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Green Avenue Shopping Area

Description: Cropped copy-photograph of Green Avenue in Taft, TX. The area appears to be busy with traffic and people at a large market. A line of tents and awnings is set up along the side of the road. Many people are walking along the row of tents. Several vehicles are parked on the street in front of the people and tents.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Bell/Whittington Public Library

Busy Commercial Street

Description: Cropped copy-photograph of the exterior of several stores along a street in Taft, TX. A row of cars is parked in front of the stores. The store on the far left is labeled, "Cage Hardware Company." The business to its right is the "First State Bank." The business on the far right appears to be a restaurant with several food and drink signs on the facade.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Bell/Whittington Public Library

Green Hotel

Description: Cropped copy-photograph of the Green Hotel in Taft, TX. The hotel is a large, white home with a wrap-around porch. The house is three stories high. A large grove of trees is to the left, next to the porch. A street runs in front of the hotel. Several cars are parked on the street.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Bell/Whittington Public Library

Overland Car

Description: Cropped copy-photograph of an Overland Car Company vehicle in a pasture in San Patricio County, TX. The car is an older model vehicle with a fabric, retractable top. Several houses are shown in the background behind the car. Two women are seated in the vehicle's back seat. One of the women has a child on her lap. A man is seated in the front, passenger seat. No one is seated in the driver's seat.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Bell/Whittington Public Library

Family on Outing

Description: Cropped copy-photograph of an a family on an outing in San Patricio County, TX. The family is shown around an older, black car. He is standing with his hands leaning on the passenger-side door to the car. A young girl is standing on the foot board along the car's side. She is holding on to the brace supporting the fabric car top. A woman with a child on her lap is shown in the back seat of the car. Several buildings are slightly visible in the background.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Bell/Whittington Public Library

Family in Velie Brand Automobile

Description: Cropped copy-photograph of a family in a car. According to accompanying information, the car is a Velie. A man wearing a white hat is seated in the driver's seat. A woman in a white dress, with her arm around a child, is seated in the seat behind him. Two other people, of unknown gender and age are seated in the front and back passenger side of the car.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Bell/Whittington Public Library

Portland Train Depot

Description: Cropped copy-photograph of the train depot in Portland, TX. The depot is a long, wooden building with a high roof. Several chimneys are shown protruding from the roof. A large pole is shown in front of the depot. A group of men and women is standing in front of the depot by the railroad tracks. Several pieces of luggage are piled near the group of people.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Bell/Whittington Public Library

Old Custer House

Description: Cropped copy-photograph of the Old Custer House at the corner of Houston and 5th Streets in Portland, TX. The house is a tall, two story building with a covered porch. The top of the porch is a balcony for the second story. Several power poles run by the house. A tall Texaco sign is in the foreground. In front of it, a man in a white jump suit is standing on the seat of a motorcycle. Something illegible is written on the man's back.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Bell/Whittington Public Library

La Quinta Mansion

Description: Cropped copy-photograph of an area identified as the La Quinta Mansion near Portland, TX. A large two-story house is shown on the far right of the image. Farther back, beyond this house is another building with tower on its left. A group of four men and women are standing in front of a vehicle in the foreground. Another man wearing a hat is still seated in the car The car is parked on a dirt road leading to the large house on the right.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Location: 27.881670 -97.266086
Partner: Bell/Whittington Public Library

Portland Cafe

Description: Cropped copy-photograph of group of motorcycle bikers in front of a cafe in Portland, TX. The bikes are shown lined up along the left side of the image. On the right side of the street, several cars are parked along the curb. The Portland Cafe is in the background. Its sign is visible over the heads of the bikers. Several large palm trees are also shown in the image background.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Bell/Whittington Public Library

Causeway and Railroad Bridge

Description: Photograph of a postcard of a causeway and railroad bridge between Portland, TX and Corpus Christi, TX. The bridge appears to be made of wood. A single vehicle is parked on at the top of the bridge. Several people are walking by it. The railroad bridge is on the right. It is unoccupied. A small sign between the bridges reads, "Built 1921, cost $300,000.000, Your Money."
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Bell/Whittington Public Library

[Old Arnold Hotel Opening Day Festivities]

Description: Cropped copy-photograph of opening day festivities at Old Arnold Hotel. A crowd of people are standing on the porch and balcony of the two-story building. One car is parked outside the left of the building, and two cars are parked outside the right of the building.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Bell/Whittington Public Library

[Group Outside of Ford Building]

Description: Cropped copy-photograph of a crowd of people posing outside of the Ford Building in Taft, Texas. In the center of the crowd, there is a car with text on the side that says "Twenty Millionth Ford." In the background, there is a brick building with a sign in a window that says "Twenty Millionth Ford."
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Bell/Whittington Public Library

[Sander's Garage]

Description: Cropped copy-photograph of an exterior view of Sander's Garage in Taft, Texas. A car is parked underneath an awning extending from the front of the building. Three gas pumps are at the end of the awning, and a sign that says "Change" is hanging from the top. Strings of flags are hanging from the sides of the awning. To the left of the image, there is a sign that says "[R]est [R]oom."
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Bell/Whittington Public Library

[Group of Women at La Quinta Hotel]

Description: Cropped copy-photograph of a group of women standing outside of the La Quinta Hotel. The building is two-stories tall with a balcony stretching the width of the building. To the right behind the women, there are two cars. The hotel was built in 1906-07, and was the home of Joseph F. Green. He provided a place to entertain hundreds of dignitaries who were visiting the ranch during that time.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Bell/Whittington Public Library

[View of Businesses]

Description: Cropped copy-photograph of a street in Gregory, Texas with Taft Ranch, a garage, Green Hotel, and Taft Ranch Office building (built in 1912) along it. Several cars are parked and people are gathered in the street outside of the garage. A sign on the building says "Garage."
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Bell/Whittington Public Library

[Shell Piles in Aransas County]

Description: Cropped copy-photograph of shell piles in Aransas County. A car is parked on a road to the left of the piles. In front of them, there is a pool of water. In the background, there is a piece of construction machinery. Shell was used to build streets in 1920s and 1930s before paving techniques were used.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Bell/Whittington Public Library

[Storm Damage at Reed Auto Company]

Description: Postcard of storm damage at Reed Auto Company in Corpus Christi, Texas. Piles of debris fill the street in front of the building. Four men are standing amongst the debris. Three windows above an awning on the building are broken. Signs at the top of the building say "Reed Auto Company" and "Buick."
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: Bell/Whittington Public Library

[Storm Damage at Texas Motor Sales Company]

Description: Photograph of storm damage at Texas Motor Sales Company on North Mesquite Street in Corpus Christi, Texas. Debris including wooden planks and shingles is piled in the street. The brick building to the right of the image says "Texas Motor Sales Co." In the background, there are other buildings, and two men standing amongst the debris.
Date: unknown
Creator: Patterson, Harvey
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Bell/Whittington Public Library
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