Life in Texas from the 1800's to 1950
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Life in Taylor County Texas from 1900 to 1950Taylor County, Texas from 1900 to 1950 as pictured in archived government photographs, vintage postcards, old school yearbooks and newspapers.
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 Abilene
Candy Company in 1939Salesmen for the Abilene Candy Company proudly line up beside their company cars in 1939. |
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.jpg) Abilene
High School Football Team in 1923Eleven players on the Abilene High School football team in 1923. |
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.jpg) 1923
Abilene High School Football Team1923 Abilene High School Football Team on the Way to Fort Worth |
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Abilene HS Students in 1948Four Abilene High School students pose beside period car in 1948 |
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 Abilene
Ice Company Truck 1940's |
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 Abilene
Ice Company Wagon 1910Horse-drawn ice wagon from the Abilene Ice Company parked on a residential dirt street in 1910 while driver delivers a block of ice to resident's ice box. |
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 1923
Abilene Texas High School Yearbook |
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 Abilene
Typewriter Exchange Truck 1940Cox Typewriter Exchange salesman fix flat tire on 1940's truck. |
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 Actor
Lew Ayres at Duty Hospital in Abilene |
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 Boy
Sells Soda Pop at Polo Match in 1939 Abilene |
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 Buffalo
Gap, Texas Railroad Depot 1920’sTravelers wait for train at the Buffalo Gap train station in 1920. |
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.jpg) Camp
Barkeley 1942 Texas Champion Baseball Team |
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.jpg) Construction
Workers Sign Up To Build Camp Barkeley 1941 |
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 Refugees
from Abilene, Tx Flee Drought in 1936Children look out window as older sister or mother drives hoping to escape the drought. |
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 Federal
Court House Abilene Texas 1906 |
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.jpg) Green
Cumby, ex-slave, in Abilene Tx in 1937After he was freed, former slave Green Cumby settled in Abilene Texas |
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 Hardin-Simmons
Cowboys Football Team 1939 |
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 Horse
Drawn Parade Float Abilene Texas 1910's |
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 Horse
Drawn Street Sprinkler Abilene c1900Horse-drawn sprinkler wagon helps keep the dust down on the dirt streets of Abilene Texas in 1900. This one also serves as a moving billboard for the Campbell's Store. |
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 Former
Slave John Barker in Abilene Tx 1937 |
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.jpg) McMurray
College Abilene Texas 1927 Football TeamMcMurray College Coach R M Medley with players Taylor, Osborn Park, Isaacs, Bowers, Tharp, Miller, Newton, Asst. Coach Pratt, Corbin, Roberts, Edwards, Brown, H V Hodges, Patterson, Mitchell, Hunt, Wharton, Hale and Pool in 1927. |
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.jpg) McMurry
College Abilene Texas 1924 Football Team
McMurry College Football Coach R. M. Medley with players Campbell, Hale, W. Hill, Fitzgerald, Farmer, Hunt, Bigby, Bowers, West, Young, McCandless, Brown, Donaldson, Peeples, Wood, Self, Newton, D. Hill, Ledbetter, Harkrider, Murphy, and Meader in 1924 |
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 Nickel
Store Interior Abilene TX 1909 |
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 Palace
Cafe Merkel Texas 1900 |
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 Pine
Street Abilene Texas 1920 |
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 Sijes
Bakery and Ice Cream Truck 1930s |
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 Simmons
College Abilene Basketball Team 1912-1913 |
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 Simmons
Cowboys Football Team 1903 |
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 Soda
Pop Truck at Abilene Polo Match in 1939Green Gate Tourist Camp set up a soda pop stand from the back of a pickup truck at this 1939 polo match in Abilene Texas. Polo player garners attention from boys and men as he walks away. |
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 Thornton
Drug Store Abilene Texas 1920sLarge crowd gathers in front of Thornton Drug Store in Abilene Texas in 1920. Men climbed on top of trucks and rooftops to get a glimpse of something. |
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 Trent
Texas Railroad Station 1940Train Arrives at Station in Trent Texas 1940 |
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Resources:
Davick Services History Page (Facebook) |
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Books about Taylor County People and Places
Perfect for anyone interested in the history of Taylor County and the people from Abilene, Tuscola, Tye, Buffalo Gap, Impact, Lawn, Merkel or Trent Texas. . . . More about Taylor County People and Places |
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