[Photograph of Hardin-Simmons University Trustees, 2003]

Photograph of the Hardin-Simmons University Board of Trustees on the front steps of a campus buildings. The people pictured have been identified on the back of the photo.
Date: Spring 2003
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[The Spicer Family Christmas Card]

Christmas photo card of the Spicer family gathered in front of the fireplace. Note on the back of the photograph reads, “We waited to send out cards until we could take this picture at our Christmas gathering on December 21. Pictured are (back row l-r) Johnny and Connie Earp, Cindy Spicer, Carlene and Charles Spicer, Holder Biemeret, Carrie Spicer, Mallary, Kim, and Chuck Spicer, (front rowl-r) Hollie and Hannah Biemeret, Hamilton Spicer, and Hope Biemeret.”
Date: December 21, 2003
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of James Leddy with Children]

Photographic slide of James Leddy, wearing a denim shirt and a cowboy hat, instructing children in the art of boot making at the 2003 Western Heritage Day. The children gather around Leddy in a semi-circle as he speaks to them.
Date: 2003
Creator: Diekel, Tom
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Festival Theater]

Photograph of three Hardin-Simmons University students performing a play on stage at the 2003 Western Heritage Day. The backdrop is of a painted cowboy shooting at a fair game.
Date: 2003
Creator: Diekel, Tom
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Paul Madden Singing]

Photographic slide of cowboy singer, Paul Madden, playing the guitar and singing into a microphone at the 2003 Western Heritage Day. He wears a brown cowboy hat and a denim jacket. Several large trees can be seen in the background.
Date: 2003
Creator: Diekel, Tom
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Story Telling]

Photographic slide of a student reading a picture book story to a group of children at the 2003 Western Heritage Day.
Date: 2003
Creator: Diekel, Tom
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Performers at Western Heritage Day]

Photographic slide of two men performing outside at the 2003 Western Heritage Day. One of the men wears overalls and a red bandanna with a cowboy hat, and the other man holds a tin bucket.
Date: 2003
Creator: Diekel, Tom
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Boot Making]

Photograph of James Leddy making boots at a booth at the 2003 Western Heritage Day at Hardin-Simmons University in Abilene, Texas. Children and adults surround the booth, watching Leddy use his tools. In the background, children play on a field of grass.
Date: 2003
Creator: Diekel, Tom
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Gary Fraser with Children]

Photographic slide of Gary Fraser talking to a group of children at the 2003 Western Heritage Day in Abilene, Texas. Two shovels can be seen stuck in the ground, and Gary has his hand propped on one of the handles.
Date: 2003
Creator: Diekel, Tom
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Cowboy Singers]

Photographic slide of Paul Madden, Herb Grover, and Taylor Rankin singing and playing instruments at the 2003 Western Heritage Day. The “Arizona Bill” cannon at Hardin-Simmons University can be seen in the background.
Date: 2003
Creator: Diekel, Tom
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Play at Western Heritage Day]

Photographic slide of a man and a woman performing outside at the 2003 Western Heritage Day. The woman holds a toy shotgun and points it off into the distance while the man holds his hands up.
Date: 2003
Creator: Diekel, Tom
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Child Roping]

Photographic slide of a child practicing her lassoing skills at the 2003 Western Heritage Day. The child attempts to rope an imitation steer head attached to a hay square. One of the student helpers is shown tying the rope into a lasso.
Date: 2003
Creator: Diekel, Tom
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Cowboy Singer]

Photographic slide of a cowboy singing and playing the guitar at the 2003 Western Heritage Day. The singer, visible from the side, wears a straw cowboy hat, aviator sunglasses, and a denim jacket.
Date: 2003
Creator: Diekel, Tom
System: The Portal to Texas History