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SWEETWATER, TEXAS
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Sweetwater, Texas
Nolan County

Photographer - Paret, circa 1910
Captions from photo album
Photos of Sweetwater, Texas around 1910 from a photo album belonging to the photographer or his relative. - Will Beauchamp
Sweetwater TX, 1910,  Woman Making Tortilla
Making tortillas
Making "tortillas" for dinner, by grinding corn moistened with water.
Sweetwater TX 1910 Mexican Family at T&P section house
A Mexican family at the T&P section house in Sweetwater
Sweetwater TX, 1910 - Hell-on-a -stick Cactus
Hell-on-a -stick Cactus
Looking north towards the Paret's house -
Thickly covered with sharp, yellow spikes, this is one of the most dreadful species of cactus, and teh cowboys name for is is "hell-on-a-stick, a name justified by their fearful experiences with its terrors.
Sweetwater TX 1910 Cotton Compress
Sampling cotton at the compress, Sweetwater
Sweetwater TX 1910 - Cotton Compress - Bales of cotton in the Cotton Yard
Some 4,000 or 5,000 bales of cotton are being stored in the "cotton yard", besides the rest on the compress platform.
Sweetwater TX 1910 - Bales of Cotton Compress Platform
Loading cotton bales on the compress platform
Sweetwater compress
Sweetwater TX High School, 1910
Sweetwater High School, Sweetwater, Texas
Sweetwater TX High School, 1910
Sweetwater High School, Sweetwater, Texas
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