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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. |
Date: | 1909 |
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Description: | A crowd observes a sulphur well and natural gas at Toyah Basin, the location of the discovery of Permian gypsum deposits in 1854. |
Date: | 1966 |
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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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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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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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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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Description: | Two men hold carts of cotton bales in front of the warehouse of a cotton compress. |
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Description: | A warehouse and cotton gin. Caption reads: "Cotton Gin, Mission, Texas." |
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Description: | A group of women work at a loom outdoors. Caption reads: "Drawn Workers, Brownsville, Texas." |
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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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Description: | A man works in an adobe brickyard with adobe structures in the background. |
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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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Description: | A man working behind the counter of a very elaborate and ornate newsstand in a Union Railroad Passenger Station. Caption reads: "New Stand, Union Passenger... |
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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... |
Date: | 04 22 1911 |
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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... |
Date: | 1911 |
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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... |
Date: | 1911 |
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Description: | A view of dishes on the dining room tables in Pythian Orphans' Home. Caption reads: "Dining Room." |
Date: | 1911 |
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Description: | A view of the interior of the main hall of Pythian Orphans' Home. Caption reads: "Main Hall." |
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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 ... |
Date: | 1911 |
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Description: | A view from the back of a classroom of desks, a globe, and a map of Texas at Pythian Orphans' Home. Caption reads: "Class Room." |
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