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[Campmeeting Cook Clemente Calderon]

Photograph of Clemente Calderon "of Valentine," a campmeeting cook. He is wearing a wide-brimmed hat and apron and is using a tool with a long handle while looking down. Another man in a wide-brimmed hat is standing in the background and looking toward the camera.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Chapel at Old Fort Davis]

Photograph of the Chapel at old Fort Davis. The building itself is dilapidated with partially-boarded up windows and several holes in the roof. The surrounding landscape is hilly with sparse vegetation.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Cowboy and Child on Horses]

Photograph of a cowboy and a child, both on horses and wearing hats, looking at something to the left of the camera. The horses face the right side of the frame. The cowboy holds his horse's reins with his left hand and is resting his right on his thigh. The child is largely hidden behind the cowboy. A pointed hill looms in the distance.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Cowboys at Mealtime]

Photograph of a group of cowboys sitting on the ground in a semicircle and eating. Their horses and a chuckwagon are visible behind them. All of the men are looking toward the camera.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Cowboys at U Up and U Down Ranch]

Photograph of a group of several cowboys on horses on the U up and U down Ranch on land belonging to the McIvors. The cowboys are arranged in a semicircle facing the camera. They wear heavy equipment and hats. A large hill rises up behind them.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Crude House of Rammed Earth]

Photograph of a crude house made of rammed earth in the middle of the field. Various items are strewn about the outside of the home. The back of the picture notes that it was taken "probably at Balmorhea."
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Dam in Davis Mountain Resort]

Photograph of several people standing around a dam built from stone brick located in a mountain resort. One individual balances on the dam itself. The dam is placed in a valley between two slopes covered in sparse vegetation.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Distant View of Fort]

Photograph of Fort Davis taken from a high vantage point. The back of the photograph reads. "D. Noble probably took this view---Mrs. Janes had a lot of his negatives, and she gave them to me. I found it in an envelope with long letter re Masonic Lodge bldgs. Mailed to me in 1960 from Mrs. Lois Thompson Brown. Sco. 9-1-71. Apparently this pic really goes back in the years. " A line that has been crossed out reads "the long white building was probably the Caruthers' home."
Date: unknown
Creator: Noble. D.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Dr. W. J. Jones-Irving House]

Photograph of a two-story house with a wraparound porch. There is a large rock formation visible behind the house. A note on the front of the photograph identifies it as the "Dr. W. J. Jones-Irving House."
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Ernest H. Carlton with Apples on a Rope]

Photograph of Ernest H. Carlton holding a bushel of apples. He stands with his hand resting on his hip, wearing a vest that matches his dress pants and a light-colored collared shirt. He is also wearing a bowtie and a hat which casts a shadow that obscures most of his face.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Father Brocardus Eiken Standing]

Photograph of Father Brocardus Eiken standing and holding a saucer. He is wearing a dark suit with a clerical collar and round-rimmed glasses. On the right side of the frame, the gloved hands and heavy skirts of a sitting woman are visible.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

["First Tree" at Bloys Camp Meeting]

Photograph of the tree under which the first services for the Bloys Camp Meeting were held. Dozens are gathered at picnic tables under the mature tree. On the left side of the photograph, more people are gathered under an awning.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Fishing at Balmorhea]

Photograph of several men fishing alongside a river. The river is lined by rocky banks with sparse vegetation.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Four Women Sitting by a Bridge]

Photograph of four women sitting on the ground at the edge of a bridge. They are sitting underneath several barren trees and wearing heavy winter dresses. The back of the photograph identifies 3 of the women. The subjects are, from left to right, Mrs. Nannie Keesey, Katherine Keesey Blank (Aunt Kate), an unidentified woman, and Miss Carmichael (niece).
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Gospel Tent at Bloys Camp Meeting]

Photograph of a gospel tent at Bloys Camp Meeting. A large, light-colored tent is pitched in the middle of a field. A large hill occupies the background.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Granger Family Posing on a Porch]

Photograph of the Granger family sitting and posing on a porch. The six individuals are all in formal dress, sitting and looking to the right of the camera. There is a house made of adobe brick behind them on the left side of the frame. On the left side, there is a smaller adobe brick building behind a picket fence.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Grierson Dam from Above]

Photograph of Grierson Dam taken from a high vantage point. Sparse vegetation spots the rocky landscape. Two trees are reflected on the water's surface.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Grierson Dam up Keesey Canyon]

Photograph of Grierson Dam up Keesey canyon. Sparse vegetation dots the sloping landscape. A note on the back of the photograph reads "Isn't this Grierson Dam up Keesey Canyon? I feel sure it is. Yes."
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Grierson Spring Valley Ranch]

Photograph of several buildings connected by fencing with a large yard in the middle. Several large hills loom in the background. Back of the photograph reads: "Picture of the Grierson Spring Valley "Ranch" near the northeast corner of Fort Davis. It was 'the Old Grierson Homestead.' Not to be confused with the big house a mile or so N. E. of the fort, which Harry and Bea Grierson occupied at least in the 1930s."
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Group on a Fishing Trip with Scott Locke]

Photograph of Scott Locke (center left) holding a fish as four others point at and lean towards it. All of the subjects except for the man on the far right are wearing wide-brimmed hats. The woman on the far left is identified simply as Sarah while the remaining three subjects are unidentified. The back of the photograph notes that it was taken on a fishing trip in Balmorhea.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Group Poses in Mouth of Cave]

Photograph of a group of people posing at the mouth of a cave. The group comprised entirely of women and children, except for two men on the far right side. The women are all dressed in light-colored floor-length dresses. The back of the photograph identifies the location as "Indian Cave"
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Guard House at Ft. Davis]

Photograph of a small guard house at Ft. Davis located in front of Sleeping Lion Mountain. The large rock formation towers over the guard house.
Date: unknown
Creator: N. Brown & Son
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Harry Grierson Builds Dam]

Photograph of Harry Grierson sitting on a cart next to a large rock that is hoisted in the air, working on the construction of a dam.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Home of C. H. Bird]

Photograph of a single-story house is made of brick and surrounded by low vegetation; a handwritten note at the bottom labels it "Home of C. H. Bird." A windmill is visible above the roofline and rolling hills are visible in the background.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History