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[Five Men in Bathing Suits]

Description: Photograph of five men in bathing suits sitting on top of a beam over a roaring river. They all look down. One sits off to the side on the left. The second from the right is labeled "Paul".
Date: 1915
Creator: Wiseman
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Six Men in Bathing Suits Carrying a Canoe]

Description: Photograph of six men in bathing suits carrying a canoe above their heads. Trees are visible in the background, although they are fenced off with barbed wire. Two of the men wear shoes on the beach; the rest are barefoot. The second from the left has something white in his mouth.
Date: 1915
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[Two Men on a Water Wheel]

Description: Photograph of two men in bathing suits on a water wheel. One of them sits on the wheel, and the other stands on his shoulders. The water is on the right of the picture, the ground and trees on the left.
Date: 1915
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Private Collection of T. B. Willis

[A boardwalk along a beach]

Description: Photograph of a boardwalk next to a beach. The boardwalk is paved with cement and there are lamp posts along the edge of pavement by the sand. People are walking in the distance on the boardwalk and there are some people sitting in the sand. There are buildings on the far right of the image and the ocean is visible on the left.
Date: [1915..1935]
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), III
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Amusement Apparatus

Description: Patent for an amusement apparatus of the character set forth with and inclined place made of a number of pivoted sections which may be simultaneously moved into horizontal position to form steps or seats and be held in such position by trip device provided with a target which latter upon being hit by a thrown ball will release the several sections of the inclined plane of steps and permit them through the weight of one or more persons thereon to aline one with the other and form a continuous in… more
Date: July 31, 1917
Creator: Andrews, J.W.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Patent
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Amusement Apparatus.

Description: Patent for improvements to the Amusement Apparatus that can be more easily constructed and supports swimmers by the use of horizontal and vertical bars on each side of the device with the horizontal bars rotate independently. Includes illustration.
Date: November 4, 1919
Creator: Williams, May Brown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Patent
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

[Irene Williams in a swimsuit]

Description: Photograph of Irene Biffle Williams standing on a beach in a swimsuit. Her hair is short with one side is pinned back and her swimsuit is mid-calf length with a stripe detail and a "B" in the center. She is standing just in front of the water and her feet are sinking into the sand.
Date: [1910..1940]
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), Jr.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[The Vichy Well and Natatorium]

Description: Found on page 66 of A. F. Weaver's book, "TIME WAS In Mineral Wells, Second Edition", the caption for this photograph reads: "First known as the Vichy Well and Natatorium, later the Beach, and then The Standard Well. It was torn down, and the USO was built during World War II (now [2007] the North Oak Community Center)." For the entertainment of visiting "health seekers", the Standard Pavilion offered a swimming pool, skating rink, dance floor with "name band" visiting musicians, amphithea… more
Date: 1910?
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Boyce Ditto Public Library

Boy swimming [at] Corpus Christi

Description: Photograph of a boy in wavy water (probably Corpus Christi Bay). Only his head is visible as he looks up at the camera. The photographer's shadow is visible on the water from where he is standing above the swimmer on what looks to be a dock.
Date: August 2, 1910
Creator: Mitchell, J. D.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Victoria College/University of Houston-Victoria Library

[Scrapbook Page: Military Camp Scenes]

Description: Photographs of events at a military camp. The top left photo shows a funeral procession with horse-drawn carriages and people walking on a dirt road. The top middle photo is of a baseball field lined with spectators for an Officers' ball game. The top right photo is of a uniform inspection for members of the National Guard. The bottom left photo is of two children sitting on a white horse with military barracks in the background. The bottom middle photo is of a group of men in a large swimming … more
Date: 1916/1917
Creator: Cook, Frank Lauderdale
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Museum of South Texas History

[Scrapbook Page: Mission, Texas]

Description: Photographs of Mission, Texas. The top left photo is of a man sitting on the railing of a porch, identified as "Kelly." The top middle photo is of trees and underbrush next to a dirt road. The top right photo is of a small town with a few buildings on a dirt road. The middle left photo is of a man riding a mule on a street in Mission, Texas. The bottom left photo is of a man standing with his arms crossed, identified as "Cupid" Woerner. The bottom middle photo is of men swimming in Lake Capote.… more
Date: 1916/1917
Creator: Cook, Frank Lauderdale
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Museum of South Texas History

[Eight Photos of Ranch Life and Properties]

Description: Page from a worn leather scrapbook containing eight photos of ranch life and family properties. The first photo shows the "Washington House," a two story stone building covered with snow. To its right, people observe a man on horseback in a photo labeled "Reynolds Ranch." On the third, there are three boys in bathing suits standing on a tree trunk that hovers over a creek. Next is a view of a snow covered hillside. The first photo on the third row shows a wooden building, a woodpile, and a catt… more
Date: 1910
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Matthews Family and Lambshead Ranch

[Sulphur Falls]

Description: Postcard of Suphur Falls in Glen Rose, Texas. The image is a photograph of four people in a pool surrounded by a fence. There is a building in the background on the left side of the image. The correspondence on the back is addressed to "Mrs. [C.]M. Backloupe" and speaks about future travel plans and the mosquitos in the area.
Date: August 16, 1917
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: Texas Medical Association
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