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Agriculture--farms

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 10 Collections and/or Records:

Antonia Salinas Oral History, 1987

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Identifier: ELIBR-0027-00863
Scope and Contents

Antonia Salinas was born in 1909 in Nuevo Leon, Mexico. She talks about working on a farm planting cotton and crossing the Rio Grande River near Camargo.

Dates: 1987

Bill Wilson Collection

 File — ELIBR-0154, other: Drawer 2, Folder: 15
Scope and Contents

Color photographic prints and negatives depicting farming, harvesting and processing of aloe vera plants

Dates: 1850s—2000s

Equipment for harvest

 File — ELIBR-0154, other: Drawer 1, Folder: 51
Scope and Contents

Photographs of men, vehicles, and equipment on a caliche road. There is a tractor featured prominently labeled "Dearborn Wood Bros."

Dates: 1850s—2000s

Homestead, palms

 Item
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

The collection includes historical photographs of people, places, and events from locations across the Lower Rio Grande Valley, including but not limited to Brownsville, San Benito, Harlingen, Mercedes, Mission, and Rio Grande City. Photographs are in a variety of formats, including aerial, postcards, silver gelatin, etc.

Dates: dates vary

Homestead, sugar cane, citrus

 Item
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

The collection includes historical photographs of people, places, and events from locations across the Lower Rio Grande Valley, including but not limited to Brownsville, San Benito, Harlingen, Mercedes, Mission, and Rio Grande City. Photographs are in a variety of formats, including aerial, postcards, silver gelatin, etc.

Dates: dates vary

John Randall Peavey Oral History, 1981

 File
Scope and Contents John Randall Peavey (b. 12 Aug 1892, d. 3 Mar 1985), lawman and author of Echoes from the Rio Grande, was interviewed by Dr. Hubert J. Miller for the Pan American University Oral History Program. Part 1. Over the course of two days, December 22-23, 1981, Peavey provides a brief history of his family, describes their relocation to the Valley from St. Louis, and discusses early agricultural and economic development, including farming, ranching, staple crops and...
Dates: 1981

Sharyland [view book], ca. 1915

 File — ELIBR-0151, Box: 2, Folder: 17
Scope and Contents

From the inside cover "The following views are faithful reproductions of genuine photographs of some of the many objects of interest to be seen on the John H. Shary Subdivision and other points of in the Lower Rio Grande Valley."

View book contains 40 pages printed in black and white with brief captions (left) and photographs (right).

Dates: ca. 1915

USDA Photographs

 File — ELIBR-0154, other: Drawer 1, Folder: 50
Scope and Contents

Two photographs from Cotula, Texas showing irrigated cotton (L.E. Schulze) and irrigated feed (J.W. Martin).

Dates: 1850s—2000s

Wooden homestead

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Scope and Contents From the Collection:

The collection includes historical photographs of people, places, and events from locations across the Lower Rio Grande Valley, including but not limited to Brownsville, San Benito, Harlingen, Mercedes, Mission, and Rio Grande City. Photographs are in a variety of formats, including aerial, postcards, silver gelatin, etc.

Dates: dates vary

Wooden homestead, cotton

 Item
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

The collection includes historical photographs of people, places, and events from locations across the Lower Rio Grande Valley, including but not limited to Brownsville, San Benito, Harlingen, Mercedes, Mission, and Rio Grande City. Photographs are in a variety of formats, including aerial, postcards, silver gelatin, etc.

Dates: dates vary