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[A Souvenir Photograph of a Donkey Ride up East Mountain]

Description: Entertainment for the many visitors to Mineral Wells around the turn of the twentieth century was provided, in part, by donkey rides up a trail to the top of East Mountain. The donkey trail crossed a 1,000-step staircase, built in 1905, to the top of the mountain about half-way up. Photographers, first J.C. McClure and then J.L. Young, took souvenir photographs of the visitors at this crossing. This photograph of the Belcher family was a taken by J. D. McClure. Mr. John M. Belcher … more
Date: 1900?
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Boyce Ditto Public Library

[Photograph of Man Plowing Field with Mule]

Description: Photograph of a man in loose-fitting clothes with a cone-shaped, wide-brimmed hat walking behind a wooden plow pulled by a mule. The ground to his front (the foreground) has already been plowed, while the ground to his right (the background) is still covered by underbrush.
Date: [1900..1929]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Howard Payne University Library

[Photograph of Mule in Paddock]

Description: Photograph of a dark-colored mule with its head down, standing inside a paddock with a barb wire and wooden fence, near the wooden gate. The fence is attached to a small tree, and another paddock sits on the other side of the fence. In the background, a small wooden shed sits on the border of an area of underbrush.
Date: [1900..1929]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Howard Payne University Library

[Priddy, Texas, Cotton Gin]

Description: Photograph of a cotton gin farm with several wagons full of cotton being pulled by horses or mules visible alongside workers in the foreground. Two barn-like structures are side by side in the mid ground to the left, and a large field is visible in the distant background.
Date: 1900
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Jennie Trent Dew Library

John B. Floyd Home

Description: Photograph of the L. N. Grissom family posing in front of the John B. Floyd home. Behind the family, there is a man posing beside four mules. The wooden house is two stories tall, and was also known as the Floyd Inn; it was built in 1856 in Breckinridge, the predecessor to Richardson, Texas.
Date: 1900
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: None
Partner: Richardson Public Library

Photo of Carl Jensen's Home

Description: Copy negative print of the Jensen family residence in Danevang, Texas. Taken some distance away from the house, the photograph captures the Jensen family behind a cluster of chickens. Two children are riding mules. Presumably, Carl Jensen is the man on the right wearing a dark-colored suit. The house itself has sloping, steep roofs with light-colored shingles. There are two patios on the first floor. They each have an overhang and slender columns acting as support. A brick chimney can be seen a… more
Date: 1900/1970
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Danish Heritage Preservation Society

[Mules attached to equipment]

Description: Photograph of two mules attached to a rectangular wooden structure. The rectangular structure is being held up by three wooden frame structures. The mules are attached to a pulley which is turning the wheel attached to the metal structure on top of the wooden structure. A chute appears to be attached to the left side of the wooden structure. Mountains are visible in the background.
Date: [1900..1930]
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), Jr.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Four young children on the back of a donkey]

Description: The photograph shows four young children on the back of a donkey. There is a young man standing behind the donkey and two people standing near a building on the left. Text below photo reads: "Boys are boys the world over and in all colors and languages. These youngsters are having a fine time with the donkey, who does not enjoy the situation half so much, and whose "business end" longs for employment."
Date: [1900..1920]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: George Ranch Historical Park
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