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[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

[Coleman Fulton Pasture Company]

Description: Cropped copy-photograph of Coleman Fulton Pasture Company, Farm number 23, near Gregory, Texas. A group of five men wearing hats are posing outside of a building; four of the men are on a horse-drawn wagon. The wooden building has a sign above the door that says "Portland - Farm."
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 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

[Gas Blowout at White Point]

Description: Cropped copy-photograph of a gas blowout at White Point, eight miles west of Portland, Texas. A thick stream of gas is spewing upwards from a well. Drilling equipment surrounds the stream. Text below the image says "Great Gas Well at White Point, San Patricio Coun[ty].
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Bell/Whittington Public Library

[Well at White Point]

Description: Cropped copy-photograph of three women standing on a well platform at White Point, eight miles west of Portland, Texas. The woman on the left is holding a piece of drilling equipment, and the woman on the right is holding an umbrella.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Bell/Whittington Public Library

[White Point Gas Well]

Description: Cropped copy-photograph of a gas well at White Point. A group of four people are posing in front of the well. Two people are sitting on the back of a horse-drawn wagon to the left, and two people are standing on the right. Poles are scattered about in the foreground. In the background, there are trees. Text below the image says "gas well 8-30-1[?]."
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Bell/Whittington Public Library

[Visit by President Taft]

Description: Cropped copy-photograph of a group of men standing beside a cow at Taft Ranch; one man in the center is identified as United States President, William Howard Taft. In the background, there is a building and other cattle.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Bell/Whittington Public Library

[President Taft Visiting Rincon Ranch]

Description: Cropped copy-photograph of President William Howard Taft visiting Taft Ranch. A group of men sitting on horses are gathered around a horse-drawn wagon with three men riding in it. President Taft is on horseback wearing a Panama hat with Joseph F. Green on the horse to his left; Charles P. Taft is riding in the wagon. The President then joined the Taft Ranch cowboys in a roundup. President Taft was the brother of Charles P. Taft, the principal owner of Taft Ranch.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Bell/Whittington Public Library

[President Taft at Taft Ranch]

Description: Cropped copy-photograph of a group of men gathered around two prize shorthorn cows at Taft Ranch. President William Howard Taft is identified as the third man from the left. In the background, there is a wooden fence around a wooden barn with open doors.
Date: unknown
Creator: Burton & Danforth
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Bell/Whittington Public Library

[Women Riding Horse]

Description: Cropped copy-photograph of an unidentified woman posing on a horse during President William Howard Taft's visit to the ranch. A bull is standing in front of her to the right. In the background, there are trees.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Bell/Whittington Public Library

[President Taft and Joseph F. Green at Cattle Dipping]

Description: Cropped copy-photograph of a cattle dipping at Rincon Ranch. Several cows are lined up in a trough full of water. A wooden fence lines each side of the trough. A group of men are guiding the cattle in the background. Another group of men are standing and sitting along the fence to the left; President William Howard Taft and Joseph F. Green are standing inside the fence. One man is standing outside the fence on the right.
Date: unknown
Creator: Burton & Danforth
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Bell/Whittington Public Library

Portrait of Waldo E. Haisley and Dave Odem

Description: Cropped copy-photograph of two men identified as, from left to right, Waldo E. Haisley and Dave Odem. Both men are wearing suits and hats. They are standing in front of a wooden building with two windows. Mr. Haisley has both hands in his pockets. Mr. Odem has his right hand in his pocket and is holding his coat with his left. Accompanying information identifies Mr. Haisley as the mayor of Sinton, TX and Mr. Odem as the sheriff of Patricio County, TX. Mr. Odem has a pocket watch chain han… more
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Bell/Whittington Public Library

R. A. Jacoway House

Description: Cropped copy-photograph of a house identified as the R. A. Jacoway house in Portland, TX. The home is located in the middle of a large, grass field. The house is a plain, white building with windows on all sides. Several other houses are shown to the right.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Bell/Whittington Public Library

[Women in Boat at Pavilion Hotel]

Description: Cropped copy-photograph of four women sitting in a boat on a rocky shore in downtown Corpus Christi, Texas. Behind them is a dock to the left, and a boat in the middle of the water. The Pavilion Hotel is in the far background in the water.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Bell/Whittington Public Library

[Bayview College Students]

Description: Cropped copy-photograph of a group of Bayview College Students. They are posing in five rows outside of a wooden building. The college was founded by Thomas M. Clark and Alice Yantis Clark for the scattered South Texas ranching children. The college opened in September 1894, teaching primary through Junior College students. Most buildings were destroyed by a hurricane in 1916, and the college closed in 1917.
Date: unknown
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Partner: Bell/Whittington Public Library

[Interior View of Sander's Garage]

Description: Cropped copy-photograph of an interior view of Sander's Garage in Taft, Texas. A woman and man are standing to the back of the room. They are surrounded by various automobile supplies including several cans with stars on the label and tires. A sign in one tire says "30x3 1/2[,] All Weather Tread[,] Goodyear Means Good Wear." In the foreground, there is a table in the center of the image, and a chair to the right. Text in the bottom-right corner says "The Sander's Garag[e] Taft, Texas."
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

[Coleman Fulton Pasture Company Department Heads]

Description: Cropped copy-photograph of Coleman Fulton Pasture Company department heads. The first row (left to right) is identified as Professor Chas H. Weyland (Taft band), J. G. Willacy (Portland Development and Founder), Walter P. Napier (company attorney), Joseph F. Green (company manager), H. V. Fetick (Taft Ranch Industries), W. S. Clark (editor Taft Tribune), W. L. Weber (manager of Taft Oil Mill), and A. M. Brooks (manager of Taft store). The middle row is identified as Fritz W. Hoepfner (cattle)… more
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Bell/Whittington Public Library
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