

Studio portrait photograph of Lela Mae Koch from the bust up. She wears a blazer, white blouse, white scarf, a cross necklace, and a carnation corsage. Her hair is short and curly and she is wearing lipstick.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Lela Mae Koch

Studio portrait of Lela Mae Koch. She is pictured from the bust up. She wears a white blouse with a white scarf and a carnation corsage. Her hair is curly and short and she has lipstick on.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Two Children Sitting on a Porch

Photograph of two small children, a boy and a girl, sitting on the top step of a large porch of a house. The little girl has short hair and is wearing a white dress with black stockings and boots. The boy is wearing a short suit with a tie, stockings, and dark boots. There is a door directly behind them and a porch swing behind a pillar on the right side of the frame.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Two Women with Windmill

Photograph of two women standing in front of the base of a windmill. The woman on the left side of the frame is holding on to the ladder of the windmill and her collar is blown up so that it covers part of her face. The other woman is holding up a cup. They both wear white dresses with white stockings and headbands. The woman on the left wears black shoes and the other wears white shoes. There is a barrel in the background on the right side of the frame.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas 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

[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

Ed Lehman in Model T Ford

Photograph of Ed Lehman sitting in a Model T Ford. The front of the car faces the left side of the frame. His right hand is on the steering wheel and his body is angled towards the camera. He is wearing a suit with gloves and newsboy cap and he has a cigar in his mouth. Behind him are two horse-drawn vehicles, one with many drawers on it.
Date: unknown
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