Photograph of a crowd assembled for the laying of the cornerstone of the new West Texas State Normal College building. A group of Masons are performing a ceremony on a raised platform before the partially completed building while an assembled crowd watches from below and from various points on the building's framework.

Photograph of spectators gathered for the cornerstone ceremony for the new West Texas State Normal College administration building. Several men stand on a platform facing the crowd. Several people are holding umbrellas and men wearing Masonic regalia are visible in the crowd. Several automobiles and a horse and buggy are parked behind the audience, and a saddled horse is hitched to a rail fence running along a roadway leading to the site. Houses and other buildings are visible in the background. The date of the event appears on the image.

Photograph of a crowd assembled for the laying of the cornerstone of the new West Texas State Normal College administration building. A group of Masons are performing a ceremony on a raised platform before the partially completed building while an assembled crowd watches from below and from various points on the building's framework.

Photograph of the construction of the new main building at West Texas State Normal College. The steel frame of the three-story building is in place, and work on the exterior of the lower level is underway.

Photograph of an unidentified man wearing a dark suit and tie and a hat and three women wearing dark dresses and hats sitting on the steps of the ruins of the West Texas State Normal College administration building in Canyon City with a water tower visible in the background.

Photograph of temporary classroom buildings, a windmill, and a two-story building at West Texas State Normal College with a pile of rubble in the foreground and telephone poles in the background. Referred to as the "shacks," the temporary buildings were used as classrooms after the fire that destroyed the main building of the college in 1914.

Photograph of temporary buildings and a windmill at West Texas State Normal College. Referred to as the "shacks," the temporary buildings were used as classrooms after the fire that destroyed the main building of the college in 1914.

Photograph of members of the first 4-year summer graduating class at West Texas State Normal College. Students are standing in front of an old wooden building that has sunlight shining through the overhead slats of wood. Five of the eight students are identified on the reverse as: Earl S. Sparks, Omar Kirk, Dave Payne, Earl Stanley and Mary Dale.

Photograph of the construction of the new Administration Building at West Texas State Normal in Canyon, Texas. The steel frame of the three-story building is in place, and some of the stonework at the ground level has been completed.

Photograph of two members of the Board of Regents for West Texas State Normal College, and an unidentified man, standing before the site of the new administration building. The building, then under construction, consists of a steel framework, with a portion of the ground level exterior finished. Building materials and equipment can be seen in front of the building, and several individuals are visible in the background. Numbers have been added to the image in ink, corresponding to identifications on the verso. Identified are Sam Sparks, center, and A.C. Goeth, right.