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Betty Orbeck Collection
104
Abell-Hanger Foundation Collection
92
John V. Webel Collection
65
Tom Meador Collection
41
Fred T. Hogan Collection
9
Willard Classen Collection
7
Lee Jones Jr. Collection
6
University of Texas Archives Collection
5
Louise Williams Howle Collection
4
Tom Russell Collection
3
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[Two Native American People]
Photograph of two Native people. The man, Quanah Parker, stands with his right hand on his hip and his left hand holding a headdress. A woman, one of his wives, squats at his side and a teepee is visible in the background.
Date:
1892
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[View of Midland]
Photograph of Midland showing churches and Cochran Grain Company. There is a street lined with numerous buildings and two churches are seen in the center.
Date:
1892
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Christmas Day in Midland, Texas]
Photograph of a busy street lined with storefronts. The road is crowded with numerous wagons and horses and people. The caption on the image reads. "Xmas Day in Midland."
Date:
1895
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[JAL Cowboys]
Photograph of three men astride horses with four men on the ground, branding a calf laying on the ground. Livestock is visible in the background. The caption under the image reads "JAL cowboys branding in the open near Pecos in 1895. Note the scanty fuel of mesquite sticks in the foreground. All JAL pictures courtesy of its old wagon boss, Spence Jowell."
Date:
1895
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[People in front of a Building]
Photograph of people in front of a building. In the foreground, many are mounted on horses in a row. Additional people are seen on the building's porch and balcony and a windmill is visible in the background, behind the building.
Date:
December 25, 1895
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of a Group]
Photograph of a group of men (sitting on the ground) and women (standing behind men). In the background are small trees in a grid-like pattern and to the left in the background , a white building is visible through the trees.
Date:
1903~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Two Texas Rangers on Horseback]
Photograph of two Texas Rangers, both wearing cowboy hats, sitting astride horses in front of a plain wall. The man on the left is Homer R. Henderson.
Date:
[1903..1906]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of Two Cowboys]
Photograph of two cowboys, both wearing cowboy-style hats, vests over long-sleeved shirts and pants tucked into calf-high boots, posed for a studio portrait. The man on the left stands next to the other who sits in a wicker chair. They are posed in front of a plain background with drapery on the left. The standing man has his left hand on the top of a bottle of liquor while the sitting man has his right hand underneath the bottle. The sitting man has his left arm draped across the back of the chair and his left leg crossed over his right knee.
Date:
1905
Creator:
W. H. Rohlfing Studio
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[The South Ward School]
Photograph of the South Ward School, the school is a two-story brick building and the main entrance has a pair of columns on either side of the door.
Date:
1905
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[A Frontier Home]
Postcard of a frontier home with two men and a woman in front of it with a stove on the left and a long horn cow with it's head in a large wooden feed tub. The writing on the left of the picture reads: "Copyright 1907 by Geo. B. Cornish, Arkansas City, Kans." The writing on the right reads "A Frontier Home."
Date:
1907~
Creator:
Cornish, Geo. B. (George Bancroft)
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Geronimo and U.S. guards on horseback]
Postcard of Geronimo, Apache Chief, and five U.S. Guards all on horseback in a grassy field. The writing in the middle of photo reads: "Geronimo, Alpache Chief, and U.S. Guard." The writing on the left says: "Copy write. 1907. By G. B Cornish. Arkansas City, Kansas."
Date:
1907~
Creator:
Cornish, G. B.
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Prairie Dogs]
Postcard of an image containing five prairie dogs on barren plain. Caption under image reads " Copyright 1907, by Ragsdale. PRAIRIE DOGS. San Angelo, Texas."
Date:
1907~
Creator:
Ragsdale
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Citizens National Bank]
Photograph of the Citizens National Bank in Odessa, Texas. The building is made of stone and is a two-story building. A horse and cart stand in the road in front of the building, five men, all in hats, stand at the building's corner, immediately behind the horse and cart.
Date:
1908~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Family Outside of Tent]
Print of a family standing outside of a tent. There are two women, one man, one boy, and two dogs. One dog on the left sits on a wooden chair while the other one on the right stands in front of one of the sons. In the background, a table with bowls and pots is visible. A stovepipe is visible behind one woman who stands in the center.
Date:
1908~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of Citizens National Bank]
Photograph of the Citizens National Bank in Odessa, Texas. The building is made of stone and is two-stories. A horse and cart stand in the road in front of the building and five men, all in hats, stand at the building's corner, immediately behind the horse and cart.
Date:
1908~
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Photograph of School Children]
Photograph of school children in a line in front of a chalkboard. Maps hang above the board and the school teacher stands on the far left. The child third from the right is identified as Paul Frame, son of James Milton Frame.
Date:
[1908..1912]
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
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
[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
[Tanks Burning Franghot Lease]
Postcard of a tank fire creating a large cloud of dark smoke which takes up almost half the image, and a wooden derrick stands to the left while a larger storage tank stands on the right and another wooden derrick is visible in the background and a crowd of people stand in the right foreground. The caption on the image reads: "Kiefer, O.K. Copyright 1910 by [illegible] H. Wehr May, 6 '10 Tanks Burning Franghot Lease."The inscription on the back reads: "C.H. Wehr, Photographer and Photo Supplies. Kiefer, Ok. Kruxo papers for sale."
Date:
1910~
Creator:
Wehr, C. H.
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Wooden Derrick]
Postcard of a well blowing oil and gas over wooden derrick at Henrietta, Texas. The caption on the image reads "1243A One of the Largest Gassers in the Henrietta Oil and GanField, Henrietta, Tex., American World says, Henrietta is Destined to be the Pittsburg of the Great Southwest."
Date:
1910
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Postcard
System:
The Portal to Texas History