Photograph of an unidentified boy wearing a cowboy hat and suede gloves and pants standing in an open field.

Photograph of Landon and Bob and three children sitting in a yard with shrubs and a wooden fence in the background. One of the men is wearing a shirt and tie and is sitting on the grass on the left with a baby on his knee, the other man is sitting in a rocking chair with a child sitting on the edge of the seat, and a third child wearing a light-colored dress and a bow in her hair is sitting in the grass on the right.

Photograph of an unidentified man wearing a dark suit sitting in the grass in a yard with three children and a dog; behind them a wooden fence, tree, and an automobile are visible in the background.

Photograph of an unidentified young woman and two girls wearing light-colored dresses posing standing in a yard with their arms on each other's shoulders; the girls on the left and right are wearing hats and the one in the middle has a bow in her hair and there is a picket fence in the background.

Photograph of an unidentified young woman and a girl wearing light-colored dresses and bows in their hair standing in a yard with trees and a wooden fence in the background.

Photograph of Lola, a young girl wearing a light-colored dress and a bow in her hair, fishing in a water tank in a corral while an unidentified woman watches her. Part of a wagon is visible in the foreground and behind them there is a wooden fence, a barn, and trees in the background.

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 in and around a wooden grandstand for the cornerstone ceremony for the new West Texas State Normal College administration building. The grandstand is decorated with bunting, flags, and college pennants. Railroad tracks, constructed to allow delivery of building materials, run to one side of the grandstand, and a stationary train sits on the tracks in the background. A house and outbuildings are also visible in the background.

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 taken from across a plain of a herd of Charles Goodnight's buffalo grazing with a mesa and several hills in the background.

Photograph of five unidentified people (three women and two men) standing atop a concrete tunnel through an embankment on the road to Goodnight, Texas.

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 Mr. Shroeter's cattle eating from both sides of a feeding trough with a silo and barn visible in the background.

Photograph of a group of Mr. Shroeter's cattle eating hay out of both sides of a feeding trough with an empty trough next to them in the foreground and a silo and barn visible in the background.

Photograph taken from across a plain of a herd of Charles Goodnight's buffalo grazing with mesas and clouds in the background.

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 Harold Gist, Roy Smith, and an unidentified older woman in an automobile with plains in the background; both men are wearing dark suits, ties, and hats, and the woman is wearing a dark dress and a hat. One of the men is sitting in the front seat holding the steering wheel and the other man and the woman are in the back seat.

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.