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[Max Ortega in herb garden]

This is a picture of Mr. Alberto Moya in his herb garden.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Marfa Public Library

The Pisa

Paper based on an interview with Manuel Colomo about his time in the service in Europe.

Date: 1969

Creator: Colomo, Oscar

Item Type: Text

Partner: Marfa Public Library

Bryant Williams in 1943

Photograph Bryant Williams in his uniform during the North African Campaign in 1943.

Date: 1943

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Marfa Public Library

The Young Lady Who Recommended Herself

Paper written for a history Class at Marfa High School by Rosalba Alvarado. It is the story of how Cosme Alvarado chose a woman for his office assistant based on what he saw rather than any letter of recommendation.

Date: December 13, 1976

Creator: Alvarodo, Rosalba

Item Type: Text

Partner: Marfa Public Library

C.J. Alvorado

Photograph of C .J. Alvorado in the 1970s. He wears a suit and tie and a Western hat.

Date: 1970~

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Marfa Public Library

[Another reunion for which Hub Castleberry cooked]

A group for which Hub Castleberry prepared a meal. At least seven people are standing, and an unspecified number of people are sitting at a large table, beneath a grove of trees.

Date: 1939~

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Marfa Public Library

[Photo of Mrs. Francisca Gonzales]

Portrait of Mrs. Francisca Gonzales, visible from the waist up, posing in front of a gray backdrop. She is wearing a patterned, button-up shirt and a decorative headband.

Date: 1977

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Marfa Public Library

[Highland Cows]

Large enclosed wooden pen of Highland cows on the Crosson ranch. The cows accompanied their calves to town. The calves were shipped to feed lots while the cows were returned to the Crosson ranch.

Date: 1940~

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Marfa Public Library

[Private Palama Roberts]

Photograph of Private Palama Roberts in full military uniform. Roberts is the niece of Mrs. Charles Crosson.

Date: 1944~

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Marfa Public Library

[Stone House]

Photograph of a small stone house. There is a propane tank in the background, as well as other small buildings.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Marfa Public Library

[A reunion for which Hub Castleberry cooked]

Photograph of a group for which Hub Castleberry prepared a meal. More than 40 unknown people of various ages and genders are featured in the photograph. All but eight men in the lower half of the photograph are standing. The picture was taken outside, beneath a large tree. Cookware and pots are on tables near the far right corner of the photograph.

Date: 1939~

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Marfa Public Library

[Typical meal near the Y Ranch]

Photograph of a camp meal outside, near the Y Ranch. Three men are standing, and the shadows of two other men are in the right corner of the photograph. One man is hunched between two of the cowboys.

Date: 1939~

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Marfa Public Library

[Max Ortega with malva plant]

This is a picture of Mr. Max Ortega showing a Malva plant.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Marfa Public Library

[Don Pedro Jaramillo shrine]

This is a picture of the Don Pedro Jaramillo shrine in the Los Olmos cemetery.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Marfa Public Library

[Remedio couple holding oregano and pague]

This is a picture of an unidentified older man and an unidentified older woman. Both are holding bundles of oregano and pague plants.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Marfa Public Library

[Older man with a beard]

This is a picture of an older man with a long white beard and a pointed hat. He is wearing a striped jacket.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Marfa Public Library

Aunt "Lissie" Pertle

Photograph of Aunt Melissa "Lissie" Bryant Pertle, daughter of Dock Bryant. Here she is 88 years old, seated next to her great granddaughter Judy Wallace in 1968. This photo was included in a research paper by Mike Shurley for an American History class at Marfa High School in 1968.

Date: 1968

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Marfa Public Library

Jeremiah "Dock" Bryant

Photograph of Jeremiah "Dock" Bryant at the age of 99, seated in a wheelchair wearing a hat. Note the dark indention over his left eye, where he was wounded in the Civil War. He was M.D. Bryant's grandfather. This photo was included in a research paper by Mike Shurley for an American History class at Marfa High School in 1968.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Marfa Public Library