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Lipscomb County Newspaper Collection
1,382
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221
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151
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257
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105
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40
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34
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34
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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
Follett Village Improvement Committee
Photograph of the Follett Village Improvement Committee. In the front row, from left to right, is Stanley Love, Devona Gadberry, Dorothy Schoenhals and John Heil. In the back from left to right is Floyd Thiessen, Darlis Nace, Pam Chase and Charles Skeen. The men wear trousers, belts and button-up shirts, two of the shirts are striped. Two of the men wear watches. Ms. Gadberry wears trousers and a blue blouse and Ms. Schoenhals wears a teal dress. Two men and two women wear glasses, one man has a mustache.
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
S-T Cowboys on Horseback
Photograph of nine cowboys from the S-T Ranch lined up on horseback. All of the horses are dark. Each man wears a button up shirt with a vest, three wear ties, and all of them wear cowboy hats. They are posed in front of a Lipscomb store that has a porch with people standing on it. Beside the store is a man with a child.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Frankie McWhorter
Photograph of a smiling Frankie McWhorter from the bust up. He wears a black, gray and white pearl-snap shirt with a white undershirt and a cowboy hat. Frankie McWhorter was a fiddler who played with Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Lipscomb Street North of Courthouse, 1998
Photograph of a Lipscomb Street north of the Courthouse. There are three old, historically preserved buildings. The building closest building on the left side of the frame is white with a porch. The building in the middle is wooden and the third building on the right side of the frame is wooden with a tin roof. To side of the first building is an old wooden wagon. In front of the first building is a telephone pole and hitching post. There are tiny yellow flowers all over the ground.
Date:
1998
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
Jack King on horse Chigger
Photograph of a young Jack King standing on top of a horse named Chigger. He wears a button-up shirt, pants tucked into cowboy boots, and cowboy hat. Behind them is fenced in King home and property. The home is light-colored, two stories tall, and has a front porch with a stoop. On the right side of the frame are three small buildings.
Date:
unknown
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History