New 600 acre tract with underground irrigation near Mission, Texas sold by Southwestern Land Co., Dallas Texas

Newly planted citrus trees in field with underground irrigation system.
Date: March 8, 1929
Creator: Gardner, J. W.
System: The Portal to Texas History

Southwestern Land Co. excursion party at Sharyland

Excursion party posing in front of palm trees.
Date: 1929
Creator: Gardner, J. W.
System: The Portal to Texas History

Southwestern Land Co. excursion party at Sharyland

Excursion party posing in front of a house
Date: 1929
Creator: Gardner, J. W.
System: The Portal to Texas History

Southwestern Land Co. at Sharyland, Tex. excursion party in Lower Rio Grande Valley

Excursion party posing next to the Charles Volz home.
Date: March 25, 1929
Creator: Gardner, J. W.
System: The Portal to Texas History

Southwestern Land Co. excursion at Sharyland - the home of the grape fruit

Excursion party posing in front of Shary Lake and across Shary Road (dirt road)
Date: October 22, 1929
Creator: Gardner, J. W.
System: The Portal to Texas History

Southwestern Land Co. at the original William Jennings Bryan farm; 1,000,000 people in the Lower Rio Grande Valley in 5 years - excursion party

Excursion party posing in front of house
Date: April 8, 1929
Creator: Gardner, J. W.
System: The Portal to Texas History

Southwestern Land Co. excursion at Sharyland - the home of the grape fruit

Excursion party standing in front of the Shary Lake by the Shary house. Cars along the left side of the photo on Shary Boulevard.
Date: October 22, 1929
Creator: Gardner
System: The Portal to Texas History

Southwestern Land Co. of Sharyland Texas excursion party... one million people in the Lower Rio Grande Valley by 1934

Excursion party posing in front of palm trees, roof top in center background
Date: June 21, 1929
Creator: Gardner, J. W.
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Bill Kinch, Bill McCloud and Wm. Blackshear]

(back of photo) Fair Haven, Mass. - Summer 1929 - The Pach were parishioners at my church of St. Matthews, Brooklyn, N.Y. - Bill Kinch and Altar Boy Bill McCloud. Photo is from the William Blackshear collection, which was donated to the Palestine Public Library.
Date: 1929
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Unidentified People]

(back of photo) while visiting the Leonards of 36 Oxford St. - Fairhaven, Mass. Summer 1929-30. Photo is from the William Blackshear collection, which was donated to the Palestine Public Library.
Date: 1929
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

Henrietta Elementary School Class

Classroom in the Henrietta Elementary School in1929. Horace Powersis in the front row, third from the left.
Date: 1929
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Killeen High School Baseball Squad, 1929]

The Killeen High School baseball team of 1929. Top row, left to right, Jack Haire, Troy Cox, Doyle Riley, M.B. Parmer, Bert Bass, Thurman Jean, Otha Lee "Slim" Brown, J.R. Burton. Front row, left to right: Dick Bass, Woodrow Young, Clyde "Hap" Jean, Coach Walter Moss, George Rodgers, John Jones, Rueben Besaley, Robert Wright.
Date: 1929
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

240 Acre citrus orchard on Sharyland tract

Citrus orchard showing healthy and prosperous trees
Date: December 16, 1929
Creator: Gardner, J. W.
System: The Portal to Texas History

40 acres block Lot 426 on Taylor Boulevard pavement connecting to Mission and McAllen and all other parts of the Valley

Panoramic photograph of a field ready for farming in Mission, Texas. There are surveyors standing on the left, farm house and cars shown on the right.
Date: August 5, 1929
Creator: Gardner, J. W.
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Unidentified Boy]

Photo of a boy scout taken in Fairhaven Mass circa 1929-30. Photo is from the William Blackshear collection, which was donated to the Palestine Public Library.
Date: 1929~/1930~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History