[The Chuck Wagon]

Postcard of two men sitting astride horses in the center of the image with a chuck wagon standing to the left with several men standing and sitting around it, to the right of the two men there is a man sitting on the ground with another man standing next to a horse. The hand written caption on the image reads "The 'Chuck' Wagon". The inscription on the back reads: " Dear Nettie: How are you these days? Are you going to school this year? I will leave Saturday night for Georgetown to enter school. I wish you were going with me. I have been very busy getting ready. I wish I could pass thru in the day so I could see you but can't make connections [illegible]. Miss Nettie King Vernon Tex."
Date: September 1909
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Cotton Scene at Big Springs, Texas]

Photograph of numerous bales of cotton with loaded wagons in the background. Several men stand near or on the loaded wagons. Multiple buildings are visible in the far background. The caption on the image reads "Cotton Scene BIG SPRINGS, Texas B. REAGAN DRUGGIST."
Date: 1909
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Henderson Family at a Tank]

Photograph of the Henderson family at a tank on a ranch in Ector County. Water is flowing into the pool from a pipe supported on wooden beams and Warren Henderson is visible at the edge of the tank, standing in the center of the image. Two women are also near the water, in the far left of the image, identified as Bethenia Henderson Gassaway (right) and an aunt. A wire fence is visible in the backround.
Date: 1909~/1910~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Maxwell Mail Car with Passengers]

Photograph of a Maxwell mail car loaded with passengers and Gary Coggin as the driver. The car is an early model automobile with two women and three males in front of several buildings in the background. The caption on the image reads, "Gray Coggin Driver - U.S. Mail Route - Midland - Carlsbad N. M. - 1909."
Date: 1909
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Men Outside of Barn]

Photograph of a barn with three men standing in the entrance way. A loaded wagon, with a team of two white horses and two men, stands outside the building. The building appears to be still under construction -- simple wooden scaffolding is visible on the side of the building, a trough stands in front.
Date: 1909
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Residences on Scurry Street in Big Springs, Texas]

Photograph of residences on Scurry Street in Big Spring, Texas in 1909. The photograph shows three houses as well as a fence in the front yards. On the bottom of the photograph, "Residences on Scurry Street Big Springs, Texas" is printed.
Date: 1909
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History