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Portrait of Girl

Description: 1 copy negative of two images. Image A is a portrait of Mary Adeline Xenia Buchanan taken in 1924. She is sitting on a stool with her ankles and her arms crossed. She is wearing a striped skirt and pearls. Image B is a close portrait of Bobbie Jean Williams taken in 1944.
Date: {1924,1944}
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

Man and Woman in Yard; Portrait of Woman

Description: Copy negative of two pictures. The first is of Menvil Mae Buchanan and Scott Lavette Seastrunk standing in a yard with plants behind them, taken in 1924 in Putnam, Texas. The second picture is a portrait of Menvil Mae Buchanan Seastrunk in 1947, taken at the Baker Hotel in Dallas, Texas.
Date: {1924,1947}
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

Wichita County

Description: Blue line print of survey map of Wichita County, Texas, showing rivers, creeks, original land grants or surveys, cities, towns, railroads, and the various boundaries along the Red River between Texas and Oklahoma. Handwritten notes have been made on the published map in pencil to tentatively identify a tributary of Big Wichita River. Scale [ca. 1:166,667] (5000 varas to the inch).
Date: 1924
Creator: McDonald, H. F. & Giles, J. Bascom
Item Type: Refine your search to only Map
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

Montague County

Description: Blue line print of survey map of Montague County, Texas, showing rivers, creeks, original land grants or surveys, cities, towns, and railroads. Scale [ca. 1:200,000] (6000 varas to the inch).
Date: 1924
Creator: Morriss, G. C. & Giles, J. B.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Map
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

Map of the Butterfield Trail, Through Taylor County, Texas

Description: Map of the Butterfield Trail mail route in Taylor County, Texas, in service between September 1858 and 1861, from St. Louis, Missouri, to San Fransisco, California. Map includes water bodies, blocks of land, and other geologic features, with relief shown in hachures. Scale ca. 1:82,368
Date: November 1924
Item Type: Refine your search to only Map
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

Navarro County

Description: Blue line print of survey map of Navarro County, Texas, showing rivers, creeks, original land grants or surveys, cities, towns, and railroads. Scale [ca. 1:213,333] (4000 varas to 5/8 of an inch).
Date: 1924
Creator: Atlee, Tom & Giles, J. Bascom
Item Type: Refine your search to only Map
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

Burnet Co.

Description: Blue line print of survey map of Burnet County, Texas, showing rivers, creeks, original land grants or surveys, cities, towns, and railroads. Handwritten notes haven been on the published map in pencil to indicate the addition of Phantom Hill Road, traced from Burnet County photograph from 1854. Scale [ca. 1:193,939] (4000 varas to 11/16 of an inch).
Date: 1924
Creator: McDonald, H. F. & Giles, J. Bascom
Item Type: Refine your search to only Map
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

Clay Co.

Description: Blue line print of survey map of Clay County, Texas, showing rivers, creeks, original land grants or surveys, cities, towns, and railroads. Scale [ca. 1:228,571] (6000 varas to 7/8 of an inch).
Date: 1924
Creator: Morriss, G. C. & Giles, J. Bascom
Item Type: Refine your search to only Map
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[Erecting Dragline]

Description: Photographs taken during the construction of Garza Dam in Dallas County, Texas. The first image (numbered 29) is of a dragline being erected with a crane in the middle of a field. The second image (numbered 30) is a closer view of the dragline. Handwritten text on the images identify them as: (top) "Garza Dam North from Sta. 48 Erecting Dragline at Sta. 44" and (bottom) "Garza Dam Erecting Bucyrus Class 24 Dragline," both taken on 10-22-24.
Date: 1924
Creator: Dallas Water Utilities
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Dallas Municipal Archives

[Spillway Excavation]

Description: Photographs taken during the construction of Garza Dam in Dallas County, Texas. The first image (numbered 27) is of workers with a wagon removing large rocks from a shallow pit. The second image (numbered 53) is of a pit with large rocks. Handwritten text on the images identify them as: (top) "Garza Dam Removing Rock from Spillway Exc." taken on 10-17-24, and (bottom) "Garza Dam Erie Shovel in S.E. Corner of Spillway Exc." taken on 11-10-24.
Date: 1924
Creator: Dallas Water Utilities
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Dallas Municipal Archives

[Erecting Bucyrus Dragline]

Description: Photographs taken during the construction of Garza Dam in Dallas County, Texas. The first image (numbered 33) is of men working with steel sheets and a crane. The second image (numbered 36) is of a steel structure with gears, and men working on it. Handwritten text on the images identify them both as: "Garza Dam Erecting Bucyrus Class 24 Dragline," taken on (top) 10-24-24 and (bottom) 10-27-24.
Date: 1924
Creator: Dallas Water Utilities
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Dallas Municipal Archives

[Drilling Rocks]

Description: Photographs taken during the construction of Garza Dam in Dallas County, Texas. The first image (numbered 61) is of a man drilling a boulder in a pit, with a wagon in the background. The second image (numbered 89) is of large rocks in a pit. Handwritten text on the images identify them as: (top) "Garza Dam Drilling Boulders in Spillway Excavation" and "Garza Dam Drilling Irregular Rock Layers in Spillway Exc." taken on 12-08-24.
Date: 1924
Creator: Dallas Water Utilities
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Dallas Municipal Archives

[Unloading Dragline and Garza Dam North]

Description: Photographs taken during the construction of Garza Dam in Dallas County, Texas. The first image (numbered 24) is of various machinery being unloaded from railroad cars; a horse-drawn wagon is near the railroad tracks. The second image (numbered 20) is of horses hitched to a mechanism in a field. Handwritten text on the images identify them as: (top) "Garza Dam Unloading Bucyrus Class 24 Dragline" and (bottom) "Garza Dam North from South Bank" both taken 10-17-24.
Date: 1924
Creator: Dallas Water Utilities
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Dallas Municipal Archives

