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[The Crazy Hotel Pavilion]

Description: A handwritten note on the back of the picture identifies this as "Crazy Hotel Pavilion 1940 Cigar Stand and Shine Stand." Please notice Leon Cross, the "Shoe-shine boy", who operated the stand for years, in the white shirt to the left of the Shine Stand. This pavilion is off the hotel lobby, behind and west of the elevators of the second Crazy Hotel. A fire started March 15, 1925, in the drugstore next to the bath house of the first Crazy Hotel which adjoined the Crazy Flat… more
Date: 1940
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Boyce Ditto Public Library

[The Crazy Water Crystal Factory]

Description: Shown here is an interior view of the Crazy Crystals Plant. "Crazy Water" was evaporated, and the dissolved solids precipitated as crystals which were then packaged and shipped all over the United States, Canada, England and Australia. By dissolving the Crazy Water crystals in water, the purchaser was able to reconstitute "mineral water" and secure the benefits of one of the earliest "instant" beverages without the added cost of the supplying company's shipping water.
Date: 1940?
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Boyce Ditto Public Library

[The Crazy Crystal Bottling Plant]

Description: A picture of the interior of the Crazy Bottling Plant, ladies are shown bottling Crazy Fiz, a copyrighted beverage created by infusing cooled mineral water with carbon dioxide. The men shown here appear to be checking the process in preparation for the bottling of the Crazy Fiz, while the ladies bottle and crate the finished product for shipment. Note the plant's scrupulous cleanliness, and the fact that all employees are dressed in white.
Date: 1940?
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Boyce Ditto Public Library

[Mineral Wells High School]

Description: This view of Mineral Wells High School, taken from the east in 1940, shows the 1884 "Little Rock School House" (Mineral Wells' first public school) on the north side of the high school. The larger school was built at 101 NW 5th Avenue in 1915. The second high school in Mineral Wells, it still [2008] stands. Three other high schools have been built since the last class graduated from this one in 1955.
Date: 1940
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 32.809458 -98.118115
Partner: Boyce Ditto Public Library

Crazy Hotel

Description: The east side of the second Crazy Hotel in the 400 block of N. Oak Avenue is illustrated here. Across NE 3rd. street, to the left, is Renfro's Drugs (at 319 north Oak Street). The low building on the right is the Hotel's drinking pavilion, and has a sign on it proclaiming a public auction of homes, business sites and farm land to take place January 20-21-22. This is a rare view (from the North-East) of the north back side of the hotel. Cars, of the late 1930's, are double-parked and vis… more
Date: 1940?
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Boyce Ditto Public Library

[Governor's Mansion behind trees and under snow]

Description: Photograph of Texas Governor's Mansion grounds with snow, trees, greenhouse visible, south and front elevation. Seen from West 10th and Colorado Streets. The mansion was built by Abner Cook in 1855 and continuously occupied since 1856. The mansion was occupied by Governor W. Lee O'Daniel and his wife Merle in 1940 when this image was taken. The mansion was named a Texas historic landmark in 1962 and a National historic landmark in 1970.
Date: 1940
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Gaston Avenue]

Description: Photograph of Gaston Avenue looking east to McCallum Drive; Pemberton Heights subdivision. Houses are visible on both sides of the street and in the background; also in the far background is the UT tower.
Date: January 25, 1940
Creator: Bureau of Identification Photographic Laboratory
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 30.294807 -97.752197
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[The General Motors Building in Detroit, 4]

Description: Photograph of the main entrance to the General Motors Building in Detroit, Michigan. People can be seen entering and exiting the building. A lamp post is visible in the foreground of the image. This building is currently known as Cadillac Place and is a high-rise office building.
Date: [1940..1960]
Creator: Clark, Joe
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 42.368994 -83.075440
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[The General Motors Building in Detroit, 15]

Description: Photograph of the main entrance to the General Motors Building in Detroit, Michigan. A clock with sculptures is present above the entrance. The main entrance has three archways and a number of columns. This building is currently known as Cadillac Place and is a high-rise office building.
Date: [1940..1960]
Creator: Clark, Joe
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 42.368994 -83.075440
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[The General Motors Building in Detroit, 13]

Description: Photograph of the main entrance to the General Motors Building in Detroit, Michigan. A clock with sculptures is present above the entrance. The main entrance has three archways and a number of columns. This building is currently known as Cadillac Place and is a high-rise office building.
Date: [1940..1960]
Creator: Clark, Joe
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 42.368994 -83.075440
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[The General Motors Building in Detroit, 7]

Description: Photograph of the main entrance to the General Motors Building in Detroit, Michigan. A clock with sculptures is present above the entrance. The main entrance has three archways and a number of columns. This building is currently known as Cadillac Place and is a high-rise office building.
Date: [1940..1960]
Creator: Clark, Joe
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 42.368994 -83.075440
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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