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[Two Men in Tire Store]

Description: Photograph of two men in a tire store in Alpine, Texas, in possibly 1916. They men are wearing suits and hats and are standing behind a counter. There are shelves behind the counter on which are various products. To the left is a row of tires and a sign for Firestone Tires. A handwritten note on the back of the photograph says, "Alpine - 1916? Automobile and Tire store."
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Marfa Public Library

Candelilla wax plant & U. S. Cavalry presence at Glenn Springs, Texas, 1916. Picture

Description: Account of attack of Mexican raiders on Glenn Spring, Texas May 5, 1916. The documentation was compiled and illustrated by photojournalist W. D. Smithers in 1961. Includes information on production of candelilla wax at the Ellis and Wood wax factory in Glenn Spring between 1911 and 1916.
Date: 1961
Creator: Smithers, W. D. (Wilfred Dudley), 1895-1981.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Artwork
Partner: Bryan Wildenthal Memorial Library (Archives of the Big Bend)

[Officers]

Description: Copy negative of two United States Generals talking to one another. The officers are shown in uniform. They are standing in front of a brick wall that appears to be a part of a broken down building.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: El Paso Public Library

[Map of the Lower Part of Brewster County, Texas 1916-1930]

Description: Reproduction of a hand-drawn map of part of Brewster County, Texas in the Big Bend region. It includes several annotations and identifies families and ranches in lower Brewster County Texas between 1916 and 1930, WWI quicksilver mines, and provides information on the Glenn Springs Raid of 1916.
Date: unknown
Creator: Smithers, W. D. (Wilfred Dudley), 1895-1981
Item Type: Refine your search to only Map
Location: None
Partner: Bryan Wildenthal Memorial Library (Archives of the Big Bend)

Time Book

Description: Book containing monthly wages and hours worked by the Lerma family across Terlingua, Lajitas, Marathon, Redford, and Marfa, Texas. Includes family dates of births of family members. The leather book has a frayed spine.
Date: 1900~
Creator: de León, Simón L.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: Private Collection of Matta Family
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