Robert Runyon, King & Carter Jazzing Orchestra, Houston, Texas, 1921.
Source: Center for American History, University of Texas at Austin
Posted 11 months ago
#1920s #houston #texas #USA #robert runyon #king & carter jazzing orchestra #vintage #portrait #music #african-american #jazz #band
#1920s #houston #texas #USA #robert runyon #king & carter jazzing orchestra #vintage #portrait #music #african-american #jazz #band
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George W. Ackerman, Farmer reading his farm paper, Coryell County, Texas, September 1931.
Posted 12 months ago
#1930s #george ackerman #vintage #portrait #history #great depression #farmer #rocking chair #reading #newspaper #texas #USA
#1930s #george ackerman #vintage #portrait #history #great depression #farmer #rocking chair #reading #newspaper #texas #USA
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Danny Lyon, Chicano teenager in El Paso’s second ward. A classic barrio which is slowly giving way to urban renewal, South El Paso, Texas, July 1972.
Posted 12 months ago
#1970s #vintage #portrait #poverty #latino #mexican #mexico #latin america #el paso #texas #USA #gentrification #danny lyon #history
#1970s #vintage #portrait #poverty #latino #mexican #mexico #latin america #el paso #texas #USA #gentrification #danny lyon #history
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A telephone operator in Richardson, Texas, ca. 1900.
Source: Richardson Public Library
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John Swartz, Fort Worth Five Photograph, Fort Worth, Texas, 1900. Front row left to right: Harry A. Longabaugh, alias the Sundance Kid; Ben Kilpatrick, alias the Tall Texan, Robert Leroy Parker, alias Butch Cassidy; Standing: Will Carver and Harvey Logan, alias Kid Curry.
Posted 1 year ago
#1900s #outlaws #outlaw #old west #USA #wild west #john swartz #vintage #portrait #history #victorians #victoria #hats #fort worth #texas #gang #sundance kid #tall texan #butch cassidy #kid curry #will carver
#1900s #outlaws #outlaw #old west #USA #wild west #john swartz #vintage #portrait #history #victorians #victoria #hats #fort worth #texas #gang #sundance kid #tall texan #butch cassidy #kid curry #will carver
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Russell Lee, Soda jerker flipping ice cream into malted milk shakes. Corpus Christi, Texas, February 1939.
Source: Library of Congress, Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information Photograph Collection
Posted 1 year ago
#1930s #corpus christi #texas #USA #russell lee #soda jerk #ice cream #soda fountain #vintage #portrait #great depression
#1930s #corpus christi #texas #USA #russell lee #soda jerk #ice cream #soda fountain #vintage #portrait #great depression
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Harry Walker, A smiling young boy, in a striped shirt, sitting on a wooden deck next to a small toy phonograph, Texas, USA, ca. 1930s.
Source: University of Houston Digital Library
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Carl Mydans, Horseback riders riding along the highway, Texas, USA, 1939.
Jack Delano, Yardmaster in railroad yard, Amarillo, Texas, March 1943.
Source: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information Collection
Posted 1 year ago
#1940s #amarillo #texas #USA #vintage #history #train master #train station #jack delano #wwII #world war II
#1940s #amarillo #texas #USA #vintage #history #train master #train station #jack delano #wwII #world war II
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