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Man and Woman in Yard; Portrait of Woman

Description: Copy negative of two pictures. The first is of Menvil Mae Buchanan and Scott Lavette Seastrunk standing in a yard with plants behind them, taken in 1924 in Putnam, Texas. The second picture is a portrait of Menvil Mae Buchanan Seastrunk in 1947, taken at the Baker Hotel in Dallas, Texas.
Date: {1924,1947}
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[The Burning of the Crazy Flats]

Description: The "Crazy Flats" drinking pavilion, with rooms for rent, replaced a two-story Crazy Water drinking pavilion in 1909. The first Crazy Hotel was built in 1912, and an annex was added to it in 1914. A fire in the Drug Store of the "Crazy Flats" (SE corner of the Crazy Flats building) on March 15, 1925, destroyed the entire Crazy block. The burned-out site of the Crazy Hotel was bought in 1926 by Carr Collins. A "New", completely rebuilt, Crazy Hotel was promoted as fireproof, since it was bui… more
Date: March 15, 1925
Partner: Boyce Ditto Public Library

W.T. Farley Clothing Stores Convention in Hotel Texas, Fort Worth, 1923

Description: Photograph of the Southwestern States Managers Convention in the Hotel Texas in Ft. Worth in 1923. There is a large table-cloth covered table topped with fine dinnerware. Seated around the table and standing behind the table are several men and women dressed in identical cowboy hats and bandannas. The men are wearing suits and ties and the women are wearing dresses. The wall has large curtain-covered windows and the hanging from the ceiling are several chandeliers. Printed in the center of… more
Date: 1923
Partner: University of Texas at Arlington Library

"Arkansaw" Postcard

Description: Silly photographic postcard depicting two men seated in a carriage pulled by a mule. They are outside of a small log cabin that has signs on it reading, "Arkansaw Traveler Hotel" and "A Vacant Room Up Stairs". There are signs on the carriage reading, "Arkansaw Traveler", "Home or Bust" and "I don't know where I am going but I am on my way". Correspondence on the back reads, "1/26/22 I will be driving that way in a few days No use to walk when you can ride. J.P. Shaw" It is addressed to Miss Per… more
Date: 1922~
Partner: Log Cabin Village

Abilene Hotel: Stair Diagram

Description: Stair diagram for the Abilene Hotel in Abilene, Texas. It includes a detailed stair diagram, detail of concrete stairs to basement, detail of grille over windows on mezzanine floor, detail of pressed steel stair, elevation of central grille motif, and detail of balcony at south entrance.
Date: 1926
Creator: David S. Castle Co.
Partner: Tittle-Luther/Parkhill, Smith and Cooper, Inc.

Abilene Hotel: Bending Lists

Description: Bending lists for the Abilene Hotel in Abilene, Texas. It includes roof bending list, penthouse roof and floor bending list, roof stirrup bending list, penthouse roof and floor stirrup bending list, stirrup bending list, typical floor bending list, and typical floor stirrup bending list.
Date: 1926
Creator: David S. Castle Co.
Partner: Tittle-Luther/Parkhill, Smith and Cooper, Inc.

Abilene Hotel: Miscellaneous Details

Description: Miscellaneous details for the Abilene Hotel in Abilene, Texas. It includes reflected plan of interior skylight panel, one half elevation of north wall mezzanine well, detail exterior skylight curb, detail gutter banquet hall roof, cross section mezzanine well looking west, detail rail at mezzanine well, detail arch at telephone booths, detail arch at ladies restroom, and detail interior skylight over mezzanine well.
Date: 1926
Creator: David S. Castle Co.
Partner: Tittle-Luther/Parkhill, Smith and Cooper, Inc.

Abilene Hotel: Bath and Shower Room Details

Description: Bath and shower room details for the Abilene Hotel in Abilene, Texas. It includes sections and plan of typical bathrooms, sections and plan of typical shower rooms, east and west elevations of public toilet, marble details of public toilet and washroom, and detail of marble stairs.
Date: 1926
Creator: David S. Castle Co.
Partner: Tittle-Luther/Parkhill, Smith and Cooper, Inc.
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