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[Fort Davis Photo Album]

Description: Album of various images taken during the 1890s in the Fort Davis, Texas area, with handwritten identifications and notes. Most of the images are of the landscape in the area, as well as people and some buildings. A handwritten letter at the front identifies this as a Christmas gift for "Papa Carpenter" from Billie, Lee, and David. The album cover is red with a decorative gold pattern around the edges and the word "SNAPS" printed in the center.
Date: 1962~
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[Four Women Sitting by a Bridge]

Description: Photograph of four women sitting on the ground at the edge of a bridge. They are sitting underneath several barren trees and wearing heavy winter dresses. The back of the photograph identifies 3 of the women. The subjects are, from left to right, Mrs. Nannie Keesey, Katherine Keesey Blank (Aunt Kate), an unidentified woman, and Miss Carmichael (niece).
Date: unknown
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[GeeGee Home]

Description: Photograph of a single-story brick house with a large front porch. The house sports a set of bay windows on its right side. Several chairs rest on the porch. The ground in front of the home is bare dirt. The back of the photograph reads "Jeff Davis County Club. Jeff Davis Auxiliary April 1902. Meat market. Musgrave lived here. Had a pool hall torn down and rebuilt by Jim McElroy as a duplex. Made into one house by Leonard Rinehart."
Date: April 1902
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[Granger Family Posing on a Porch]

Description: Photograph of the Granger family sitting and posing on a porch. The six individuals are all in formal dress, sitting and looking to the right of the camera. There is a house made of adobe brick behind them on the left side of the frame. On the left side, there is a smaller adobe brick building behind a picket fence.
Date: unknown
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[Grierson Spring Valley Ranch]

Description: Photograph of several buildings connected by fencing with a large yard in the middle. Several large hills loom in the background. Back of the photograph reads: "Picture of the Grierson Spring Valley "Ranch" near the northeast corner of Fort Davis. It was 'the Old Grierson Homestead.' Not to be confused with the big house a mile or so N. E. of the fort, which Harry and Bea Grierson occupied at least in the 1930s."
Date: unknown
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[Group of 11 Poses with Barry Scobee]

Description: Photograph of a group of 11 people posing outside of Fort Barracks with Barry Scobee. The subjects are, left to right: Grace Schoafema, Bert Williams, Lucy Miller, Lela Weatherby, Mary Sproul, Katherine Scobee, Jim Stevens, Barry Scobee, Mrs. Hanelby, Annie Lou Clark, and W. Hoffman.
Date: April 22, 1972
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[Group on a Fishing Trip with Scott Locke]

Description: Photograph of Scott Locke (center left) holding a fish as four others point at and lean towards it. All of the subjects except for the man on the far right are wearing wide-brimmed hats. The woman on the far left is identified simply as Sarah while the remaining three subjects are unidentified. The back of the photograph notes that it was taken on a fishing trip in Balmorhea.
Date: unknown
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[Group Poses in Mouth of Cave]

Description: Photograph of a group of people posing at the mouth of a cave. The group comprised entirely of women and children, except for two men on the far right side. The women are all dressed in light-colored floor-length dresses. The back of the photograph identifies the location as "Indian Cave"
Date: unknown
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[Home of C. H. Bird]

Description: Photograph of a single-story house is made of brick and surrounded by low vegetation; a handwritten note at the bottom labels it "Home of C. H. Bird." A windmill is visible above the roofline and rolling hills are visible in the background.
Date: unknown
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[Home of E. H. Carlton]

Description: Photograph of a large, two-story house with a wrap-around porch that is surrounded by a light-colored picket fence. On the right side of the photograph, another building is visible in the background. On the left side, there is a large rock formation in the background. The back of the photograph notes the name "Roy Bloys."
Date: 1902?
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[House with Children]

Description: Photograph of two children outside of a crude house with a thatched roof. The older child stands facing the camera and holding the younger who is facing away. Various items are strewn about on the ground surrounding the house.
Date: unknown
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[Jim Nunn-Smith House]

Description: Photograph of a single-story brick house in a rocky, sparsely vegetated landscape. The house is surrounded by fencing. In the background, a rocky hill rises above the roofline. The back of the photograph reads "Jim Nunn-Smith House. Built by an Englishman named Culley. Burned when Clive Acton lived there, T. E. Smith rebuilt and owned. Now occupied by Ronnie Rinehart. Historical So. 1971."
Date: unknown
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[Keesey Fishing Camp]

Description: Photograph of several individuals gathered at a campsite for the Keesey Fishing Camp. A tent is pitched in the background. All of the subjects are standing except for one woman in a light-colored dress that is sitting on a log on the left side of the frame.
Date: 1907
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[The Limpia Post Office]

Description: Photograph of the Limpia Post Office, a small wooden shack. Two horses and a cart stand in front of the building. The back of the card reads "Thirteen or fourteen miles down Limpia from Fort Davis. Windmill and tank are there now, no evidence of post office. Warren Bloys ran it for McCutcheon."
Date: unknown
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