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President Lyndon Johnson and the Press

Date: 1966
Description: President Lyndon Johnson stands at a podium to field a reporter's question at a press conference, probably at the Texas White House.
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Oil Fields

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Description: An oil field in Wichita Falls, an area which was home to thirty refineries in the area, with thirteen of them in the city limits.
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View North from Courthouse

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Description: Elevated view looking north from the courthouse onto the center of town with two large stone buildings in the foreground and residential neighborhoods stre...
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Cotton Compress

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Description: Two men hold carts of cotton bales in front of the warehouse of a cotton compress.
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Cotton Gin

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Description: A warehouse and cotton gin. Caption reads: "Cotton Gin, Mission, Texas."
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Group of Women Workers

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Description: A group of women work at a loom outdoors. Caption reads: "Drawn Workers, Brownsville, Texas."
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Yellow Pine Paper Mill

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Description: Exterior of the Yellow Pine Paper Mill, known for its experimentation with the caustic soda process. The mill eventually switched to the sulphate method.
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Adobe Brickyard

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Description: A man works in an adobe brickyard with adobe structures in the background.
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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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"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

Date: 04 22 1911
Description: Front view of Pythian Orphans' Home and a large crowd in front of the main building. The shield over the entrance reads, "F C B," standing for the motto of...
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Pythian Orphans' Home

Date: 1911
Description: A posed group portrait of the Pythian Orphans' Home faculty. The group poses in front of a brick wall with a window, and a staircase on the left. Caption r...
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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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Pythian Orphans' Home

Date: 1911
Description: A posed portrait of women tennis players posed behind the net, holding their rackets. Pythian Orphans' Home can be seen in the background. Caption reads: "...
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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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Texas Agricultural and Mechanical College

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Description: Elevated view of a Student Military Organization parade through the campus of Texas Agricultural and Mechanical College, opened on October 4, 1876. The ban...
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Tractor Pulling P&O Plow

Date: 1920
Description: Tractor pulling a P&O plow in a field.
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Camp Travis

Date: 1918
Description: A recruit receives inoculations from two men on the left at Camp Travis, named in 1917 after William B. Travis.
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Camp Travis

Date: 1918
Description: Men pose with two fire engines parked outside the open doors of the fire station at Camp Travis, named in 1917 after William B. Travis. The station sign re...
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Man with Rumley Tractor and P&O Plow

Date: 1919
Description: Man in a farm field with a Rumley tractor and a P&O plow.

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