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Life in Maverick County Tx 1939

Maverick County, Texas in 1939 as pictured in archived government photographs, vintage postcards, old school yearbooks and newspapers. Photos from Eagle Pass, Chula Vista, Eidson Road, El Indio and Fabrica Texas.

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Digging a ditch on a farm near El Indio Texas in 1939 required a tractor and two men
 

John Deere Tractor Breaking Ground in 1939

An early John Deere tractor pulls a one-way in Maverick County Texas in 1939 in this rare birds-eye view

The photographer must have been perched on a windmill when he took this amazing birds-eye view of an early John Deere tractor coming at him in 1939

In 1939 a Maverick County farmer works to fix a flat on his old car while his chickens rest in the shade under the car and his son relaxes nearby

Maverick County Pioneers Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Milton in their kitchen in 1939

At a pump house on a farm in Maverick County a Model T bus is parked near clothes drying on the line and a young boy plays with his dog in 1939

In 1939 a farmer in Maverick County used his car and puleys to stretch barbed wire.

On a farm near El Indio Texas in 1939 a woman runs her clothes through the ringer as her children play and hundreds of chickens fee nearby.

Resources:

West Texas History & Memories

Early Life in Texas County by County

Books about Texas People and Places

Amazing People from Texas County by County