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[A Photograph of the Suspension Bridge Over the Brazos River (3)]

This is a photograph of a suspension bridge being built over the Brazos river near the town of Brazos, in Palo Pinto county. Three adults and a child in early twentieth-century clothes are obscurely visible in the lower left-center. The view is looking east.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Boyce Ditto Public Library

[A Photograph of the Suspension Bridge Over the Brazos River (2)]

this is a photograph of suspension bridge being built over the Brazos river near the town of Brazos, in Palo Pinto county. The view is looking west. An inscription on the mounting of the photograph reads: "A Photographic Souvenir from Mineral Wells, the Great Health and Pleasure Resort of Texas."

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Boyce Ditto Public Library

[A Photograph of the Suspension Bridge Over the Brazos River (1)]

Here is a photograph of a suspension bridge being built over the Brazos River near the town of Brazos, in Palo Pinto County. Printed in the corner of the mount is "A Photographic Souvenir from Mineral Wells, the Great Health and Pleasure Resort of Texas."

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Boyce Ditto Public Library

[Photograph of the New Suspension Bridge at Lover's Retreat]

This is a photograph of a suspension bridge for pedestrian traffic across Eagle Creek at Lover's Retreat. Formerly a public park, and now on private property, it was located four miles west of Palo Pinto on the old Bankhead Highway (now U.S. Highway 180).

Date: 1920?

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Boyce Ditto Public Library

Old Elmhurst Park , Allen & Charles,1907

Two people are shown standing on the wooden bridge at Elmhust Park, Mineral Wells, in 1907. A holograph inscription on the photograph that reads "Old Elmhurst Park, Allen & Charles, 1907", probably refers to the man and boy in the picture. Elmhurst Park, a very popular recreation area during its heyday, was located in southwest Mineral Wells at the end of the streetcar line. Patrons walked from the streetcar (in the background) across the wooden bridge to the Casino and other attractio… more

Date: 1907

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Boyce Ditto Public Library

[The Bridge at the Old Elmhurst Park]

This picture illustrates the swinging bridge crossing Pollard Creek in Elmhurst Park. Note the Mineral Wells Electric Railway street car (trolley) in the background. Elmhurst Park was located about where Southwest 25th Street and Southwest 25th Avenue are located today. Both Elmhurst Park and the streetcar operated from about 1907 to 1913. The dam over Pollard Creek was broached, and the lake was drained after the park closed. A housing development was built on the old Elmhurst Park gr… more

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Boyce Ditto Public Library

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