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[Photograph of Marfa, Texas]

Photograph of Marfa, Texas, as seen from the middle of a main street, with shops and a hotel lining the street and cars parked in front of them, and a courthouse at the end of the street.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Marfa Public Library

[Photograph of James Edward Wilson's House]

Photograph of the home of James Edward Wilson and his family, a square, stone house with trees around it.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Marfa Public Library

[Photograph of Marfa, Texas]

Photograph of Marfa, Texas in the evening, a group of houses and buildings with several windmills and a dark sky overhead. The photo was taken by Frank Duncan.

Date: unknown

Creator: Duncan, Frank

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Marfa Public Library

[Photograph of Francis Wilson's Home]

Photograph of Francis Wilson's home in Presidio County, Texas, which he built for himself and his family. In front of the house are two motorcycles with a man leaning against one of them.

Date: 1907

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Marfa Public Library

[Photograph of the Dowe Home]

Photograph of a two-story house, belonging to O. C. and Millie Dowe, with a wooden fence and gate in front of it, and snow falling and covering the roof and the ground.

Date: 1928

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Marfa Public Library

[Photograph of O. C. and Millie Dowe's First Home]

Photograph of O. C. and Millie Dowd's first home on the George Sutherlin Ranch, as seen from across a field. A car and a horse can be seen in front of the house.

Date: 1915

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Marfa Public Library

[Photograph of Stone House]

Photograph of a house constructed from stones, with a wheelbarrow in front of it and a man kneeling on a cliff behind it.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Marfa Public Library

[Postcard of Old Fort Davis]

Postcard of Old Ft. Davis, a row of deserted brick buildings that are beginning to fall apart.

Date: unknown

Creator: Koch, Peter

Item Type: Postcard

Partner: Marfa Public Library

[Photograph of a Town in the Winter]

Photograph of a town as seen from across a snowy field with wheel tracks in the snow, partially obscured by some trees and power lines.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Marfa Public Library

Photograph of intact ruins in the Presidio desert; the structure is a long rectangle with a square opening. The image accompanied a written speech, with the caption: "El Apostol Santiago built, with Indian labor, a mission on the north side of the Rio Grande in 1684" (p. 3).

Date: 1969

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Marfa Public Library

[Early picture of Presidio County courthouse]

Photograph of the Presidio County courthouse in the middle of an open desert landscape. There is a small wooden building on the left of the courthouse and a stone building to the far right of the courthouse. The image accompanied a written speech, with the caption: "The courthouse and jail in Marfa were built in 1886 from local brick and stone. Eight-three years later, this is the same courthouse, a West Texas landmark" (pp. 6-7).

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

Location: 30.312598 -104.021787

Partner: Marfa Public Library

[Presidio County courthouse]

Photograph of the Presidio County courthouse, visible behind a line of trees. The image accompanied a written speech, with the caption: "The courthouse and jail in Marfa were built in 1886 from local brick and stone" (p. 7).

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

Location: 30.312932 -104.022250

Partner: Marfa Public Library

[Marfa Public High School]

Photograph of a large, three-story brick educational building near Marfa, Texas. The building has architectural embellishments around the windows and along the roofline, as well as Classic revival-style architecture in the front, with two-story columns around the front entrance. There is also a square tower visible at the back of the building. The image accompanied a written speech, with the caption: "With the more important mission of staying alive relieved somewhat, the citizens of Marfa, … more

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Marfa Public Library

[Ruins near Marfa]

Photograph of stone ruins surrounded by desert brush near Marfa, Texas. The image accompanied a written speech, with the caption: "Because of the presence of the U.S. Army, and help provided by the Texas Rangers and Border Patrol, many raids were prevented. Still, ranchers and their families were slaughtered and their stock stolen" (pp. 8-9).

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Marfa Public Library

[Fort D. A. Russell]

Photograph of a series of one-story white buildings making up part of Camp Marfa, viewed from across a large, open, grassy field. The image accompanied a written speech, with the caption: "Camp Marfa, later Ft. D. A. Russell, housed cavalry troops during this time [from 1915 to 1920]" (p. 8).

Date: 1969

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Marfa Public Library