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1930 Wedding

Description: Photograph of a wedding in 1930. The bride and groom are, Cecilia Quintana and Rafael Bejarano. The Best Man is Daniel Quintana and the Maid of Honor is Sixta Quintana. The Flower Girl is Alice Jiminez.
Date: 1930
Partner: Marfa Public Library

Border Patrolmen from Marfa, Texas

Description: Photograph of the Border Patrolmen in Marfa, Texas. (L-R, top row): Charles P. Holmes, Ware Hord, William Schrader, Jesse Lee Blackwell, Charles Hayes, George Dennis and Shelley Barnes. (L-R, front row): John F. Harn, Miles Canal, Emmett Hunter, Jesse Hill, Alvin Ogden, Stanley Roberts and Earl Fallis. They are all in uniform and wear riding boots. These men patroled the border with Mexico on horseback with their bedrolls on the back. They often slept along the river.
Date: 1930~
Partner: Marfa Public Library

Two Border Patrolmen in 1930

Description: Photograph of two men from the Border Patrol in 1930. They are wearing their uniforms and standing in front of their vehicle used to apprehend criminals. The man on the left is Miles Scanall and the one on the right is Ogden. Ogden was fatally wounded when trying to handcuff some aliens on his own.
Date: 1930
Partner: Marfa Public Library

Lucas Brite and Cattle, c. 1930

Description: Photograph of Lucas Brite looking over bull calves at the Brite Ranch headquarters in the 1930s. He wears a suit and tie with a hat. This photo was included in a report by Andrew Wells for an American History class at Marfa High School on January 13, 1975.
Date: 1930~
Partner: Marfa Public Library

Bootleggers

Description: Photograph of bootleggers, most likely during prohibition. The Mexicans regularly smuggled sotol, a drink similar to tequila, across the border near the Big Bend area of West Texas. These men have a barrel and some bottles of alcohol on the ground next to them.
Date: 1930~
Partner: Marfa Public Library

[Portrait of Stephen Douglas O'Conor]

Description: Photograph of Stephen Douglas O'Conor sitting for a portrait. He's pictured from the waist up and is wearing a dark colored suit and tie with a white shirt. The back of the photo reads, "Stephen Douglas O'Conor; Born 1887; Died 1975; Age 88; Fire Chief 1918."
Date: 1930~
Partner: Fire Museum of Texas

Five Story Store And Office Building, Coleman, Texas: Miscellaneous Sections

Description: Miscellaneous sections for a store and office building commissioned by B. C. Howell and Associates in Coleman, Texas. Sections are titled detail elevator lobby entrance, full size balustrade hand rail, half size detail of hand rail - main stairs, stair detail - fire tower, detail typical display window head, 3" detail of concrete stair to basement, elevation public toilet stalls, detail of sidewalk light, full size marble details - public toilets, detail borrowed light between toilets, and deta… more
Date: 1930
Creator: David S. Castle Co.
Partner: Tittle-Luther/Parkhill, Smith and Cooper, Inc.
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