[Trench and Pile Driver Crew]

Description: Photographs taken during the construction of Garza Dam in Dallas County, Texas. The first image (numbered 83) is of a long trench. The second image (numbered 103) is of a group of men standing on a pile driver. Handwritten text on the images identify them as: (top) "Garza Dam Looking N. from Sta. 49," taken on 12-04-24 and (bottom) "Garza Dam Pile Drive and Crew on Steel Sheet Piling," taken on 01-22-25.
Date: [1924..1925]
Creator: Dallas Water Utilities
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Dallas Municipal Archives

[Dredge Hull]

Description: Photographs taken during the construction of Garza Dam in Dallas County, Texas. The first image (numbered 73) is of a large wooden frame with men working on it. The second image (numbered 74) is of a metal structure with a wooden frame. Handwritten text on the images identify them as: (top) "Garza Dam Building Hull for 20" Suction Dredge" and (bottom) "Garza Dam Side View of Dredge Hull," both taken on 11-24-24.
Date: 1924
Creator: Dallas Water Utilities
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Dallas Municipal Archives

[Cut-Off Trench and Steel Sheet Piling]

Description: Photographs taken during the construction of Garza Dam in Dallas County, Texas. The first image (numbered 64) is of a large crane on the edge of a trench with water in the bottom. The second image (numbered 68) is of poles inserted into the walls of the trench, supporting a tall steel structure. Handwritten text on the images identify them as: (top) "Garza Dam Cut-Off Trench Looking N. from Sta. 47+00" and (bottom) "Garza Dam Driving Steel Sheet Piling in Cut-Off Trench," both taken on 11-13-24. more
Date: 1924
Creator: Dallas Water Utilities
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Dallas Municipal Archives

[Temporary Dam]

Description: Photographs taken during the construction of Garza Dam in Dallas County, Texas. The first image (numbered 77) is of a crane placing a metal frame into a pile of dirt by a river. The second image (numbered 95) is of a trench in front of a dirt dam. Handwritten text on the images identify them as: (top) "Garza Dam Setting Gate for 48" Pipe Through Temporary Dam" taken on 11-26-24, and (bottom) "Garza Dam to store water for Dredging Operations" taken on 12-15-24.
Date: 1924
Creator: Dallas Water Utilities
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Dallas Municipal Archives

[Bucyrus Dragline]

Description: Photographs taken during the construction of Garza Dam in Dallas County, Texas. The first image (numbered 38) is of a steel structure with men working on it; steel sheets are on the ground in front of the structure. The second image (numbered 40) is of a steel structure with a long attachment. Handwritten text on the images identifies them both as "Garza Dam Erecting Bucyrus Class 24 Dragline," taken on (top) 10-30-24 and (bottom) 11-01-24.
Date: 1924
Creator: Dallas Water Utilities
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Dallas Municipal Archives

[Suction Dredge Hull]

Description: Photographs taken during the construction of Garza Dam in Dallas County, Texas. The first image (numbered 23) is of lumber on the ground with a fenced area in the background. The second image (numbered 34) is of men working with lumber in a yard. Handwritten text on the images identify them both as: "Garza Dam Starting Hull for 20" Suction Dredge" taken on 10-17-24 and 10-24-24.
Date: 1924
Creator: Dallas Water Utilities
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Dallas Municipal Archives

[Tresses and Suction Dredge]

Description: Photographs taken during the construction of Garza Dam in Dallas County, Texas. The first image (numbered 41) is of a crane unloading steel tresses from a train car. The second image (numbered 42) is of a wooden structure being constructed. Handwritten text on the images identify them as: (top) "Garza Dam Unloading Trusses for Dredge Hull" taken on 11-01-24, and (bottom) "Garza Dam Building Hull for 20" Suction Dredge" taken on 11-04-24.
Date: 1924
Creator: Dallas Water Utilities
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Dallas Municipal Archives

[Unloading Steel and Hauling Parts]

Description: Photographs taken during the construction of Garza Dam in Dallas County, Texas. The first image (numbered 31) is of steel sheets being unloaded from a train car. The second image (numbered 32) is of steel parts being hauled in a wagon. Handwritten text on the images identify them as: (top) "Garza Dam Unloading Steel Sheet Piling for Cut-off," taken on 10-22-24 and (bottom) "Garza Dam Hauling Parts for Bucyrus Class 24 Dragline," taken on 10-24-24.
Date: 1924
Creator: Dallas Water Utilities
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Dallas Municipal Archives

[Spillway Excavation and Dam Shops]

Description: Photographs taken during the construction of Garza Dam in Dallas County, Texas. The first image (numbered 54) is of a shallow pit. The second image (numbered 55) is of a shallow pit with buildings on the far side. Handwritten text on the images identify them as: (top) "Garza Dam Spillway Excavation Looking North" and (bottom) "Garza Dam Shops and Upstream Edge of Spillway Exc." both taken on 11-10-24.
Date: 1924
Creator: Dallas Water Utilities
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Dallas Municipal Archives

[Suction Dredge Construction]

Description: Photographs taken during the construction of Garza Dam in Dallas County, Texas. The first image (numbered 44) is of men constructing a dredge from wood and steel. The second image (numbered 45) is of men placing a wooden beam in a wood and steel frame. Handwritten text on the images identify them both as: "Garza Dam Interior of Hull for 20" Suction Dredge" taken on 11-06-24.
Date: 1924
Creator: Dallas Water Utilities
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Dallas Municipal Archives
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