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[Escontrias School]

Description: Photograph of the front and right side of the Escontrias School in Socorro Texas. The building has an archway for the entrance, a flagpole and dirt ground out front, windows on the side of the building.
Date: 1924~/1934~
Creator: Aultman, Otis A., 1874-1943
Partner: El Paso Public Library

[Grade School Tornillo Texas]

Description: Photograph of a grade school in Tornillo, Texas. There is a flag pole out front with the flag blowing in the wind. The building has a few windows to the left of the archway entrance. The brick around the entrance ascends upwards above the roof.
Date: 1924~
Creator: Aultman, Otis A., 1874-1943
Partner: El Paso Public Library

[Letter from Edouard Potjes to Mr. and Mrs. L. F. Turney, November 11, 1924]

Description: Letter from Edouard Potjes to Mr. and Mrs. L. F. Turney discussing his wife's ill health, how much they dislike Seattle, Washington compared to Dallas, Texas, and music. The envelope accompanying the letter is addressed to Mr. and Mrs. L. F. Turney in Dallas, Texas, and postmarked November 12, 1924.
Date: November 11, 1924
Creator: Potjes, Edouard
Partner: Murphy Historical Society Inc.

[Nagley Apartments Front View]

Description: Photograph of the Nagley Apartments on North Ochoa. There two sides of the complex are symmetrical, and the complex is positioned on a slant. There is a dirt street in front of the building, and the entrances to the building have stairs that get progressively longer as the street slants downward.
Date: 1924~
Creator: Aultman, Otis A., 1874-1943
Partner: El Paso Public Library

[Photograph of Thomas Arnold School Ruins]

Description: Photograph of the crumbling wall of a stone building, with piles of rocks surrounding the base of the wall. The stone wall has four windows with no glass, one of which (on the far left) has crumbled away, leaving a gaping hole. Scrub brush surrounds the wall on the right side, and a field is visible in the distant background beyond the right side of the wall. Handwritten notes and a white rectangular sticker on the back of the photo name Elizabeth Street Mosley, and indicate the photo was taken… more
Date: [1924..]
Partner: Salado Public Library

[Postcard of Salado College Ruins]

Description: Photograph of the light-colored stone ruins of a building, situated in a green grassy field and surrounded by trees. One stone wall with four window openings is still standing, while the other walls have deteriorated to short piles and walls. The standing wall has a tall stone column on the left side. On the back of the photograph are postcard markings and a white, rectangular sticker indicating the photograph for the postcard was taken after a fire in 1924. A short paragraph of text on the bac… more
Date: [1924..]
Partner: Salado Public Library

[Three Children With A Goat-Cart]

Description: Photograph of three children in a cart pulled by a goat in front of a brick house. One is standing next to the cart, while the other two are sitting in the cart. Signs on the cart read "Austin" and "1924". A red paper heart has been cut out and affixed to the upper right corner of the photo.
Date: 1924
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library
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