Photograph of a small log cabin constructed on a wagon base and pulled by a team of horses near Shelby, Texas. Several individuals and a dog sit on the cabin’s front porch. The identity of three are known. Oscar Fisseler is standing next to the wagon on the right side of the photo (the first adult man on the left, wearing the light colored hat). Oscar's wife Emma Albert Fisseler is seated on the wagon (far right, wearing the light colored dress). And their daughter Caroline “Lena” Fisseler is standing on the wagon next to the man and dog. On the reverse of the photo is written, "Scene at Shelby May Fest 1889 or 1890."

Photograph of children posed for a class picture in front of the small school house. One of the girls in the front row holds a chalkboard. A handwritten note on the back of the photo indicates the locations for Walter and Alwin Schuhmann.

Photograph of a man and several women and children enjoying a picnic lunch held on a blanket beneath a large tree. They are identified as L-R: Willard Schuhmann, Walter Schuhmann, Elsie Voelkel Schuhmann, unknown person in bowtie, baby Earle Schuhmann, Idie Voelkel, and the rest unknown. Taken in 1910.

Photograph taken from Rowena Street in downtown Rowena, Texas. Horse-drawn wagons can be seen parked on both sides of the street, and many citizens are shown entering the various stores.

Photograph of three women seated beneath the umbrella of a horse-drawn buggy in the prairie. A fence is perhaps visible in the background.

Postcard of several men sitting on bicycles in front of the Fred Machotka general store. The sign on the building describes the store as a “Dealer in saddles, harness, bicycles, etc.” Other buildings in Rowena, Texas, including a church, can be seen in the background.

Photograph taken from a field beside a church of a street in Rowena, Texas, under a bed of snowfall on Christmas 1910.

Photograph of the 1912 Rowena Brass Band, comprised of 12 members, posed in two rows with their instruments in front of the bank in Rowena, Texas. Standing, back row left to right: William H. Ruppoert, Joe Pavlicek, Charlie Beach, Arthur Ruppert, Ed Cervenka, Henry H. Ernst; Seated, front row left to right: Mike Feist, John Schuhmann, Alfred Ruppert, Hubert Cervenka, Joseph Zak, Anton Pustka.

Postcard of a group of men and women posed in front of the Weeber House in Marlin, Texas. According to a handwritten note on the back of the postcard, Walter Schuhmann stands second in the back row.

Photograph of the congregation of the Zoar German Evangelical Church posed on the front steps of the unfinished building in Rowena, Texas.

Photograph of the congregation of the Zoar Evangelical Church posed on the front steps of the unfinished building in Rowena, Texas.

Photograph of children posed in front of a clapboard-sided structure in the Walhalla area of Fayette County, Texas. According to a handwritten note on the back of the photo frame, Walter Schuhmann stands eighth from the left in the back row.

Photograph of Walter Schuhmann, John Schuhmann, and Julius Kaiser performing filing duties in the first post office in Rowena, Texas.

Photograph of a Communion and Confirmation group, showing the young men and women posed in three rows. The photo was taken in Rowena, Runnels County, Texas at the Zoar Lutheran Evangelical Church. According to a note on the back of the photo, Earle Schuhmann sits rightmost in the first row. Earle’s cousin Delta Schlake is on the middle row in glasses, second from right.

Photograph of a group of men dressed in all-white posed on the east side of the First National Bank in Rowena, Texas. According to the note on the back of the photo, John G. Schuhmann sits seventh from the left in the first row. Back row, second from left, Theodore Schuhmann

Photograph of the postmaster, Gustav Schuhmann, writing in a ledger in the Schuhmann Hardware Co. Store in Rowena, Texas.

Photograph of the interior of the Hall Hardware Company store in Ballinger, Texas. Several men can be seen standing side by side behind an area of kitchen appliances.

Photograph of Walter Schuhmann, John Schuhmann, and Julius Kaiser examining a ledger inside the first post office in Rowena, Texas.

Photograph taken from Main Street in Rowena, Texas, showing citizens posed around the shop fronts on either side of the street.

Photograph of the Rowena Public School building in Rowena, Texas, showing the students posed below the first story windows and right of the front entrance doors.

Photograph of students posed in front of the Rowena Public School in Rowena, Texas. A handwritten note on the back of the photo provides the positions of Willard Schuhmann and Edgar Schlake.

Photograph of students from Rowena Public School in Rowena, Texas. The young men and women are posed in three in front of the school building. According to the note on the back of the photo, Willard Schuhmann and Edgar Schlake sit third and second from the right in the first row.

Photograph of young students posed in front of the Rowena Public School in Rowena, Texas. A handwritten note on the back provides the positions of Earle Schuhmann, Willard Schuhmann, and Edgar Schlake.

Photograph of the interior of the Schuhmann Hardware Co. Store in Rowena, Texas. Four men can be seen standing between the aisles created by display cases. To the right, a floor-to-ceiling shelf holds a variety of hardware supplies.