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[S.A. Thompson Survey Office on Front Street]

Photograph of a series of small, brick buildings lining a packed dirt street, including an S. A. Thompson survey office. Several people stand outside of the buildings.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

[Adobe Building with a Collapsed Roof]

Photograph of a single-story adobe structure with a roof that has completely collapsed in the middle. The walls below the collapsed roof are mostly gone. There appear to be no windows on the remaining walls. The ground around the building is flat and sparsely vegetated.The back of the photograph notes that "this is what winds and time did to the last structure built on the post, in 1885. Picture taken by the author in 1961."

Date: 1961

Item Type: Photograph

[Adobe House with Goat on the Ledge]

Photograph of an adobe house with a goat standing on the ledge of the window. The back has "adobe house old in 1900 with goat" written on the back.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

[Alice Grierson and Friends Pose]

Photograph of Alice Kirk Grierson and two friends posing for a picture outside of an adobe brick building at Fort Davis. Two women (left and center) wear pearl necklaces with blazers, while the man (right) wears a suit and bolo tie. All three wear thick glasses.

Date: 1972?

Item Type: Photograph

[Alice Grierson at a Fort Ceremony]

Photograph of Alice Kirk Grierson posing outside of an adobe brick building in a floral-patterned suit with a skirt that falls just below the knee. She is wearing a pearl necklace and cat-eye glasses and she stands with her hands at her side, looking toward the camera.

Date: 1972?

Item Type: Photograph

[Baptist Church Parsonage]

Photograph of the parsonage of a Baptist Church. The house is a small, single story structure with a wraparound porch that is surrounded by a low fence. The back of the photograph notes that it was "built by Knox."

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

[Barry Scobee and Franklin Smith Pose]

Photograph of Barry Scobee (left), Fort Superintendent Franklin Smith (center), and a third, unidentified man (right) posing in a wide and flat landscape before a large rock formation. All three of the men are wearing suits and ties. Several single-story buildings with large porches occupy the ground beneath the rock formation.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

[C. H. Bird's Apple Orchard in Bloom]

Photograph of C. H. Bird's apple orchard in full bloom. The trees are arranged in straight rows with a generous amount of space between each individual tree. The ground beneath the trees is largely bare. A densely vegetated hill rises up in the background on the left side.

Date: unknown

Creator: Duncan Photo

Item Type: Photograph

[Campmeeting Cook Clemente Calderon]

Photograph of Clemente Calderon "of Valentine," a campmeeting cook. He is wearing a wide-brimmed hat and apron and is using a tool with a long handle while looking down. Another man in a wide-brimmed hat is standing in the background and looking toward the camera.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

[Caterpillar Tractor In Pinto Valley]

Photograph of a Caterpillar tractor coming up a sloped dirt road in Pinto Canyon. Several men stand on the road beside the tractor. The dry, hilly landscape is dotted with sparse shrubbery.

Date: 1917

Creator: Duncan Photo

Item Type: Photograph

[Chapel at Old Fort Davis]

Photograph of the Chapel at old Fort Davis. The building itself is dilapidated with partially-boarded up windows and several holes in the roof. The surrounding landscape is hilly with sparse vegetation.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

[Cowboy and Child on Horses]

Photograph of a cowboy and a child, both on horses and wearing hats, looking at something to the left of the camera. The horses face the right side of the frame. The cowboy holds his horse's reins with his left hand and is resting his right on his thigh. The child is largely hidden behind the cowboy. A pointed hill looms in the distance.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

[Cowboys at Mealtime]

Photograph of a group of cowboys sitting on the ground in a semicircle and eating. Their horses and a chuckwagon are visible behind them. All of the men are looking toward the camera.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

[Cowboys at U Up and U Down Ranch]

Photograph of a group of several cowboys on horses on the U up and U down Ranch on land belonging to the McIvors. The cowboys are arranged in a semicircle facing the camera. They wear heavy equipment and hats. A large hill rises up behind them.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

Location: 30.620240 -104.014331

[Crude House of Rammed Earth]

Photograph of a crude house made of rammed earth in the middle of the field. Various items are strewn about the outside of the home. The back of the picture notes that it was taken "probably at Balmorhea."

