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My Land, My Heritage, My Hope

Description: Paper submitted to the Junior Historical Society state writing contest held by the Texas State Historical Society, discussing historical landmarks, landscape, and people of Marfa. This written speech accompanied photographic slides (noted in the text with slide numbers).
Date: 1969
Creator: Edwards, Nancy
Item Type: Refine your search to only Paper
Partner: Marfa Public Library

[Bishop Family House]

Description: This photograph shows a house situated on a lawn. In the foreground, there are low bushes and plants lining the yard which is grassy and has scattered plants throughout. The house is a single story with several windows and a patio with several posts and a low wall enclosing it. There is ivy covering the near corner of the house and several of the posts around the patio. In the background, there are several tall trees. There is a handwritten note on the back of the frame: "Made adobes. Bi… more
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Marfa Public Library

[Group of People Near a Tree]

Description: In this photograph, there are five people standing beneath a blooming tree. To the left, there is a young man in rolled-up pants and a dark jacket; he is holding the hand of the older woman next to him who is wearing a long, dark dress. In the middle, there is another older woman wearing a light-colored dress and holding what appears to be a bunch of flowers. To the right, there are two older men, wearing suits and hats. The one to the left has a pipe in his mouth and the one to the left is… more
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Marfa Public Library

[Small Group of People]

Description: In this photograph, there are four adults and a child sitting together in a group. To the left, there are two young women sitting in the back and an older woman sitting directly in front of them, leaning against their knees. The third woman is facing a man who is also sitting in the back and a little girl sitting in front of him. All of the people in the group are dressed up; the women are wearing dark-colored dresses and hats. The man is wearing a suit and tie and a hat. The little girl i… more
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Marfa Public Library

[Family Husking Corn]

Description: Photograph of a Redford, Texas family husking corn from their own crop. Six members of the family sit around a large pile of corn and work together.
Date: unknown
Creator: Graham, Joe Stanley, 1940-1999
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Texas A&M University Kingsville
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