Photograph of a wagon pulled by a team of four horses, on the site of the West Texas State Normal College building. The wagon is loaded with debris left when the building was destroyed by fire in March 1914. A man driving the team is seated in the wagon, another man stands by the team, and a third man stands to one side. The damaged walls of the building are visible and the ground is strewn with rubble.

Postcard depicting the fire that destroyed the West Texas State Normal College building on March 25, 1914. The image has been tinted and altered to show huge flames bursting from the roof of the building. A crowd watches the fire from the grounds of the building.

Photograph of football players for West Texas State Normal College. They are posed in three rows before a wood wall. They are wearing plain jerseys, football pants, dark socks and shoes. A player in the middle row is holding the football. The coach, dressed in a suit, is seated at the right end in the middle row. The players are identified on the reverse of the photograph: Back row (l to r): John Renfro, Boyce Eidson, G. C. Childers, Honas Carey, _____ Black, J. Pat Ator, Earl Sparks. Middle row: Bill Hale, Harry Starr, Elmer Shotwell, Fats Prichard, William "Sport" Younger, Coach D. A. Shirley. Front row: Ralph Smith, Amos Howard, Raymond Glass, Louis Hicks, J. Mathews.

Photograph of Joseph A. Thompson wearing the baseball uniform of West Texas State Normal College. He is standing in an open field, and wears a baseball glove on his left hand.

Photograph of the ruins of the administration building of West Texas State Normal College in 1914 after a fire burned it nearly to the ground. Parts of the walls and a chimney are all that remain. A water tower stands in the background.

Photograph of the remains of the main building of West Texas State Normal College after it burned on March 25, 1914. Part of the front facade is visible, showing extensive damage to the walls on all sides.

Photograph of the ruins of the West Texas State Normal College building after its March 25, 1914, fire. The wall of one end of the building is intact, while the front wall has partially collapsed. People stand in front of the building and on the road leading to it. A horse and buggy are on the road. On the reverse is written "These walls have all fallen in now."

Photograph of temporary buildings, or "shacks," that were used as classrooms and administration offices after the West Texas State Normal College building was destroyed by fire in 1914. Two one-story unpainted frame buildings are visible, with a windmill in the foreground. Two or three men are standing between the two buildings, one of them identified as Dr. J. A. Hill.

Postcard featuring a halftone reproduction of a photograph of the main building of West Texas State Normal College, viewed from the front down a walkway lined with small trees. The front of the postcard also includes text in the margins showing the growth in registration from 1911 to 1913, describing the climate and altitude, and giving the date of the fourth summer session of 1914.

Photograph of student members of the Guenther Literary Society and faculty advisers at West Texas State Normal College. They are posed in rows, most seated, with those in the back row standing. Those appearing in the photograph are, front row, left to right: D.A. Shirley, F.P. Guenther, Sid Reid, Clarence Bell; second row, Bert Mathis, William Younger, Earl Traylor, Clifford Brown, Francis Locke, Carl Boston; third row, Henry Starr; Clanton Reynolds, Lloyd Blake, Raymond Hurn, Robert Heatley; fourth row, Arthur King, Levi Sparks, John Mathis, Ira Allen, Max Richberg, Jeff Wallace, Grady Childress; fifth row, Earl Sparks, Sam Bond, Pearl Boston, Ira Brown, Jason Bolton, William Boston.

Photograph of the main building of West Texas State Normal College burning in 1914. The building is shown from the front with a large column of smoke rising from the center of the structure. A crowd stands watching, with objects that were rescued from the building.

Photograph of the West Texas State Normal College building burning. A plume of smoke rises from the building, and the walls are still intact. Spectators are clustered around the building, as are horses and buggies, automobiles and bicycles.

Photograph of the West Texas State Normal College building burning. A large cloud of black smoke is rising from the structure. There a small group of spectators, with a line drawn on the image to one individual, identified as "me." To the right of the structure is a water tower.

Photograph of the fire that destroyed the main building at West Texas State Normal College in Canyon, Texas. The fire has spread throughout the building, and the roof and upper story of the front facade have collapsed. Heavy smoke rises from the building.

Photograph of the West Texas State Normal College building burning on March 25, 1914. Huge clouds of smoke are rising above the burning building while groups of people stand and watch.

Photograph of the West Texas State Normal College building burning on March 25, 1914. A large cloud of smoke is rising above the building while spectators watch from the grounds. Pieces of furniture and other objects, probably removed from the building, are scattered around the grounds.

Photograph of thirteen women posed in two rows before the wall of a building. One holds a basketball marked "WTSC 13-14" and others are holding a small pennant bearing the words "Canyon Texas." They are similarly attired, wearing bloomers and blouses and low-cut laced shoes.