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Horses and Carts in a Public Square

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Description: Elevated view of horses and carts on a public square. Business signs read: "Kyle's Furniture" "Brady & Black Hardware Co." "SHBRR" "R.L. McKnight Grocer" "...
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Pulling Loaded Wagons

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Description: Horses in a long train, pulling loaded wagons down South Mill Street, half way to Compress. Men are watching from the left, and a dog is lying in the road....
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Cowhands Herding Cattle

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Description: Slightly elevated view of cowhands herding cattle. In the background on a hill with cacti and other plants is a farmhouse and outbuildings.
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Cowboys Unsaddling their Horses

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Description: Cowboys unsaddling their horses in a fenced area, with a group of unsaddled horses in the background.
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Cowboy Taming a Horse

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Description: A cowboy holding his hat in his hand is riding on a bucking horse in a fenced enclosure. The horse is kicking up dust.
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Trying to Ride a Bucking Bronco

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Description: Slightly elevated view of a ranch hand riding a bucking horse. To the left is a man or boy standing near the stone wall enclosure. In the background are hi...
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Tying a Pack on a Horse

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Description: Three ranch hands tie a pack to a horse. Each man has foot against the horse, tightening the rope in order to have a stable pack. In the background to the ...
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Saddling and Packing the Horses

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Description: Three ranch hands saddling and packing a horse in an enclosed fence area. One man has his foot pushing against the horse while tightening the rope. Three o...
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Transporting Logs from the Forest

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Description: A man in the background is standing on top of the logs that are being loaded onto a railcar. Four African American men at ground level are working to hoist...
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"First Monday" Scene

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Description: Elevated view of a downtown street with a large number of men on horseback, possibly celebrating a Monthly market day. Signage on surrounding buildings rea...
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Pythian Orphans' Home

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Description: A group of women wearing tasseled commencement hats stand in front of and sit in a horse-drawn wagon, on their way to church. The Pythian Orphans' Home is ...
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Regimental Street

Date: 1918
Description: A view down Regimental Street, a dirt road at Camp Logan, shows a man in a horse-drawn vehicle, with a fence on the right, and many identical buildings on ...
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Camp Travis

Date: 1918
Description: A view of horse-drawn light artillery at Camp Travis, named in 1917. The view includes parked automobiles and camp dwellings.
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Camp Travis

Date: 1918
Description: Soldiers transporting artillery across a plain on horseback at Camp Travis, named in 1917.
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Camp Logan

Date: 1918
Description: A view of soldiers on horseback, riding down 29th Street at Camp Logan, established in 1917. A fence lines the dirt road on the right, and military buildin...
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Camp Travis

Date: 1918
Description: A view of five men on horseback during a cavalry exercise. The horses are jumping over wooden fences on the plain at Camp Travis, named in 1917.
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Camp Travis

Date: 1918
Description: A view of four uniformed men on horseback, two of which hold flags. The soldiers are seen riding across a plain at Camp Travis, named in 1917.
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Catholic Church

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Description: View across road toward the brick church with a fence along the sidewalk. There are men and women standing in the front yard. A picket fence runs around th...
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Grogan Mineral Wells Hotel

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Description: People look out from the porch of Grogan Mineral Wells Hotel as others stand near horse-drawn carriages on the front lawn. A sign bearing the name "Grogan ...
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Crowd in Downtown Street

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Description: Dallas businessmen displaying their cattle in a downtown street surrounded by spectators, horse-drawn vehicles, and commercial buildings.

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