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[Abilene Police Chief J. T. Dodson]

Description: Photograph of Abilene Police Chief J. T. Dodson; he is wearing a dark-colored suit with a bow tie and has short hair that is parted on the side.
Date: [1927..1930]
Partner: Abilene Library Consortium

[Group of Fresno School Students]

Description: Photograph of a group of Fresno School students. The youngest and smallest students are positioned towards the front of the group with the oldest towards the back.
Date: 1927
Partner: Amarillo Public Library

[Nieves Colomo with three of her children]

Description: Nieves Colomo is sitting in the center of the photograph, surrounded by three of her children. Elva is standing to the left of her mother. Luis is sitting on Nieves' lap and Manuel is to the right of his mother.
Date: 1927~
Partner: Marfa Public Library

[Simms Gas Station]

Description: Photograph of Simms Gas Station in Longview, Texas. In the photograph, three gas station workers are standing outside, ready to repair or gas up a vehicle.
Date: 1927~
Partner: Longview Public Library

[Photograph of Guthrie's Drug Store]

Description: Photograph of Guthrie's Drug Store on Main Street in Salado, Texas, with advertisements for Coca Cola, Orange Crush and Root Beer. The building itself is has two stories and a side appendage on the right side. A man is standing out in front has been identified as Dr. James Herbert Guthrie.
Date: June 5, 1927
Partner: Salado Public Library

Fall Creek, Llano Co.

Description: Photograph of a waterfall at Fall Creek in Llano County. The photograph was taken from the water level below, showing the water flowing from above. Inscription on the back reads "104 ft. waterfall."
Date: 1927
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Chamber of Commerce Band at the Olney, Texas Bandstand]

Description: Photograph of a band at the Olney, Texas bandstand. Twenty-four musicians are seated in a semicircle and one conductor is standing in the center of a wooden bandstand. The drumhead reads "Chamber of Commerce Olney Tex." Names are handwritten above some of the individuals. "Year 1927" is handwritten and "Lasater-Studio" is printed on the front of the photograph. Various buildings and a portion of a car with passengers are visible in the background. On the reverse of the photograph is handwritten… more
Date: 1927
Creator: Lasater Studio
Partner: Olney Community Library

[Captain Chester W. Nimitz and Toy Ship]

Description: Photograph of a young Captain Chester W. Nimitz in his dark Naval Uniform with six buttons on the front a dark tie and a brimmed hat with the Navy's emblem on the front. In the bottom left corner, a small toy ship can be seen as well as the top of a small American flag.
Date: 1927~
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[U.S.S. West Virginia]

Description: Photograph of U.S.S. West Virginia. Behind the ship is a dock, and beside it the shoreline is a rugged hill covered in plant life.
Date: 1927?
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Crawford Hotel Interior]

Description: Photograph of the Crawford Hotel interior. There are leather couches and chairs, tables, doors with checkered windows, tile floors, ceiling beams, and counters.
Date: 1927/1928
Creator: Aultman, Otis A., 1874-1943
Partner: El Paso Public Library

[Portrait of Captain Chester W. Nimitz Sitting in Chair]

Description: Photograph of Portrait of Captain Chester W. Nimitz sitting in a chair in front of a map pinned to the wall. Chester Nimitz wears a black double-breasted uniform with six buttons on the front, ribbon bars pinned above his pocket, four stripes and a star on the sleeves, a collared undershirt, and a tie.
Date: 1927/1938~
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Funeral procession-Father Pridal]

Description: Photograph of funeral of Father Frantisek Pridal on January 4, 1927. Pridal was the first Czech priest of the St. Cyril and Methodius Catholic Church in Granger.
Date: January 4, 1927
Creator: Trlica, Jno. P.
Partner: The Williamson Museum

[Chester W. Nimitz in Uniform Beside Catherine Freeman Nimitz]

Description: Photograph of Catherine Freeman Nimitz and Captain Chester W. Nimitz. Catherine Nimitz stands on the left in floral blouse with a bow on the front and a dark skirt and hat. To her right is Chester Nimitz in his dark Naval uniform with six buttons on the front, four stripes on the sleeves, ribbon bars above his pocket, a dark tie and a brimmed hat with the Navy's emblem on the front.
Date: 1927/1938~
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Captain Chester W. Nimitz With Unknown Naval Officer]

Description: Photograph of Captain Chester W. Nimitz and an unknown Naval officer. Captain Nimitz stands on the left in full uniform with binoculars held in his hands while the unidentified man stands on his right also in full uniform and griping a small box in his hands. In the background another man can be seen immerging from a doorway.
Date: 1927/1938~
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Captain Chester W. Nimitz in Navy Uniform]

Description: Photograph of Captain Chester W. Nimitz taken from the chest up with him in his white Navy uniform aboard an unknown ship. His uniform has a bar above the right pocket and black shoulder details with a single star and three stripes. His hat is white with a black and striped band and the Navy's emblem on the front.
Date: [1927..1938]
Partner: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation

[Sowell's Bluff Bridge: Platform on Bridge Deck]

Description: Photograph of the Sowell's Bluff suspension bridge over the Red River on its opening day, with a wooden platform built along the wooden guardrails along the side of the bridge. People are standing on the platform and looking out alongside a metal sign with an American flag flying above and the banks of the Red River visible below. The ceremony here may be the inauguration of the bridge. Written on the back of the photograph: "ISABEL MOOR WHEELER, Breaking Beech."
Date: 1927
Partner: Fannin County Museum of History

[Sowell's Bluff Bridge: Inauguration Ground View]

Description: Photograph of the inauguration of the Sowell's Bluff Bridge as viewed from the banks of the Red River. The bridge is located above, with people standing in it and a sign hanging over the span of the bridge, depicting caricatures of Oklahoma and Texas shaking hands. Spectators watch the bridge's opening from below, most wearing hats and looking upwards.
Date: 1927
Partner: Fannin County Museum of History

[Sowell's Bluff Bridge: Suspension Tower]

Description: Photograph of the Sowell's Bluff suspension bridge, viewed from the banks of the Red River. Prominently at center is one of the bridge's suspension towers, atop which fly two American flags. Below on the deck, pedestrians and a single car move along the bridge and over the river, while some people stand along the sandy edges of the river among pieces of wood debris and small bushes.
Date: 1927
Partner: Fannin County Museum of History

[Sowell's Bluff Bridge: Opening Day Sign]

Description: Photograph of a sign hanging at the Sowell's Bluff suspension bridge over the Red River on the bridge's opening day, depicting two hat-wearing caricatures representing Texas and Oklahoma shaking hands with the text "HOWDY" written above. Two American flags fly from poles on both ends of the sign.
Date: 1927
Partner: Fannin County Museum of History

[Aerial of Downtown Midland, 1927]

Description: Aerial photograph of Midland, Texas, in 1927, north facing up. The Midland County Courthouse is visible at center left, with the county jail along the east side of Loraine Street. A large water tower is placed on the city block northeast of the courthouse. In the bottom right corner, Front Street and the railroad is visible.
Date: 1927
Creator: Fairchild Aerial Survey, Inc.
Location: None
Partner: Midland Historical Society
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