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

[Dam in Davis Mountain Resort]

Photograph of several people standing around a dam built from stone brick located in a mountain resort. One individual balances on the dam itself. The dam is placed in a valley between two slopes covered in sparse vegetation.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

[Distant View of Fort]

Photograph of Fort Davis taken from a high vantage point. The back of the photograph reads. "D. Noble probably took this view---Mrs. Janes had a lot of his negatives, and she gave them to me. I found it in an envelope with long letter re Masonic Lodge bldgs. Mailed to me in 1960 from Mrs. Lois Thompson Brown. Sco. 9-1-71. Apparently this pic really goes back in the years. " A line that has been crossed out reads "the long white building was probably the Caruthers' home."

Date: unknown

Creator: Noble. D.

Item Type: Photograph

[Dr. W. J. Jones-Irving House]

Photograph of a two-story house with a wraparound porch. There is a large rock formation visible behind the house. A note on the front of the photograph identifies it as the "Dr. W. J. Jones-Irving House."

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

[Ernest H. Carlton with Apples on a Rope]

Photograph of Ernest H. Carlton holding a bushel of apples. He stands with his hand resting on his hip, wearing a vest that matches his dress pants and a light-colored collared shirt. He is also wearing a bowtie and a hat which casts a shadow that obscures most of his face.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

[Father Brocardus Eiken Standing]

Photograph of Father Brocardus Eiken standing and holding a saucer. He is wearing a dark suit with a clerical collar and round-rimmed glasses. On the right side of the frame, the gloved hands and heavy skirts of a sitting woman are visible.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

["First Tree" at Bloys Camp Meeting]

Photograph of the tree under which the first services for the Bloys Camp Meeting were held. Dozens are gathered at picnic tables under the mature tree. On the left side of the photograph, more people are gathered under an awning.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

[Fishing at Balmorhea]

Photograph of several men fishing alongside a river. The river is lined by rocky banks with sparse vegetation.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph

[Five Founders of Historical Society at Fort Davis]

Photograph of five founders of the Fort Davis Historical Society standing in front of an an old adobe brick building at Fort Davis. The subjects are, left to right: Espy Miller, Rowena Fenstermaker, Ralph Yarbrough, Barry Scobee, and Leslie Fenstermaker.

Date: October 1957

Item Type: Photograph

[Fort Davis Historical Society on 30th Anniversary]

Photograph of the members of the Fort Davis Historical Society 30 years after its founding. The back of the photograph identifies the subjects from left to right as Preston Johnson, Teda Neill Johnson, Malcolm "Bish" Tweedy, Lucy "Daughter" Miller, Dale Crawford, Flora Merrill, and J. W. Crawford. The back of the photograph also notes that these individuals were the Historical Society's officers when the photograph was taken.

Date: February 1983

Item Type: Photograph

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[S.A. Thompson Survey Office on Front Street]

[Adobe Building with a Collapsed Roof]

[Adobe House with Goat on the Ledge]

[Alice Grierson and Friends Pose]

[Alice Grierson at a Fort Ceremony]

[Baptist Church Parsonage]

[Barry Scobee and Franklin Smith Pose]

[C. H. Bird's Apple Orchard in Bloom]

[Campmeeting Cook Clemente Calderon]

[Caterpillar Tractor In Pinto Valley]

[Chapel at Old Fort Davis]

[Cowboy and Child on Horses]

[Cowboys at Mealtime]

[Cowboys at U Up and U Down Ranch]

[Crude House of Rammed Earth]

[Dam in Davis Mountain Resort]

[Distant View of Fort]

[Dr. W. J. Jones-Irving House]

[Ernest H. Carlton with Apples on a Rope]

[Father Brocardus Eiken Standing]

["First Tree" at Bloys Camp Meeting]

[Fishing at Balmorhea]

[Five Founders of Historical Society at Fort Davis]

[Fort Davis Historical Society on 30th Anniversary]