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Walter Vail's home on the Empire Ranch. When Walter Vail's wife arrived on the ranch in the summer of 1881, Walter improved the house with an eight-room addition including two bedrooms, a living room, a dining area, and a covered porch. The structure…

A photograph of Mr. N.G. Holmes of Upington in a typical two seated and two-wheeled Cape or Boer buggy.

Photograph of Charley Embers

A photograph of Mr. A. L. Hill at work collecting parasites from the dead elephant.

A photograph of the garden with Mr. and Mrs. Hall and Thelma.

A photograph of several indigenous men moving cable and other materials used in making the descent into the gorge.

Located at 320 S. Meyer, this building was transformed into a small community theater. This location was a community gem, scattered amongst other small stores and dwellings on S. Meyer. Listed as "movies" on Sanborn Fire Insurance Map. Cross streets…

A photograph showing the mouth of the Lufira River, with a post in center of the river.

Mouth of Rio Grande River off Texas State Highway 4, with vegetation on both shores.

View of a riverbank along the Rio Grande. Vegetation lines the area where the river and land meet and in the mud, tire tracks are visible.

Mouth of the bay. Cocoanut, Koenig, etc. etc. [Shantz travel journal, Apr. 3, 1920]

The mouth of the bay with Koenig aground at the side. [Shantz travel journal, Apr. 3, 1920]

Tall grass in fore. M'mormes, a cork bark trifoliate leaved tree (leaves much used in making bean or salt sacks etc.). Acacia (fine leaf). Hill in back with fenced native enclosure, first I have seen. Also manihot, banana & corn. [Shantz travel…