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Harvesting Maize

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Description: Three men harvesting maize (corn) in the Texas panhandle. A tractor and other farm machinery is being utilized. Caption reads: "Harvesting Maize In The Pan...
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Cotton Field

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Description: View of a cotton field in the Pecos Valley region of Texas.
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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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Picking Cotton

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Description: A group of agricultural workers in a cotton field near Temple. Two men use a weighing device to weigh a bushel basket full of cotton. Two small children ar...
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San Antonio and Aransas Pass Railroad Depot

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Description: The San Antonio and Aransas Pass Railroad Depot was built in 1884, and is the only of two railroads that was formed in San Antonio itself.
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Cotton Yard

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Description: View of a cotton yard. Bundled cotton waits to be transported. A cotton weighing machine reads: "P.T. Talbot & Son." A house is in the background.
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Shipping Cotton

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Description: Workers load bales of cotton onto a ship. The bales are being hoisted up ramps and onto the ship.
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Freeport Sulphur Company

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Description: The loading dock of Freeport Sulphur Company, founded in 1912 in Freeport, Texas.
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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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Shipping Lettuce

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Description: A view of three men in a field, packing lettuce for shipment into wooden containers. Caption reads: "Shipping Lettuce, Mission, Texas."
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Harvesting Onions

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Description: A view of men and women in a field during the harvest of onions. Caption reads: "April Bermuda Onion Harvest, Mission, Texas."
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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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Strawberry Fields

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Description: A view of men, women and children harvesting in strawberry fields. Caption reads: "A Smith County Strawberry Farm, Near the City of Tyler, Texas."
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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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Sulphur Well and Natural Gas

Date: 1909
Description: A crowd observes a sulphur well and natural gas at Toyah Basin, the location of the discovery of Permian gypsum deposits in 1854.

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