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Mt. Locke Observatory

Copy negative of Mt. Locke, where McDonald Observatory is located. The photo shows a dirt road leading up a desert mountain. Written on the photograph is, "Mt. Locke, where the Observatory is."

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

CCC Camp

Photograph of the Civilian Conservation Corps Camp located in the Chisos Mountains taken on November 26, 1937. The company stationed at this camp was 1855, it was under the command of Lt. Wm. L. Hagman and Lt. Archie L. Murray, second in command.

Date: November 26, 1937

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Marfa Public Library

CCC Service Camp Employees

Photograph description by Calistro Nunez Sr. in an interview on January 18, 1975 by Calistro Nunez, Jr., "This picture, taken in January 23, 1934, shows five federal employees standing in front of their barrack, These men worked in the CCC camps." The photo shows men standing on the steps outside the doorway.

Date: January 23, 1934

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Marfa Public Library

CCC Service Camp

Photograph description by Calistro Nunez Sr. in an interview on January 18, 1975 by Calistro Nunez, Jr., "This picture was taken in 1933, during the depression, when President Roosevelt held office. It shows a CCC Service Camp, which was formed so that the people could work. Their jobs were at making roads on the Chisos Mountain, where Big Bend is now located. The government paid the federal workers according to their duties and responsibilities under several different pay plans. They lived in … more

Date: 1933

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Marfa Public Library

Lino Compos and Jose Tapia

Photograph of Lino Compos and Jose Tapia sitting on burros. They were from Terllingua, Texas. Both are 18 years old in this picture from 1913.

Date: 1913

Creator: Rocha, Andres

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Marfa Public Library

Workers on Carrasco Ranch

Photograph of workers that were making a road to the house on the Carrasco Ranch in West Texas. The men are: Rijino Zubiate of Alpine, TX; Abel Delgadillo of Ojinaga; Agopito Zubiate of Pecos, Texas; Mike Montoyo of Alpine, Texas; Juan Young of Cloudcroft, Texas; and G.A. Glenn of El Paso.

Date: 1937

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Marfa Public Library

Andres Alvorado on Horseback

Photograph of Andres Alvorado on horseback. He worked for Rafael Carrasco on his ranch. This photo was included in a research paper by Daniel R. Lujan for an American History class at Marfa High School in 1966.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Marfa Public Library

Lino Campos

Photograph of Lino Campos. He wears a hat and suspenders.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Marfa Public Library

[Photograph of the Mountain Scenery Around Johnson's Ranch]

Photograph of the scenery surrounding Johnson's Ranch near Big Bend National Park in Brewster County, Texas. This scenery has mountains in the distance and in the foreground.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: George Everill Pierce Family Photographs

[Photograph of a Large Rock Cliff Near Johnson's Ranch]

Photograph of a large rock cliff by Johnson's Ranch located near Big Bend National Park in Brewster County, Texas.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: George Everill Pierce Family Photographs

[Photograph of Men Traveling in a Wagon to the Mountains]

Photograph of a group of men leaving their vehicles for a wagon pulled by mules so that they can go up into the mountains.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: George Everill Pierce Family Photographs

[Looking in the Entrance of the Grand Canyon of St. Helena]

Photograph of the view looking through the entrance of the Grand Canyon of St. Helena (also known as Santa Elena Canyon). There is a man standing on one of the boulders and you can really see how large the rocks are compared to the height of the man.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: George Everill Pierce Family Photographs

[Photograph of Two Men Making Dinner in the Mountains]

Photograph of two men in the mountains, one is sitting down by a skillet and the other one is standing up and carrying a small hatchet. Their dog is also seen walking around by some shrubs.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: George Everill Pierce Family Photographs

[Photograph of Rim Rock from Johnson's Ranch]

Photograph of Rim Rock as seen from Johnson's Ranch in far West Texas. There are many small bushes in the foreground with the large rock formation in the distant background.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: George Everill Pierce Family Photographs

[Photograph Looking Out from the Entrance of the Grand Canyon of St. Helena]

Photograph looking outwards from the entrance to the Grand Canyon of St. Helena (also known as Santa Elena Canyon). There is also a man standing in the distance next to the water.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: George Everill Pierce Family Photographs

[Photograph of Boulders in Santa Elena Canyon]

Photograph of some of the boulders located in the Grand Canyon of St. Helena. This canyon is known as Santa Elena Canyon on the Rio Grande near Johnson's Ranch.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: George Everill Pierce Family Photographs

[Photograph of Various Mountains Near Johnson's Ranch, Texas]

Photograph of various mountains located around Johnson's Ranch located near Big Bend National Park in Brewster County, Texas. Most of the small shrubbery in the foreground is dry and dead, with sand and dirt filling the landscape.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: George Everill Pierce Family Photographs

[Looking Through the Grand Canyon of St. Helena (Santa Elena Canyon)]

Photograph of a view looking down the Rio Grande through the Grand Canyon of St. Helena, also known as Santa Elena Canyon. This canyon is located near Johnson's Ranch in Brewster County, Texas.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: George Everill Pierce Family Photographs

[Photograph of the Last Point that You Can Walk Down the Grand Canyon of St. Helena]

Photograph of the last point that can be reached on foot in the Grand Canyon of St. Helena (also known as Santa Elena Canyon). From this point on the river stretches from one way of the canyon to the other.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: George Everill Pierce Family Photographs

[Photograph of Mountains Near Johnson's Ranch]

Photograph of mountains near Johnson's Ranch in far West Texas. These mountains are very arid, there's not much vegetation around.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: George Everill Pierce Family Photographs

Lino Campos and Sisters

Photograph of Lino Campos and his sisters, one is named Manuela. The photo was taken around 1902.

Date: 1902~

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Marfa Public Library

Front of Hotel

Photograph of the Gage Hotel in Marathon, Brewster County, Texas. The hotel is a two-story brick building. Two cars are parked in front.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Permian Basin Petroleum Museum, Library and Hall of Fame

John Emery Adams on Hillside

Photograph of John Emery Adams on a brushy hillside near Marathon, Texas. He appears to be looking at something he had picked up.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Permian Basin Petroleum Museum, Library and Hall of Fame

Aerial View: Sul Ross Normal College

Copy negative of two images. The top image is an aerial view of Sul Ross Normal College, now Sul Ross State University. The buildings are all multiple stories. Manicured trees and bushes line the circular drive and the driveway leading up to it from a road. The lower aerial image is an expanded view of the same location. In the foreground are the buildings of the image above with several other buildings clustered together. Behind these buildings is an open landscape leading up to mountain… more

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

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