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[Fort Davis Photo Album] (open access)

[Fort Davis Photo Album]

Album of various images taken during the 1890s in the Fort Davis, Texas area, with handwritten identifications and notes. Most of the images are of the landscape in the area, as well as people and some buildings. A handwritten letter at the front identifies this as a Christmas gift for "Papa Carpenter" from Billie, Lee, and David. The album cover is red with a decorative gold pattern around the edges and the word "SNAPS" printed in the center.
Date: 1962~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Adobe Building with a Collapsed Roof]

Photograph of a single-story adobe structure with a roof that has completely collapsed in the middle. The walls below the collapsed roof are mostly gone. There appear to be no windows on the remaining walls. The ground around the building is flat and sparsely vegetated.The back of the photograph notes that "this is what winds and time did to the last structure built on the post, in 1885. Picture taken by the author in 1961."
Date: 1961
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Tony Medley Standing Outside]

Photograph of Tony Medley holding a garden tool with a long handle in his left hand while standing in a patch of gravel outside of an adobe building with striped awnings. A portion of a patch of foliage is visible in front of him on the right side of the frame. He is wearing a long-sleeved collared shirt and high-waisted slacks with a cowboy hat. He is turned toward the right side of the frame.
Date: June 1966
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History