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men of Colorado County
shown here were the same as men from any other county in Texas
- just more so. They were fathers, grandfathers, brothers, sons, uncles
and brothers-in-law and if they may have thought they were something
special it doesn't come across in most of these photos, excepting
the ones where they're brandishing guns and/ or playing cards. The
images roughly span the years from the late 1870s through the 1950s.
These men with their arrogant, amused, belligerent, kindly, confused,
indifferent and (other)wise expressions had their counterparts all
over the country, but these had geography on their side - and that's
what makes them "The Timeless Men of Colorado
County." |
Card
Players L to R: Joseph Renz, Ed Brandon, F. Schindler, Joe Polocheck
on Frank Renz (father
of Charles & Joseph Renz) farm at his home.
Photographer: Charles Renz c. 1910
Courtesy
Nesbitt Memorial Library Archives - Charles Renz Collection |
Precinct
3 Work Crew 1920
Courtesy Nesbitt Memorial Library Archives |
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The Prause Band
Standing left to right: Gus Prause, George Prause, Arnold Prause
II, Unidentified, Rudolph Prause
Seated: Arnold Prause III, Ben Prause
Courtesy
Nesbitt Memorial Library Archives
See Texas Music & Musicians
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1915
“Emil Untermeyer operating equipment at Lorraine gravel pit.” John
V. Dedrick, Photographer
Courtesy Nesbitt Memorial Library Archives |
Man
with oxen - Ernest Willberg
Photographer: Charles Renz
Courtesy Nesbitt Memorial Library Archives - Charles Renz Collection |
1957
Alfred Raabe accepts annual $50 award for bringing in the first bale
of cotton from Chamber of Commerce President Johnny Hajovsky. H.H.
Seifert onlooking.
Courtesy
Nesbitt Memorial Library Archives
See Cotton |
Two
Unidentified Men
Oscar A. Zumwalt, Photographer
Courtesy Nesbitt Memorial Library Archives |
Max
Schindler and Sons
at Max & Josephine Schindler's anniversary party
The Schindler's were neighbors of the Renz family
Photographer: Charles Renz
Courtesy Nesbitt Memorial Library Archives - Charles Renz Collection |
Jacob
Wolters
Courtesy Nesbitt Memorial Library Archives |
Sheriff
Frank Fred Hoegemeyer (l) and Deputy Barry L Townsend in front of
the Colorado County Jail 1933
Courtesy
Nesbitt Memorial Library Archives
See Texas
"Laws" & Outlaws |
1880s
“Young men, probably from Oakland”
Fey and Braunig, Photographers
Courtesy Nesbitt Memorial Library Archives |
Forum: Charles
Renz Collection
"My grandfather,
Charles Renz was a semi-professional photographer during 1907-1920
and lived in Cat
Spring and Bernardo Prairie in Austin and Colorado county. I worked
with Bill Stein
of the Nesbitt Memorial Library archives in Columbus,
TX and he helped create the Charles Renz Collection. I allowed
him to copy 128 of my grandfather's photographs which I own."
- Natalie McLain, Granddaughter of Charles Renz, October 06, 2012 |
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