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Vowell Material Company Truck

Date: 1950
Description: An International truck owned by the Vowell Material Company parked in a road. There are buildings and rocky terrain in the background. The original caption...
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City Lake

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Description: Elevated view of people sitting in a boat and and also standing on the shore of City Lake, with a view of the vast landscape in the distance. Caption reads...
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Dirt Road and Industrial Buildings

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Description: View down a flat, countryside dirt road, and a sulfur factory plant in the distance.
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City Park

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Description: Elevated view down hill toward old mill with a small bridge in the foreground, and another arched bridge over a steep-sided stream in City Park. Paths and ...
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Three Men on the Lake Dock

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Description: A view of three men, one sitting and two standing, on a lake dock. In the background on the far shoreline are cattle grazing. Foothills are in the backgrou...
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Cattle Grazing on the N. T. Jones Ranch

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Description: Cattle are grazing in the middle ground, with large boulders in the foreground. In the background is a rocky foothill.
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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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Chuckwagon and Cook on the Range

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Description: View of a camp with a cook standing at the back end of a chuckwagon with a large bowl in front of him. To the left is a pile of logs, along with some pots....
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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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Freeport Sulphur Company

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Description: Four men stand around a sulphur bin with a massive cliff behind it at Freeport Sulphur Company, founded in 1912.
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Mariscal Mine

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Description: Workers stand near an automobile and pack of mules in Mariscal Mine. The mine produced 1,400 flasks of mercury, 1/4 of the US production, between 1900 and ...
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Fort Davis

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Description: View looking down toward a group of officers sitting and standing together among large rocks.
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Camp Travis

Date: 1918
Description: A view of soldiers maneuvering under barbed wire 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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Men in Rowboats on Katy Lake

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Description: People swim in front of a large observation deck on Katy Lake. Flags fly from the deck's roof and a sign reading "Kelly Tires" hangs from its exterior. A b...
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M-41 and M-54 Cargo Vehicles

Date: 1952
Description: Color photograph of M-41 and M-54 cargo vehicles servicing and transporting 155-mm howitzers with 10-gun crews. The trucks belonged to the 73rd Armored Art...
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M-51 Dump Truck at Fort Hood

Date: 1952
Description: Color photograph of an engineer construction battalion with an M-51 dump truck. The battalion used the truck to transport topsoil along a dirt road at Fort...
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M-62 Wrecker Moving Truck

Date: 1952
Description: Color photograph of members of the 73rd Armored Field Artillery using an M-62 wrecker to remove a damaged truck from a field at Fort Hood. The specificatio...
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Mountains, Valley, and Rivers

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Description: Elevated view of mountains, a valley, and winding rivers.
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Japanese Tea House and Sunken Gardens

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Description: Elevated view of a Japanese Tea House and sunken gardens, located in an abandoned limestone quarry.

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