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Life in
Bastrop County Tx 1891-1943 Bastrop County, Texas 1891-1943 as pictured in archived government photographs, vintage postcards, old school yearbooks and newspapers from Bastrop, Elgin, Smithville, Camp Swift, McDade and Wyldwood, Texas.
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Downtown
Smithville in 1935 Smithville Texas was a busy place in 1935 when this photo was captured with vintage cars, drug stores, liquor stores and a Texaco station down the street |
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Cute
Little Girl in Elgin in 1870 In the 1870s a cute little girl who may have been called Ella posed for a photo at the Bryan Studio in Elgin Texas |
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Downtown
Elgin Texas in 1910 Very nice old photo of downtown Elgin Texas in 1910 with horses, wagons and pedestrians on the wide dirt street |
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Young
Woman Playing Guitar in 1890 In 1890 J.S. Blagg took this very nice photo of a young woman playing the guitar in Bastrop Texas |
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Camp
Swift Main Entrance in 1942 Entrance to Camp Swift in Bastrop Texas in 1942 |
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Bastrop
Cafe in 1940s Sometime in the 1940s a large crowd gathered in front of the Bastrop Cafe next door to the Texas movie theater |
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McCaskill
Blacksmith in Smithville 1891 - 1909 Two men pause their horse-drawn wagon for a picture in front of K H McCaskill Blacksmith and Wheel Wright Shop in Smithville sometime between 1891 and 1909 |
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Snowstorm Smithville Tx 1920 | ||||||
Smithville Street Scene 1920 | ||||||
Smithville Texas Fire Department in 1920 | ||||||
Inside View of Post Exchange at Camp Swift in Bastrop in 1940 |
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Horse-Drawn Bakery Delivery Wagon
in Smithville Texas Lone Star Bakery R E Hoppe |
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Cotton Field and Cotton Choppers Near Smithville | ||||||
Smithville
Residents Relax on the Colorado River in 1900 All dressed up in their Sunday best with trusty rifle at the ready, these early residents of Bastrop County Texas are ready for anything. |
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Bastrop Texas Railroad Station
in 1900 Horse draw wagons wait to pick up weary travelers at the Bastrop Railroad Station in 1900 |
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Bastrop County Courthouse in the 1940s | ||||||
Resources: Early Life in Texas County by County Books about Texas People and Places Amazing People from Texas County by County Texas History in the 19th Century (Amazon) Texas History by Category and Event Bastrop Bulletin Board (Facebook) |
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Rare Artifacts, Memorabilia, Ancestry and History Records from Bastrop, Elgin, Smithville, Camp Swift, McDade and Wyldwood, Texas . . . | ||||||
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