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[Postcard of Cattle Ranchers]

Description: Postcard of a group of men sitting and standing around a campfire near a vehicle, and two men sitting on horses, with a herd of cows in the background. On the back of the postcard is written: "Loaned - Eliz. Jennell Spence."
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: Marfa Public Library

[Photograph of Carl Brown with Horses]

Description: Photograph of Carl Brown at the Remount Depot in Front Royal, Virginia, holding the reins of two horses. Carl Brown, standing between the horses, wears a heavy workman's jacket and cowboy hat. In the background to the right are horse stables, to the left is a small visible section of a building and bare trees. A handwritten note on the back reads, "Carl Brown, Remount Depot, Front Royal, VA."
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Photograph of W. N. Orand House]

Description: Photograph of the William N. Orand house located at 408 N. 15th Street in Waco, Texas. A horse-drawn carriage with someone inside stands outside the home. The back of the image reads: "Zilla in Phaeton. Horse named Kitty."
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Photograph of Rutherford Children and a Horse]

Description: Photograph of four Rutherford children and a pony - the two smallest children (Jack and Anna Mae) are on the pony's saddle while the bigger children (Irene and Virginia) are on the ground. Behind the children is a structure of interlacing wood, and the ground is covered with weeds and vines. A hand written note on the back reads, "On horse: Little Jack Rutherford, Anna Mae Rutherford. Irene Rutherford (left), Virginia Rutherford."
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Photograph of Dewey Eugene McWhirter on Pony]

Description: Photograph of Dewey Eugene McWhirter, wearing a light-colored shirt, shorts, and hat, seated on a pony in front of the porch of a white house. A hand written note on the back reads, "Dewey Eugene McWhirter, age 2 years, 5 months old, 516 South 11 St., Waco, Texas. Died 1984, McLennan County."
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Photograph of a Horse in a Field]

Description: Photograph of a large field with mountains on the horizon and nothing to be seen except a windmill in the distance and a horse in the foreground. Frank Duncan's title for the photo, printed at the bottom, is: "Out Across the Plains"
Date: 1918
Creator: Duncan, Frank
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Marfa Public Library

[Photograph of a Group of Cowboys]

Description: Photograph of a group of men outdoors dressed as cowboys, wearing cowboy hats, and holding and drinking from cups in their hands. A handwritten note on the back of the photograph indicates that the photo was taken during a roundup of wild horses, and a numbered list of the names of the men is included that corresponds to numbers handwritten on the photo.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Marfa Public Library

Dutch

Description: Research paper written for a history class at Marfa High School about Maynard W. "Dutch" Acton, who played a cowboy in the movie "Giant," starring Jimmy Dean, Elizabeth Taylor, and Rock Hudson. Dutch Acton spent most of his life working and living on ranches in West Texas.
Date: December 3, 1968
Creator: Harpham, Marsha
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: Marfa Public Library

[Gravel Loading]

Description: Photographs taken during the construction of Garza Dam in Dallas County, Texas. Both images (numbered 145 and 146) are of men loading gravel into trucks using horses. Handwritten text on the images identify them both as "Garza Dam Loading Gravel into Ford Trucks through Traps," taken on 04-15-25
Date: 1925
Creator: Dallas Water Utilities
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Dallas Municipal Archives

[Slide and Hydraulic Fill]

Description: Photographs taken during the construction of Garza Dam in Dallas County, Texas. The first image (numbered 300) is of a horse and some men working on a dirt slope with pieces of pipe on it. The second image (numbered 301) is of a dirt trench with pipe pieces on its sides. Handwritten text on the images identify them as: (top) "Garza Dam North from Sta. 25 Slide on Downstream Slope" taken on 12-13-26, and (bottom) "Garza Dam North from Sta. 32 Hyd-fill Center, Clay Blanket Right" taken on 02-07-2… more
Date: [1926..1927]
Creator: Dallas Water Utilities
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Dallas Municipal Archives

[Unloading Dragline and Garza Dam North]

Description: Photographs taken during the construction of Garza Dam in Dallas County, Texas. The first image (numbered 24) is of various machinery being unloaded from railroad cars; a horse-drawn wagon is near the railroad tracks. The second image (numbered 20) is of horses hitched to a mechanism in a field. Handwritten text on the images identify them as: (top) "Garza Dam Unloading Bucyrus Class 24 Dragline" and (bottom) "Garza Dam North from South Bank" both taken 10-17-24.
Date: 1924
Creator: Dallas Water Utilities
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Dallas Municipal Archives
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