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[Photograph of Long Dirt Road Through Trees]

Photograph of a wide dirt road that curves slightly to the left through a thick, wooded area. The shadow of someone wearing a hat is visible at the bottom of the photo. In the distance, down the road, is a small cart traveling away from the camera.
Date: [1900..1929]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Young Girl and Child Driving Pony Cart]

Photograph of a young girl and a smaller child in light-colored clothes, sitting in a small, four-wheel buggy pulled by a small horse. The girl, who also has a bow in her hair, is holding long reigns attached to the horse's bridle, while a long whip sits in the front of the buggy. The buggy is on a dirt road that extends into the background, between several houses.
Date: [1900..1929]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of House with Lattice-work]

Photograph of a one-story, light-colored house with wood siding and an uncovered, raised front porch. A walkway leads up to the two steps, which in turn lead to two front doors and two lattice dividers between two columns and the walls of the house. The front lawn has four small, skinny, bare trees.
Date: [1900..1929]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Man and Two Women Sitting on Wheelbarrow]

Photograph of a man in a dark suit and bowler hat sitting behind two women on a small wheelbarrow in the middle of a corral. The two women are wearing light-colored, long-sleeve blouses with long, dark skirts. The wheel of the wheelbarrow is positioned between the two women. Beyond the corral's wooden fence is a line of tall, thin trees. The shadows of more people are visible on the ground to the group's right.
Date: [1900..1929]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Academy Program Building]

A B/W negative of the building (former Brownwood Center Avenue High School) that was purchased in 1921 to house the Academy program on the Howard Payne College campus.
Date: 192X
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Horse Procession]

Photograph of a procession of riders in uniform jackets and hats, riding on light-colored horses in lines of three or four riders. The group is riding down a dirt trail, away from the camera, through a vast area of grass with a few trees. Small groups of people are gathered in the shade of several trees on the right side of the trail.
Date: [1900..1929]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Church of Christ Building Exterior]

Photograph of a two-story brick building with windows along each floor, a small porch at the entrance, covered by a gabled overhang supported by four brick columns. Two automobiles are parked in front of the building, which has lettering on the overhang that reads, "Church of Christ." To the left of the brick building is a smaller house with a covered porch and a bare tree in the front yard.
Date: [1900..1929]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Man with Two Horses]

Photograph of a man standing between two horses, holding the reigns to their bridals. The man is looking at the camera and is wearing a button-down shirt and long pants with boots. He and the horses stand on packed dirt, in front of a short picket fence.
Date: [1900..1929]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Scrub-land and Town]

Photograph, taken from a large, rocky hill, showing a scrub-land with houses and buildings dotted among the sparse trees. A thin body of water, bordering the town area, is visible over the edge of hill, which has a barbed wire fence surrounding it.
Date: [1900..1929]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Small Farm House and Shed]

Photograph of a very small, one-story, wooden house sitting on cinder-blocks in the middle of a wide, open area of dirt and small weeds. To the left, a small wooden shack sits within a barbed wire and wooden fence. Other wooden shacks and small houses are visible in the background.
Date: [1900..1929]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Horses at Water]

Photograph of a group of four, light-colored horses on leads, standing in the shallow area of a small body of water. Two of the horses have their heads lowered to the water. Three men in cowboy hats and working clothes are with the horses, two standing behind the horses, holding the ropes, while the third man sits on the back of the furthest horse. The bank of the body of water is rocky and mostly bare of plants, while in the background, small trees and scrub-brush dot a few small mounds of dirt.
Date: [1900..1929]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[HPC Administration Building with Flags]

A B/W negative of the Administration Building of Howard Payne College. The American Flag and HPC flag fly over the building
Date: 192X
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Children Standing on Fallen Tree]

Photograph of a group of six young children perched on a fallen tree in an area of scrub brush and short trees. Five of the children stand at the left end, nearer to the broken trunk of the tree, while one little boy squats on a branch of the tree to the right.
Date: [1900..1929]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of People Swimming in Water Hole]

Photograph of two people, visible only from the neck up, swimming or standing in a body of water. One of the people has their foot raised above the water. A skinny cow stands on the water's edge behind them.
Date: [1900..1929]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Stately Building with Dome]

Photograph of a stately, two-story building with a basement and a raised dome at the front of the building. There are windows along each floor, including at the basement level. Dusty avenues in front of the building are lined by bare plant beds. A single palm stands in one of the beds, and two electrical poles stand to the front and left of the building.
Date: [1900..1929]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Students Army Training Corps Barracks]

A B/W negative of a barracks constructed for the Students Army Training Corps on the Howard Payne College campus in 1918. However, the Y.M.C.A. was housed here at that time.
Date: 191X
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Church with Tower]

Photograph of the outside of a stone and brick church with a small tower at the front right. The church has several lancet windows and a large, double-door entrance. Through the trees on either side of the church, a house with a covered porch can be seen on the left and a small brick building can be seen on the right. A large road comes to a T-intersection just in front of the church.
Date: [1900..1929]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Street from Porch Steps]

Photograph of a short concrete pathway leading down to a narrow sidewalk, which runs parallel to a street. The photograph has been taken from the top of a series of steps, and shows a grassy lawn on either side of the pathway. There are small trees on the right side of the pathway, and across the street, two people stand next to an electrical pole. There is a group of trees on the lawn across the street.
Date: [1900..1929]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Family Taking Picture of Snowman]

Photograph of a woman and a boy in winter clothes standing to the left of a large snow-person with a hat on. To the right, a man in overalls and a flat cap is leaning down to adjust a stand-up camera. The people are standing in the snow-covered lawn in front of a one-story wood house with a covered porch. In the background, to the left, an automobile is parked to the left of the house, and a shed sits along a barbed wire fence.
Date: [1900..1929]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Home of T. C. Yantis]

A B/W negative of the home at 701 Main, Brownwood, Texas. This was originally the home of T. C. Yantis (1854-1922), President of the Brownwood National Bank and member of the Board of Trustees for Howard Payne College from 1892 to 1922, serving as President of the Board for most of those 30 years.
Date: 191X
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Man Drawing Water]

Photograph of a young man in a light-colored shirt, long pants, boots, and a large fedora hat, squatting on the short bank of a body of water and reaching out with a metal bucket into the water. Behind him, further up the bank, are dense bushes, which also border the far side of the water in the background.
Date: [1900..1929]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Campsite Among Trees]

Photograph of a light-colored tent pitched in a field of tall weeds on the edge of a wooded area. To the right of the tent, wooden boxes, tables, and chairs are arranged in the shade of the tall trees.
Date: [1900..1929]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Boys on Playing Field]

Photograph of a group of adolescent boys in dark, baggy pants cinched below the knee and white shirts, standing and sitting on a large, grassy playing field next to a tall tree. Some of the boys are wearing ties and/or flat caps. The field is bordered by dark trees, and in the background on the right, an a-frame wooden structure sits at the edge of the field.
Date: [1900..1929]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Young Women and Men on Boats]

Photograph of two young women sitting in the middle of a boat on a pond, upon which two young men sit on either end. The young man on the left end holds a pole dipped into the water. The young people are looking towards the camera, through overhanging tree branches. The pond is surrounded by thick trees and bushes.
Date: [1900..1929]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History