Resource Type

[Abilene Fire Department with People Standing in Front]

Photograph of the Abilene Fire Department with the people of the fire department standing in front. The men are wearing variations of uniforms and the women are wearing long-sleeve, floor-length dresses.
Date: [1909..1910]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Abilene High School Baseball Team - 1909]

Copy slide of a photograph of the Abilene High School 1909 baseball team. They are dressed in suits and ties and are posing in front of the wall of a brick building. The men are in three rows; the first row are seated on the ground, the second are kneeling and the third are standing behind them.
Date: 1909
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Baseball game on Simmons College campus]

A photograph of a baseball game taken from behind a backstop made of poultry netting. The Simmons College (Abilene, Texas) campus is in view in the distant background. This photograph was originally part of a scrapbook assembled by Thomas Norwood Carswell, largely containing items related to his time at Simmons College.
Date: [1909, 1915]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Box Cars by Loading Chute]

Photograph of a box car located next to a wooden livestock loading chute. Stenciled lettering appears on the side of the car.
Date: 1909~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Box Cars by Loading Chute]

Photograph of a box car located next to a wooden livestock loading chute. Stenciled lettering appears on the side of the car.
Date: 1909~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Caboose of the Quanah, Acme, and Pacific Railway]

Photograph of a caboose labelled Quanah, Acme and Pacific Railway. A conductor wearing a dark hat and vest stands in the doorway to the right. A smoking locomotive can be seen in the background.
Date: 1909~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Cattle in Stockyard Pen]

Photograph of cattle in livestock pens by railroad tracks in west Texas.
Date: 1909~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Cattle in Stockyard Pen]

Photograph of cattle in livestock pens by railroad tracks in west Texas.
Date: 1909~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Dorm room]

A photograph of a dorm room in Cowden Hall at Simmons College (Abilene, Texas), showing an L. C. Smith & Brothers typewritter, a trophy/book shelf on a desk, and Texas A&M and Oklahoma pennants. This photograph was originally part of a scrapbook assembled by Thomas Norwood Carswell, largely containing items related to his time at Simmons College.
Date: [1909, 1915]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Downtown Merkel - 1909]

Photograph of Downtown Merkel in 1909 with a number of buildings visible and signage is in front of some. The photograph is labeled "Bird's Eye View Merkel, Texas" in the upper right corner.
Date: 1909
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Edward Street - Merkel, 1909]

Photograph of Edwards Street in Merkel, Texas and a line of businesses are visible on both sides of the street with horse-drawn wagons parked in front of some stores.
Date: 1909
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Exterior of the Simmons College Building]

Copy slide of a postcard of the exterior of the two-story Simmons College ( now Hardin Simmons University) building in Abilene, Texas.
Date: 1909
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Farmers and Merchants National Bank]

Photograph of John T. Willis, Sr. in a group Photograph of the Farmers and Merchants National Bank in Abilene, Texas. Willis stands on the right. Herman Pender stands next to Willis. Bob Adams sits in front of Pender, and Ben McAdams sits next to him. All four men are wearing suits.
Date: 1909
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Feeding Time - Texas Whoppers]

Copy slide of a photograph of a enlarged pig eating huge corn cobs. Four men are seen in the picture and two of them appear to be loading corn on the wagon.
Date: 1909
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Four people picnicking]

A photograph of four people picnicking, sitting on the ground beside a tripod, others in the distance. This photograph was originally part of a scrapbook assembled by Thomas Norwood Carswell, largely containing items related to his time at Hardin-Simmons University. This photo may represent an image taken on his senior class picnic in 1915.
Date: [1909, 1915]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Four women wearing swimwear]

A photograph of four women wearing swimwear. This photograph was originally part of a scrapbook assembled by Thomas Norwood Carswell, largely containing items related to his time at Hardin-Simmons University. This photo may represent an image taken on his senior class picnic in 1915.
Date: [1909, 1915]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Frisco Boxcars by Acme Cement Plaster Buildings]

Photograph of a complex of buildings and smokestacks at the Acme Cement Plaster plant in Acme, Texas. Boxcars can be seen behind buildings to the left.
Date: 1909~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Group of graduates on the steps of the Administration Building of Simmons College]

A photograph of a group of students in caps and gowns on the steps of the new Administration Building, Simmons College, Abilene, Texas. J. D. Sandefer is standing on the farthest right in the front row. This item was originally part of a scrapbook assembled by Thomas Norwood Carswell, largely containing items related to his time at Simmons College (Abilene, Texas).
Date: [1909, 1915]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Group of men posing on the Simmons College campus]

A photograph of seventeen men posing in a leaning line. The new Administration Building of Simmons College in the distant background on the right. This item was originally part of a scrapbook assembled by Thomas Norwood Carswell, largely containing items related to his time at Simmons College (Abilene, Texas).
Date: [1909, 1915]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Group of people in front of building on Simmons College campus]

A photograph of approximately twenty-seven people grouped in front of the old Administration Building at Simmons College (now Hardin-Simmons University) in Abilene, Texas, with hats on the windowsills. This photograph was originally part of a scrapbook assembled by Thomas Norwood Carswell, largely containing items related to his time at Simmons College.
Date: [1909, 1915]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Group of people in snow on Simmons College campus]

A photograph of a group of people in the snow with Simmons College in the distant background. This photograph was originally part of a scrapbook assembled by Thomas Norwood Carswell, largely containing items related to his time at Simmons College (Abilene, Texas). This photograph can also be viewed on page ninety-one of The Bronco, Yearbook of Simmons College, 1913.
Date: [1909, 1915]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Group of people swimming]

A photograph of approximately seven people swimming in a tree-lined body of water. This photograph was originally part of a scrapbook assembled by Thomas Norwood Carswell, largely containing items related to his time at Hardin-Simmons University. This photo may represent an image taken on his senior class picnic in 1915.
Date: [1909, 1915]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Group of seven people in a motor car on Simmons College campus]

A photograph of four men and one woman in a motor car with the windshield up. The Girls Industrial Home building on Simmons College campus is in the distant background on the right. This item was originally part of a scrapbook assembled by Thomas Norwood Carswell, largely containing items related to his time at Simmons College (Abilene, Texas).
Date: [1909, 1915]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Group of women holding tennis rackets on Simmons College campus]

A photograph of a group of women holding tennis rackets, standing and sitting on the new Band Stand on Simmons College campus. This photograph was originally part of a scrapbook assembled by Thomas Norwood Carswell, largely containing items related to his time at Simmons College (Abilene, Texas).
Date: [1909, 1915]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History