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Free Tractor School Advertising Poster

Date: 1918
Description: Advertising poster for a free tractor school sponsored by the Texas Harvester Company, Dallas, Texas. Includes illustrations of a Mogul 10-20, Titan 10-20 ...
Postcard

Wilson's Drugstore

Date: 1911
Description: Interior view of soda fountain and confectionary, part of Wilson's Drugstore. Caption reads: "Wilson's Drugstore, Corpus Christi, Texas."
Photograph

"Hot Dr. Pepper" Supermarket Display

Date: 1966
Description: Costumed saleswoman at a supermarket display for Dr. Pepper soft drinks. The display includes samples of "Hot Dr. Pepper" and "winter warmer."
Photograph

Man inside Texas International Truck Dealership

Date: 1941
Description: Man with a cigar in his mouth standing in front of a showroom window holding a framed poster for "the new International trucks." Two cars and a truck are i...
Print

Wartime Calendar with Woman on Tractor

Date: 1944
Description: International Harvester calendar showing a woman sitting in the seat of a tractor with the image of soldiers eating in the clouds above. A caption reads: "...
Photograph

International Motor Trucks Advertisement on Truck

Date: 1918
Description: A sign for International Motor Trucks reading "A Size and Style for Every Business" rests on a truck at Deport Hardware Co. The store may have been located...
Photograph

Bus Interior

Date: 09 14 1936
Description: Interior view of an International bus looking towards the rear. Business advertisements line the spaces above the windows.
Photograph

Fehr Baking Company Truck

Date: 1950
Description: An International L-150 truck owned by the Fehr Baking Company parked in front of Joe's Meat Market. The side of the truck advertises "Fairmade; Fairmade is...
Photograph

Security State Bank and Trust Company

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Description: A view of Security State Bank and Trust Company from the parking lot. The large brick building is decorated with American flags and garlands. A few cars ...
Photograph

North Corner of the Square

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Description: Horse-drawn carts and other wagons in the north corner of a public square. An electric cable car is also visible. Business signs read: "F.C. Robison and Co...
Photograph

Busy Commercial Center

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Description: View down a busy commercial downtown street featuring automobiles, cable cars, pedestrians, a restaurant, and the Hippodrome Theater which opened in 1914.
Photograph

Flores Avenue

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Description: View of Flores Avenue, a commercial section of downtown. The city hall, built in 1884, stands on the left near Laredo National Bank, founded in 1892. On ...
Photograph

Business Section

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Description: View of the business section of town. The street is lined with businesses including the National Bank of Commerce, a hotel, and a clothing store. Text on t...
Photograph

Storefronts on Town Street

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Description: View down a town street featuring dry good and grocery stores including Baker Bryant Co. and D.O. McRimmon & Co. Horse-drawn carriages park along the stre...
Photograph

Street Scene

Date: 1918
Description: View of storefronts lining a town street. A brick building housing City Drug Store and Tom W. Crutcher & Co. General Insurance bears a date of 1918.
Photograph

Storefronts on Main Street

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Description: Automobiles line unpaved Main Street which features the City National Bank, L.B. Wright Hardware Company, and Carrol Bros. Auto Supply Company.
Photograph

Storefronts

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Description: VIew down a city block featuring storefronts and Planters State Bank on the corner. The colonnaded building housed the bank from 1917 to 1924.
Photograph

New Braunfels Passenger Station

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Description: Exterior view of the New Braunfels Passenger Station for the International and Great Northern Railroad.
Photograph

Child Worker Bearing Grapefruit

Date: 1969
Description: A child worker wearing a short sleeve plaid shirt, dark pants and no shoes is carrying grapefruit from a Texas grove on his shoulder. He is looking into th...
Photograph

Tomato Harvester in South Texas

Date: 1970
Description: A woman holding a bucket and wearing a covering over her head, a checkered long sleeve shirt, pants, and gloves. She is standing behind crates of Roma toma...

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