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[Photograph of German Prisoners of War cutting sorghum tops]

Description: Photograph of German Prisoners of War cutting sorghum tops and placing the tops in sacks worn across their shoulders. The prisoners are harvesting milo on George Ranch land. The prisoners are wearing pants with "PW" and helmet type hats with "PW" also. Stubble from cut grain stalks in foreground. Uncut grain in background. Written on back in pencil: "German Prisoners". Stamped in back in blue: "Photograph by David J. Morris Houston Post, Houston, Texas".
Date: [1941..1944]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: George Ranch Historical Park

[A windmill with a cable extending to a water tower]

Description: Photograph of a windmill (with a sign attached to it on the left: "THE AERMOTOR CHICAGO") with a cable extending to a tall water tower on the right. A small white building sits directly under the windmill. An image of a bull facing left is standing on top of the water tower. A live bull is on the ground in front of the water tower directly below the cardboard cutout image. A five slat wooden fence runs across the photo behind the windmill and water tower. Shrubs line the opposite side of t… more
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: George Ranch Historical Park

[A field with four houses and two barns in the distance]

Description: Photograph of a field with four houses and two barns in the distance. On the left we see the west side of the house with a small door and steps leading into the side of the house. A small tree is on the south side of the house. In the distance is a two story house with a smaller one story to the right. Next, are two barns with a holding pen in from of them. ON the far right is a two story home with a windmill and water tower beside it. On back, handwritten: "Pettus' Place Josephine Rich'… more
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: George Ranch Historical Park

[Tobacco plantation]

Description: The photograph shows a group of people near thatch roofed huts and banana trees in the background. Text below the photo reads: "A tobacco plantation, near Havana, with negro "hands" in Sunday attire, assembled in front of their huts. This special plantation is protected by a permanent guard of 100 Spanish soldiers."20.4 cm
Date: [1900..1920]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: George Ranch Historical Park

[Man standing on rice sacks in a rice field at the George Ranch]

Description: Photograph taken on the George Ranch of a man standing on rice sacks in a rice field. The man is wearing light colored pants (rolled up to his knees), long sleeved shirt, and hat. He appears to be in his stockings. There is a man standing on the other side of the sacks with his back to the camera. He is probably sewing the rice filled sacks shut. The machinery partially seen on the left side of the photo is a threshing machine. Smoke can be seen coming from the smoke stack of the Case combine… more
Date: October 1938
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: George Ranch Historical Park

[Two men lifting a steel drum in a field at the George Ranch]

Description: Photograph taken at the George Ranch of two men working in the rice field. The men are lifting a steel drum. Man in foreground (with back to camera) is wearing dark colored pants, long sleeved shirt, and straw cowboy hat. The man on the far end of the drum is wearing a long sleeved shirt and he is smoking a cigarette. Equipment on right side of photo. Rice field in background. Top "tee" portion of a utility pole on far left edge of photo. The photograph is part of the Edward Kopycinski collecti… more
Date: October 1938
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: George Ranch Historical Park

[Farm worker on the George Ranch]

Description: Photograph of a farm worker on the George Ranch. The man is wearing rubber boots, jacket, gloves, and winter cap. He is pointing to the left with his right hand. There is a truck in the background; fence line along the right side of photo. This photograph is from the Edward Kopychinski collection. The photograph is bordered by a black pattern that has "Fox Co." printed in the top right and bottom left corners. Stamped on back in black: "Fox-Tone Print Fox Co. [outline of fox] San Antonio, Texas… more
Date: [1940..1945]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: George Ranch Historical Park

[Two farm workers on the George Ranch]

Description: Photograph taken on the George Ranch of two farm workers. Man in foreground who is smoking a cigarette is wearing dark pants, jacket, light colored hat, He is leaning against a storage tank. Man in background is bent over a sack of rice. Other sacks around a wooden barrel. There is a dark colored container next to the man's left leg (far right of photo). A jeep is parked in right background and another storage tank on a wooden platform is in center background. There is a small tree between the … more
Date: [1938..1945]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: George Ranch Historical Park
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