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Life in Texas from the 1800's to 1950 | |||||
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Brown County, Texas in 1800's to 1950 as pictured in archived government photographs, vintage postcards, old school yearbooks and newspapers from Brownwood, Bangs, Early, Blanket, Lake Brownwood and Thunderbird Bay. Click on photos to view larger.
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![]() On June 18, 1900 G. W. McKinney's saloon was blown to pieces during a windstorm on the Colorado River. The salon had been built under rather peculiar circumstances. When the Frisco commenced building the bridge across the the Colorado.... On January 5, 1901 the Banner-Leader in Ballinger Texas reported the story as "Saloon was Under an Evil Spell" . . . read why in the article |
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![]() In this rare image from 1916 Brownwood Texas High School Quarterback Ed Gilmore poses for this very nice photo |
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![]() Huge group photo of the Howard Payne football team with coaches in 1946 |
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![]() Building Camp Bowie in Brownwood Texas in 1940 |
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![]() Sometime in 1890 a well-dressed gentleman posed for this portrait in Brownwood Texas. According to notes on the back of the photo he had blue eyes |
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![]() In 1921 the Daniel Baker College football team in Brownwood Texas posed for this photo. Their names are numbered and listed below the photo |
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![]() Sometime in the 1930s an unknown photographer captured this huge crystal clear photo of the Brown County Courthouse in Brownwood Texas |
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![]() On a cold day in 1920 five men and the bartender posed for this great old photo of a Barroom in Brownwood Texas. Note the spittoons carefully placed on the floor in front of the ornate bar |
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![]() On July 23, 1924 an unknown photographer captured this huge live-action photo of a cowboy riding a bucking bronco at the Brownwood Rodeo |
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![]() Finding a place to park in front of the Central Cafe on Center Avenue in Brownwood Texas was difficult in the 1920s |
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![]() In 1909 in Brownwood Texas men walked and rode bicycles down the middle of the dirt street that was Center Ave past horse-drawn carriages lined up against the wooden sidewalk.. |
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![]() Vintage cars lined the street while pedestrians waited for the light to change so they could cross Main Street in Brownwood Texas in 1941 |
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![]() Firemen posed with their horse drawn fire fighting wagons in 1909 near Forepaugh and Sells Bros Show billboard |
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![]() Model T's and a man on horseback were on the muddy street in front of the Central Texas Hospital and the Brownwood Hatchery in 1929 in this large crystal clear image. |
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![]() The courthouse square in Brownwood Texas as it appeared in the 1880s with the bakery on the right and the saloon on the left. |
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![]() Student's and staff pose for huge school photo in front of the Bangs Public School in 1909 |
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![]() The men and horses who helped bring the railroad to Bangs Texas pose in front of the Santa Fe Depot in 1886 |
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![]() In 1939 Brownwood Texas a man struggles to remove live turkey from the family car. |
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![]() This Model T has seen better days but the reliable little car still beats walking. |
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![]() Howard Payne College Graduating Class of 1912 in Brownwood with only 14 students graduating |
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![]() Earliest known photo of the Howard Payne football team. Only a few of the players had helmets in this photo. |
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![]() Players: Hodges, R. Harris, Flack, Caldwell, Stanford, Richey, Farmer, More, A. L. Kirkpatrick, Taylor, McAllister, Cook, Moore, Beasley . . . read more |
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![]() Davis, Stanford, R. Allbright, McAtee, Keaton, Moore, Henderson, Grady, T. B. Amis, Bissett, Mcallister, Scott, Hodges, Jobes, Nunnaly, Caldwell, Beach, Dheaney, Burns, Blinn and Cook. |
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![]() T.B. Amis, J. Allen, Stanford, Wright, Boyd, Jobes, J.B. Shirey, Cook, Caldwell, M. Hodges, W. Hodges . . . read more see full size |
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![]() In 1930, 47 members of the Brownwood Police and Fire Departments posed in this huge photo so clear you can identify the faces . . . tap the photo to see full size |
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![]() Horse drawn wagons are being loaded in front of the W. T. Scott & Co store in this birds-eye view of Brownwood Texas in 1909 |
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![]() Featuring Baker Boy Four and Carey's Salt |
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![]() Featuring McLean's Studio, Tolin's Cafe and 1940's Cars |
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![]() Horses, buggies and delivery wagons on the dirt street in front of the Mid-Texas Land Company and Sam Brin's One Price Store on East Barket Street in 1910 . . . see it full size |
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![]() Workers clamor to construct barracks ahead of looming storm. |
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![]() In 1939 Six Workers were busy packing Swifts Turkey in Brownwood Texas when the event was captured in this photograph |
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![]() Workers line up for shift change. |
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![]() "We Trade for Livestock" |
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![]() In July 1920 Curley Seale from Baird Texas won first money in the steer riding contest at the Brownwood Rodeo. Curley and her sister, Billy, were already managing their deceased father's ranch two years earlier in 1918 when Curley was eighteen. By 1925 they were operating it as a "no men allowed" ranch . . . read more about this amazing cowgirl. |
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![]() Providing Ice, Coal and Storage |
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